State v. Merry

No one doubts that Frank Crowhurst was murdered. His dead body was found on Monday morning, July 25, 1938, on the floor of a small building in Gouldsboro, which he had used as a wayside place and filling station, as well as for his living quarters. The county medical examiner testified that his examination of the body disclosed wounds on the man’s head, one penetrating the skull, and multiple lacerations; all the wounds could have been inflicted by an instrument with a rounded head, such as a hammer or a socket wrench. He stated it as his opinion that there were eight blows, possibly more,…