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0 0 O MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 5. 1960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. What Is The Law? O Thii column U prepared as a public rrica by the Willamette university, oaiem, to College explain of Law, basic lagal provide edviee. Tha reader it cautioned not to apply these cases principles, not to legal to hit own problems without an attorney's advice. differing facts may cnange ine ouicome. for Proof of Murder MuiPbe Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Most of us have the im pression that a man cannot be convicted of murder un less the body of the victim is found. Popularly, it is often thought that a "corpus de- licti" Is the victim's body. The Impression is not correct. ed solely by the confession of the defendant made out of tourt. The corpus delicti may, however, be proved by the out of court confession of the defendant if that confession is corroborated by other facts and circumstances proved at the trial. The words corpus delicti l mean, literally transiaiea, ine body of the crime. Stated in another way, it is said that there can be no conviction of a defendant for a crime unless it is first proved that a crime has actually been committed. In murder cases it is neces sary to prove that the victim is dead and that the death was caused by the criminal act of someone other than the victim. This is known as proof of the corpus delicti. The proof must be made be yond a reasonable doubt. In the early history of criminal law, direct evidence of the commission of the crime was, Indeed, required; but down through the years the law has changed, so that today the corpus delicti may be proved by circumstantial evi dence. Even though the corpus de licti is proved, the defendant cannot be convicted unless it is proved beyond a reason able doubt that he is the per son who committed the crime. Proof that the defendant is the person who committed the crime is not part of the corpus delicti itself, however. Not long ago the California courts affirmed the conviction for murder of a husband whose wife disappeared. The wife's body was never found. Shortly after the disappear ance of the wife the husband began to forge her name to her stock certificates and other securities. Various por tions of the wife's personal effects were found burned and buried in the back yard of the home which had been occupied by the husband and wife. The court held that under all the facts and circum stances the corpus delicti had been Droved beyond a reason able doubt, even though the .body of the murdered woman was never found. In other words, the court found that the crime charged, the unlaw ful killing of a human being . by another with malice of aforethought, had been com mitted. The disappearance of a per son is not enough; there must be proof of facts leading to the conclusion that the per on is dead and met death hv the hand of another, , The fact of death and the fact that death was caused hv a Derson other than the deceased cannot be establish- This column of general legal principles is presented by the Willamette University College of Law. It is not taken as legal advice. Slight changes in the facts may change the outcome of a case. Grange Notes Griffin Creek Grange The Griffin Creek Grange met recently with Master Her man Kamping presiding. Reg ular committee reports were not given since it was the so cial evening. William Darby reported that he finished pruning tree at the corner of the lot to better enable people using Poorman Creek rd. to see tral- fic anDroaching from the left. Jack Bierma reported on in stallation of a new water tank since the old one was faulty. A turkey dinner was sched uled Nov. 6 at the Grange hall. During the lecturer's hour, a discussion of the Cuban sit uation was held. The meeting was adjourned, and refresh ments served. The next meet- ine will be Thursday, Sept. 8. Upper Rogue Grange The Upper Rogue Grange met Thursday, Sept. 1, with Master Eda Torrance presid ing. Members voted a dona tion to the Oregon State Granae to aid In the campaign for the defeat of the daylight savins measure on the No vember ballot. It was recommended that a letter be sent to the Jackson County court notifying them of the extremely dangerous condition of. the catwalk on the Laurelhurst bridge. Warn ing posters will be installed at each end of the bridge. The HEC chairman made reports on the recent rum mage sale and announced that the meeting Sept. 8 will be a potluck at 1 p-m. at Tor rance's home. Members are urged to attend to make plans for the public dinner Sept. 18. During the lecturer's hour, Mrs. Torrance and Mrs. Cham berlain displayed their collec tions of shells and coral and English Toby rugs depicting Dicken'i characters. Mr. and -Mrs. Ted Shlmek ' and Mr. and Mrs. Charlet Moorehead served refreshments. Finch To Return To Witness Stand Again on Tuesday Los Angeles -IUPD- Dr. R. Bernard Finch returns to the witness box Tuesday and his testimony is expected to take up all of the holldy-shortened week. Finch, 43, and his 23-year- old mistress Carole Tregoff, are on trial for their lives for the second time, charged with murder in the first degree for the gun shot slaying of his wife Barbara Jean July 18, 1959. In addition to today's re cess in observance of Labor Day, court will recess Friday for California Admission Day. Told of Armistice Called to the stand Thurs day after Miss Tregoff told her story, the greying surgeon related reaching a marital armistice with his wife where by each could go their own way. He said they reached this decision when their love cooled and a divorce was ruled out becaue of his practice. It was then, he said, he be gan dating Carole, his auburn- haired medical secretary, and rented a hideaway . apartment where they met secretly and were frequently Intimate. Finch, in jail since the day after his wife's body was found, denied "intentionally killing" her when she asked for a divorce and a share of his property once estimated at $750,000. Shot Said Accidental The prosecution contends he and Carole went to the hill top home in nearby West Covina with a "murder kit" and a plan to take the social ite's life. Finch testified the fatal shot was fired as he at tempted to throw the gun away during an argument. Tuesday will make the 10th week of the second trial, which probably wil continue into October. The first trial lasted three months and end ed with a hung jury. Duke of Bedford Takes Third Wife Woburn, England (UPD The flamboyant Duke of Bed ford was married Sunday to kis third wife, wealthy French Television producer Nicole Milinair who showed up for the ceremony with her four children by a previous mar riage. The duke, 43, and Nicole, 40, slipped out of the duke's tourist - jammed stately home in a grocery truck and were married in a civil ceremony at the registrar's office in Ampthill, a village near the Duke's estate, Woburn Abbey. Two of the duke's three children also attended the ceremony. The duke has won fame in Britain - and displeasure among some of the nobility -by opening his stately home Fair Weather in Most of Nation By United Fnii International Picnic weather was on tap today for most of the United States. The U. S. Weather Bureau said few exceptions would cloud generally fair skies. Exceptions included the Flori da Peninsula and the Gulf Coast. Eastern North Dakota and Northern Minnesota were due for scattered showers. Isolated rainfall was forecast for Arizona and New Mexico to toffrists to help pay the millions of dollars in inheri tance taxes he owed. He has equipped it with a jukebox, zoo, espresso bar and once held a nudist convention there. The duke and the new duchess boarded an airliner unnoticed and 45 minutes early for a flight to Venice and a' honeymoon. mountains and the Northwest Pacific states. Northern Maryland and Pennsylvania - Ohio thunder storms diminished as Labor Day began. Earlier Toledo, Ohio, had reported 1-87 inch es of rain in less than an hour. Cool air spilled over heated land and produced a band of low clouds and fog from Eastern Minnesota across the Great Lakes into Pennsyl vania. Lightning accompanied storms in the Northern Great Plains from Wyoming and Montana into the Dakotas and Western Nebraska. Some early morning tem peratures were: Boston, 60 degrees; Miami, 77; Detroit, 65; Minneapolis, 'Minn., 75; Kansas City, Mo., 80; Atlanta, Ga., 74; Phoenix, Ariz., 83; San Francisco, Calif., 57; Seattle, Wash., 53; Anchorage; Alaska, 45, and Honolulu, 78. Mississippi Miss Wants o To Become Miss America miumic v-uy, n .a .-tum-i . ousmuss later loaay wun a long evening rehearsal for the show that will be put on by the contestants during the four nights of judging that be gii(t)Wednpsday. The prize to the pretty and talent girl who succeeds Miss Mead at Miss America is a $10,000 scholarship and the possibility of receiving as much ft $80,000 in fees for appearnnccs and modeling. Another $25,000 in scholar ships is up for grabs among those whconly come close. tricia Ann McRaney wants to be Miss America but she knows what it's like to be the girl behind the girl behind the girl. The Mississippi miss is fol lowing in two pretty sets of footsteps-current Miss Amer ica Lynda Lee Mead wild the 1959 Miss America Mary Ann Moblcy, both former contest ants from herehome slate and schoolmates at the University of Mississippi. Miss !ycRaney was one of 25 "day early" arrivals Sun day for the Miss America pag eant which officially opens to day with registration of the contestants from all the 50 states, New York City, Chica go, Washington, D.C., and Canada. The pageant gets down to Anchorage. Alaska - IUPD -Sen. John F. Kennedy flew to this new political region Sat urday night lo climax a 5,000 mile cross-country trip kick ing off his "n e w-f rentier" campaign for the presidency. Kennedy Helps Stranded Airiffan Detroit - (UPD - Sen. John F. Kennedy provided space on his chartered (impalgri jet liner today for me emergency flight home of a serviceman notified his father was dw( in Oklahoma. The Democratic presiden tial candidate gave a free air borne lift to Airman lc Lloyd I, D. Sheets, 25, and his wife, Shirley, 24, Hobart, Okla., on Kennedy's flight here from Anchorage, Alaska. The sena tor's staff also radioed ahead for a reservation for him on the first available flight out of Detroit for his continued trip home. Sheets told newsmen his father, Wilbur A. Sheets, a retired farmer, was hospital ized In Lawlon, Okla. He said his father, a heart patient, had been 111 since 1952 and his condition became serious enough to require surgery three days ago. Sheets said he was Informed Sunday afternoon that debtors had give his father only a short time to live. He obtained emergency leave and tried to wke plamOconnections but could not. QJIRE FOUNDER DIES Akron, Ohio - (UPD - William F. O'Ncil, 75, founder and board chairman of the Gen eral Tire & Rubber Co., died Sunday. EX-BUSINESSMAN DIES Rochester, N.Y.-lUPIi-Wesley M. Angle, 77, former presi dent of the Stromberg . 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