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IN this short series about the uniquely Scottish not proven verdict, I have reached the stage of the controversial trial that led to the acquittal of Alfred John Monson on the charge of murdering Lieutenant Cecil Hambrough in 1893. For me, even more than the case of alleged poisoner Madeleine Smith – probably the most famous or infamous trial ever to end in a not proven verdict – the Monson verdict proves how unsatisfactory is the “bastard verdict” as it was called by Sir Walter Scott. Next week I will give my conclusion as to whether Scotland should switch to guilty and not guilt...
THE current controversy over the Not Proven verdict which is unique to the Scottish criminal justice system has rarely been placed in its historical context. That cannot be done in just one column, but I will attempt to do so over the next three weeks during which I will return to a particular case which continues to fascinate me – that of Madeleine Smith who I have now concluded got away with murder when the jury found the charge of poisoning her French lover not proven. That case in 1857 is usually claimed as the biggest not proven controversy of them all, but today and next week I am...