Biography

At Mount Malcolm, Jules Henri Behrix, a hawker, was committed for trial on a charge of wilfully murdering his partner, John Malone. The men were mates, both fruit hawkers. Behrix reported that Malone has been kicked to death by a horse but all the evidence presented to the inquest pointed to the fact that Malone had been beaten about the head with a stick and the body then moved. Behrix was committed for trial. However, at the trial, after half an hour of deliberation, the jury could not agree. The judge spoke to them and they returned to reconsider the verdict. An hour later, they re-appeared and proclaimed Behrix not guilty. He was acquitted.