Butchill was charged by the coroner's jury with wilful murder.
A subsequent inquest turned up a judgement of 'wilful murder' on the same day.
He was found guilty of wilful murder by the jury.
He was arrested on January 23 the following year and charged with the wilful murder of his wife.
Brew and the policemen were found guilty of wilful murder.
The coroner brought in a verdict of wilful murder.
The second inquest returned a verdict of wilful murder; however, nobody was ever arrested or charged.
The only issue I am trying is whether he did so in wilful murder, or whether his action can be held to be manslaughter.
He read out in a careful voice: "We find that the deceased came to his death by wilful murder by some person or persons unknown."
Terrible and ghastly as the case is, we cannot call it wilful murder.