Violet Woolmington was shot dead on 10th December 1934. Everyone agreed on that. Her husband was holding the gun at the time - everyone agreed about that, too. In fact, nearly all of the facts concerning the shooting at Milborne Port that December morning were agreed by respective counsel for the Crown and defence - except one: was the trigger of the gun pulled deliberately or by accident? What proof is necessary and with whom does its burden lie in the case of murder? The trial lasted for just one day, so simple and uncontentious were the facts in the matter - and yet the case had to go to the highest legal authority in the land, the House of Lords, for a final determination. It all came down to an important point of law...

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