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Summary Of The Jack Merridew's Murder Case
After the rescue attempts of the British naval officers Jack Merridew and Roger Mullager, the two young boys who are accused of murder were arrested on July 3rd of 1943. They were arrested on suspicion of murdering Simon Abbey and Stanley Bullock also known as Piggy. They were accused after several of the surviving boys had reported that Jack led a cult type group of hunters which included Roger that had reportedly killed Stanley Bullock. After interviewing Ralph, Sam, Eric, Jack, and Roger, allowed the judge to make a decision after reviewing the court case plenty of times. The Judge had come to a conclusion that Jack who was innocent and was only given required hours to seek help at therapy. Roger who was arrested for a short period of time

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