The fact that the accused was the father of the child of which the deceased was pregnant at the time of her murder.

The accused Palmer was financially embarrassed and to overcome his difficulties, he borrowed large sums of money from one of his friends. One night after attending the races together, his friend came back to his hotel and died soon after midnight under circumstances, which raised a suspicion that he had been poisoned.

In a case, certain lands were inherited by the deceased along with his brother, but the accused got them transferred into their names. At the time of the incident, criminal and revenue cases were pending between the accused and the deceased.