Donald Hume Trial Continues Donald Hume said at his murder trial at Winterthur, Switzerland, yesterday, that he robbed a Zurich Bank because he did not want his conscience "to brand him as a coward". "I knew in advance I was going to fail - but I did it anyway". Hume, 39 year old Briton, is accused of murdering a Swiss taxi driver who tried to stop him after robbing a Zurich Bank. Photo Shows: Donald Hume, guarded by police, puts his head in his hands, during his trial at Winterthur yesterday. At the table is his lawyer, Dr Von Rechenberg. 28th September 1959