Ariving at the Eastbourne Magistrates' Court , where the hearing of the murder charge against Dr John Bodkin Adams , opened are (LtoR) Mr Malcolm Morris ; Mr Melford Stevenson QC , both prosectuting for the Crown , and Superintendant Herbert Hannam , who has been in charge of the inquiry . Dr Adams , an Eastbourne Doctor , is accused of murdering a patient , Mrs Edith Morrell , on a day in November 1950 14 January 1957