 Beamish said the confessions were obtained through intimidation and threats, and were untrue.Beamish appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeal on the grounds that the trial judge's directions were in error, and his confession was involuntary and therefore should have been ruled inadmissible or excluded in the trial judge's discretion.The appeal was dismissed on 20 October 1961 and an application for leave to appeal to the High Court of Australia was dismissed on 11 December 1961.