Dickman's conviction was considered unsafe by a number of people, including five of the jury that found him guilty and who later signed a petition calling for him to be reprieved. Sir Sidney Orme Rowan-Hamilton, who was Chief Justice of Bermuda in the 1930s and who wrote a book about the Dickman case in 1914, seems to have been convinced that Dickman murdered Mrs Luard.
Dickman's conviction was deemed unsafe by a number of individuals, including five jurors who found him guilty and later signed a petition requesting his reprieve. Sir Sidney Orme Rowan-Hamilton, Chief Justice of Bermuda in the 1930s and author of a book on the Dickman case from 1914, appeared to believe that Dickman murdered Mrs Luard.