George Green (1896 – 17 April 1939) was an Australian murderer, convicted of killing two women in November 1938 in the Melbourne suburb of Glenroy, Victoria.

[2][3] In 1912 George Green, aged 16 years, was charged with stealing a football from Frank Kelsey at the Powlett Reserve, East Melbourne.

He committed offences in New South Wales and Victoria, which included theft, assault, resisting the police and indecent language.

The householders, Alexander and Isabella Aitken, were the parents of Violet Read (or Reid), with whom Green had lived for a number of years.

[10] The Government pathologist subsequently determined that Phyllis Wiseman had died of asphyxia caused by pressure on her neck, probably from "having been forced against the angle iron of the bed".

Annie Wiseman died "due to asphyxia from throttling", with bruises at the back of her head "consistent with her having been bumped up and down on the floor".

[11] Detectives investigating the scene found that the sill of one of the front bedroom windows had been wiped clean with a wet towel.

[10] A number of burnt matches were found strewn on the floor of both bedrooms and the bathroom, indicating the killer had used them for light as he carried out his crimes.

[10] Beside the body of the elder woman a policeman found a piece of paper folded in four – a portion of a receipted milk bill given to a Mrs. Olive Thomas in September 1938.

When Mrs. Thomas, living in Coburg, was interviewed by detectives she told them that a chimney sweep named George Green had called at her house on November 7.

On November 17 Constable Francis Maher apprehended Green as he left a house in Fairfield and brought him to the Thornbury Police Station.

He was charged with the murders of the two women at Glenroy and at the City Court on November 18, he was remanded in custody to enable police to carry out further inquiries.

Tyre tracks were found that indicated a bicycle had been wheeled along a sandy path near the house, across the railway line, over a fence and onto the main road.

[15] A railway ganger named Henry Hewitt of Glenroy told police he had seen a man enter the front gate of Miss Wiseman's house at about 10.20 p.m. on November 12.

Book explained that the portion of a milk bill found beside Annie Wiseman's body was the primary piece of evidence which pointed to the accused.

Even though there was no witness who had actually seen the accused enter the Wiseman home, Book said the Crown would detail "a remarkable chain of circumstances" that would prove that Green was the murderer.

He pointed to the absence of any fingerprint evidence and claimed the prosecution had failed to prove Green was within eight miles of the Wiseman home on the night of the murders.

Green's instructing solicitor, Joseph Barnett, indicated that the High Court of Australia would be asked for special leave to appeal against the decision.

[26][27] On Wednesday, 22 March 1939, the Full Bench of the High Court unanimously dismissed an application by Green for special leave to appeal against his conviction and sentence of death.

In summing up the Chief Justice, Sir John Latham, said that in his opinion "the evidence now relied upon was fully available to the accused at the time of the trial".