CLAPHAM COMMON MURDER.
A SEVERE CROSS-EXAMINATION; By Tclocrasu—Press Association-Copyrliht London, March 13. i At tho trial of tho man Stciner (or Stinie) Morrison for the murder,' at Clapham Common, on New Year's Eve, of a Jew named Leon Beron, the accused, who elected to give cvidenco in his own behalf, and whoso defence is an alibi, was subjected to a damaging cross-examination throughout the whole of tho day.
He admitted that he had used the name "Alexander Petraparloff" in a petition to the Home Secretary, praying to bo repatriated tc Russia; nevertheless, his name was really Morrison. Ho was born in Sydney in* 1882. He admitted .". number of convictions since 1898 for theft and burglary. "That is tho reason the police have a down on mo," he said, in a dramatic outburst. The case for the defence has closed. Morrison's defence suggests that the murder was the work of Nihilists, and the motive revenge. .
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1076, 15 March 1911, Page 7
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154CLAPHAM COMMON MURDER. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1076, 15 March 1911, Page 7
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