ARREST OF CROMBIE BROWN FOR FALSE PRETENCES.
DEATH OF MR ORBELL
THE CRESAVELL MINING ACCIDENT.—ACTION FOR DAMAGES.
The Victorian police have received a telegram from Hobart stating that a warrant has been issued for the arrest of Samuel Crombio Brown, journalist, on a charge of obtaining £2 by 'false pretences. Brown had been editing the Southern Star at Hobart, and, though above the ostensible charge, it is believed that the case i.s one of elopement with a young lady. Brown was arrested and remanded for a week to await the arrival of the warrant from Tasmania. The case of O'Shca v. the New Australasia Mining Company, Crcswcll, for £1000 damages, being the "first of the actions brought by the relatives of the deceased against the company, resulted in a verdict for the defendants. Tho death is announced at femora of Mr Orbell, of the firm of Orbell and Warby, auctioneers. Mr Orbell was thrown from his buggy a short time since, and sustained injuries causing the amputation of his leg, from the effects of which he died in the hospital. The deceased was well known in Wellington.
By Electric Telegraphs-Copyright. fßf.uter' s Telegrams . ]
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3837, 2 November 1883, Page 3
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