CHARGE OF MURDER
LANCELOT JOHNSON CASE.
. MgpOURNE, 23rd January.' John Richards ha s been committed for trial oh the charge-of wilfully murdering Lancelot Johnson. Lancelot Johnson, who figured in the Melbourne wine bar tragedy last Ortot!'' £m h}* l[y shot- Subsequently John Richards, son of the proprietress °f r 1 *\ f "'endered to the police, stating- that he had shot Johnson He said the quarrel occurred ! over alterations m the bar, and that Johnson - who was intoxicated, assaulted- his i mother with a bottle. Richards rushed ■' upstairs and secured a pea-rifle, and ! when descending saw Johnson fall into his mothers arms. He had a bullet ' It °d er his hearfc> and died short]y : ■
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 20, 24 January 1924, Page 5
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113CHARGE OF MURDER Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 20, 24 January 1924, Page 5
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