CLAPHAM MURDER CASE.
MORRISON'S TRIAL,
By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. London, March 13. The trial of Steiner. Morrison for the murder of Leon Beron on the night of January 1 was continued to-day, when Morrison was in the box the whole day for cross-examina-tion. .■,;. '.r. ' ..;■.- ;■■'>■.'""''; ! ' '."
• The defence put up by. Morrison suggested that the ; murder was a result of Nihilist revenge. ' Morrison admitted that he used the name of Alexander Petrapavloff in a petition to : the Home Secretary, praying to be repatriated to Russia. Nevertheless, he said his name was really Morrison, and that he ' was born in , Sydney ;in 1882. He admitted . a number of convictions since 1898 for theft and /burglary, and in " a dramatic ' outburst said "That is the 'reason the police are down on me." The defence has closed.' *".
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14629, 15 March 1911, Page 7
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