MURDER CHARGES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3003, 4 October 1911, Page 33

MURDER CHARGES.

CONVICTION QUASHED. LONDON, September 29. The Court •of Crinimal Appeal has quashed the sentence on Ellsom for murdering his sweetheart at Clerkenwell on the 18th of August, on the ground that the evidence of the principal witness required corroboration. This is the first time that a capital conviction has been set aside. The - name of the murdered woman was Rose Pender, a refreshment-house employee. She was wounded about the heart, head, and body. An oilman who has premises in the street in which the murder was committed, heard a woman exclaim: "Don't, Charlie, .don't," followed by screams. The same day Charles Ellsom, a labourer, aged about "24, was arrested. A FRUITLESS APPEAL. LONDON, September 29. The appeal of Godhino, the lascar charged with the murder of Miss Alice Brewster, stewardess, on the R.M.S. China against his conviction has been dismissed. THE BINGHAM CASE. LONDON, September 28. Poison was discovered in the bodies of the Binghams (father and one sister). Edith Bingham (a daughter and sister) 'stands committed for trial on a charge of murder. MYSTERIOUS DEATH. NEW ORLEANS, September 27. Following on a physicians report that the stomach of Elsie Crawford, who died a few days ago, contained opium, Annie Orawford, her sister, was arrested. Elsie is ;the fourth member of the Crawford family to die under mysterious circumstances. Within 14 months the father, mother, and another sister died suddenly. Annie was a beneficiary in the policies on the lives of the deceased.