On the evening of New Year's Day, a young girl, Bertha Schippan, was found dead in her home in a wayback South Australian township under ericumstances Thies Tesulted in her elder sister, Mary, luting strongly to murder. Police in-Being arrested and charged with the crime. The trial came off in Adelaide this week, and aroused intense interest, the Court being crowded to its fullest capacity on each day. After a lengthy trial, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Senator Symon made an able defence; Nitsche, the lover of the accused girl, was severely handled by the mob on his return from the court, on venturing in the street unescorted by the police. Chief Justice Way commenting" on this fact in his summing up, remarked: "Everybody agrees that he, Nitsche, is a very contomptible fellow. He visited prisoner's father's house under pretext of pay honourable addresses to his daughter, an: shamefully abused the confidence placed in him. There is no suspicion that he suggested or even participated in the murder, and, however indignant we may feel at his conduct, it is not to be tolerated that witness, whatever his character, should not have a safe and peaceful passage to and from this Court when coming here to perform a public duty."
Bre: ch of Promise Case.
'A breach of promise case with a man figuring as plaintiff, has acted as a sort of antidote to the plague scare in Sydney during the past week. Plaintiff, a farmer of moderate means, became engaged to the wealthy lady of the district, heiress to an estate of 20,000 acres, valued at £50,000. The happy day was duly fixed, and. the arent to take place at St. at the same hotel, where Hkewise was Patrick's, Sydney. Both parties put up stopping a young smart "pushful" com-This peatieran ana the limited time at his disposal to such good purpose that when the wedding duly came off, he and not the farmer was the bridegroom. "Pho injured wooer consulted his solicitor, and issued a writ for £50,000. The case was heard before a jury of four. Plaintitt gare touching details 29 to the lady's inferest in him prior to the appearance of had proposed to him. Further he had been obliged to mortgage his farm stock and implements to provide for his wedding trip, and also to maintain his position as the prospective husband of the lady born with a silver spoon. A sympathetic jury took a kindly view of the plaintitt's now encumbered estate, and awarded him a verdict with £150 damages. Moral as per the "Bulletin":—"When you win the consent of your rustic heiress, marry her on the spot, avoid the city and the miscellany eons company of an hotel, and above all Keep the enterprising drummer severely off the grass."
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