The Gun Alley Tragedy

About this eBook

Author

Brennan, T. C. (Thomas Cornelius), 1866-1944

Title

The Gun Alley Tragedy: Record of the Trial of Colin Campbell Ross

Credits

Produced by Paul Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain works at The National Library of Australia.)

Language

English

LoC Class

KU: Law in general, Comparative and uniform law, Jurisprudence: Pacific area, Australia

Subject

Trials (Murder) -- Australia -- Victoria -- Melbourne

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 62861

Release Date

August 6, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Gun Alley Tragedy
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.PART I. ⸻ INTRODUCTORY. — THE APPELLATE COURTS. — WHY THE JURY MISJUDGED.
4. 4.PART II. ⸻ THE CROWN CASE. — ROSS INTERVIEWED. — THE TRIAL. — THE BLOODY BOTTLE. — OLIVE MADDOX’S EVIDENCE. — THE MATTHEWS CONFESSION. — HARDING’S STORY. — DUNSTAN’S CORROBORATION. — ROSS’S MOVEMENTS. — THE SHEEN OF GOLDEN HAIRS. — THE FINDING OF THE SERGE. — THE MEDICAL EVIDENCE. — DETECTIVE BROPHY’S BLUNDER.
5. 5.PART III. ⸻ ANALYSIS OF THE EVIDENCE. — WHY CONFESS TO MATTHEWS. — CHANGES IN MATTHEWS’S EVIDENCE. — POWERS OF INVENTIVENESS. — OLIVE MADDOX TESTED. — HARDING’S COCK-AND-BULL STORY. — CONFLICTS IN THE CONFESSIONS. — A MODEL LODGING-HOUSE KEEPER. — CONFESSIONS COMPARED. — WAS THERE “INSIDE” KNOWLEDGE? — AN EXPERT ON HAIR. — A MISSING LINK. — THE GIRL’S ATTIRE. — THE LIGHT IN THE SALOON. — POINTS THE JURY MISSED.
6. 6.PART IV. ⸻ FRESH FACTS. — HALLIWELL’S STRANGE STORY. — MADDOX IN THE SALOON. — OTHER NEW WITNESSES. — THE CROWN’S NEW EVIDENCE.
7. 7.PART V. ⸻ THE DEFENCE. — ROSS IN THE BOX. — STRONG CORROBORATION. — AN UNBROKEN PHALANX. — ROSS’S FIRMNESS. — ROSS AND HIS FAMILY. — IS THE MYSTERY SOLVED?
8. 8.APPENDIX.

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