Skip to content
The Prosecution Project Logo
Become Involved

Already Registered? Login

  • About
    • The research project
    • The research team
    • The data
    • Citation Guide
  • Search Trials
  • Research Briefs
  • Research Sources
    • Links to our sources
    • History of the Courts
      • Queensland Courts
      • South Australian Courts
      • New South Wales Courts
      • Victorian Courts
      • Tasmanian Courts
      • Western Australian Courts
      • Northern Territory Supreme Court
    • Criminal History Justice Online
  • Publications
  • Project Data
    • The Australian Criminal Justice History Dataverse
    • Tools – Documentation
    • Tools – Access
  • Contact Us

Links to our sources

QueenslandState Archives

Supreme Court
New South WalesState Records Authority

Supreme Court
VictoriaPublic Record Office

Supreme Court
Western AustraliaState Records Office

Supreme Court
South AustraliaState Archives

Supreme Court
TasmaniaState Archives

Supreme Court

On this week in... 1906

Garrotting gripe

On 11 April 1906, George Anderson and Alice Grey were tried at the Perth Supreme Court for robbery with violence and stealing from the person. The pair were alleged to have robbed William Mudge of £8 and 10 shillings at the Railway Hotel, North Fremantle. In his summing up the judge declared that garotting and robbery were becoming much too common, especially within hotels. However, after a twenty minute recess the jury found Anderson and Grey not guilty.

This trial report is from The Daily News

Download from Trove

 Last
Next 

Connect With Us

This project is supported by the Australian Research Council, Griffith University and Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research.
Permission to use pictorial images on this site has been granted by the relevant agencies.
Theme by SiteOrigin