Gambling Youngsters. Charged with Eight Robberies. Hauls of Shillings to Pounds. CESSNOCK, This Afternoon
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 1
Cessnock has been suffering during recent weeks from a series of robberies, which have been ascertained as the work of two boys. In addition to a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Christmas Day Fatality. Marsh in Court Again
Leader · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 1
An [?] of the Christmas Day fallily on the Horeuore Road, when two women were killed, was heard at the Orange Police Court, on Monday,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder of Constable. Wounded Man Shot Between Eyes. Sensational Statement. LONDON, This Morning
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 2
After a long conflict between the opposing counsel a sensational statement by William Kennedy wad read in court yesterday during the hearing of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legitimate by Law. Unusual English Court Declaration. LONDON, This Morning
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 1
An interesting decision affecting several prominent people was given to-day by Mr. Justice Hill under the Legitimacy Act of 1926…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wife Desertion New Arrival. Charged
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 2
A man named Alfred Keegan, a recent arrival from Sydney, was charged at the local court on Monday with wife desertion. On the application of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Car Theft Arrest in Bathurst Remand to Parramatta
National Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 1
Harold Mervyn Birch, 23, Jescribed as a mechanic, was charged before Mr. Tate J.P. at the Bathurst police Court yesterday with having at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Marooned Family Near Nyngan.— Police to the Rescue NYNGAN
National Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 2
Leaving Nyngan at 11 o'clock this morning the police boat despatched from Sydney started up the river to relieve the Temple family at St…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Mo' Not 'Stiff.' Except to His Wife. Who Applies to the Court, SYDNEY, This Afternoon
Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 1
In the Divorce Court to-day Dorothy Clare Sluice (formerly Davis), an actress, petitioned Mr, Justice Owen to grant her a decree for restitution of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Methodist Parson Charged With Murder Another Remand MELBOURNE
National Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 4
[?] Griggs, the Methodist Minster at [?] who is charged with the murder of [?] wife on January 3, appeared at the Sale Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Petrol Stealing Charge
Leader · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 7
At the Cudal Court yesterday, before Mr. Arnold, P.M., Sidney Thorpe was charged with stealing a tin of petrol, valued at 11/-, the property [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Victorian Murder MELBOURNE
National Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 5
The trial of Ernest Kleinert on a charge of having murdered Mrs. [?]olene Simpson was continued at the Criminal Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A London Murder LONDON
National Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 5
Following a visit of detectives to South-end a man has been detained in connection with the murder of Mr. Wood in his flat recently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kaiser's Brother-in-law Arrested. Alleged Assault. BERLIN, This Morning
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 1
Zoubkoss, a brother-in-law of the ex-Kaiser, was arrested early this morning for allegedly knocking down a page boy and rendering him insensible…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police and Seamen Riot at Fremantle FREMANTLE
National Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 5
Police and seamen were involved in a small riot at the docks last night. The seamen, members of the crew at the liner Borda. commenced to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Difficult Rescue Work Police at Nyngan NYNGAN
National Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 2
The police boat which was sent from Sydney is still engaged in the work of carrying provisions to settlers in the outlying parts. It took…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Stiffy and Mo.” “Mo” in the Divorce Court. SYDNEY
Leader · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 4
Harry Vender Sluice, better known [?] “Mo.” of the Stiffy and Mo combination, was the respondent in a [?] for restitution of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Was It "Framed"? Criminal's Novel Defence Tried to Fool Police SYDNEY
National Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 2
Described by the police as one of Sydney's cleverest criminals, and one of the most difficult to catch, Joseph Denmead, at the Darlinghurst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed in Camp Brothers Charged with Murder Roma (Q.)
National Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 6
During the night of February 2nd. a fight started at the railway construction camp at Injane terminus. As a result Frederick Turvey was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bag Snatcher Sentenced. Melbourne
Leader · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 1
John Gardiner, 24, [?]John Martin, was sentenced to-day to five years. Evidence was given that he and another man attacked a young…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Years' Gaol Notorious Shopbreaker Escaped from Darlinghurst. SYDNEY
National Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 6
Joseph Denmend. 38, who claimed to be the victim of a police plot was senteced at the Darlinghurst Session to-day to three years' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →