Stealing Belgian Sleepers
LONDON, Thursday.--In order to expedite their progress on the eastern front, Germans have stolen sleepers from the Belgian railways. The Belgian authorities are protesting…
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Courts & crime, 1915
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Outrage and Murder
SYDNEY, Friday.--The police have no doubt that the woman, whose body was discovered near Loch, Victoria, had been the victim of a criminal assault and was then strangled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Impersonating a Female. Sentenced to Six Months
SYDNEY, Friday.--Henry Wiles, alias Katie Smart, aged 40, was charged at Ashfield Police Court with imposing on Walter Robinson, by falsely representing that he was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Arabic Murder. Commander Exceeds Instructions. Germany Apologises
LONDON, Thursday.--Germany announces that the commander of the submarine which sank the Arabic exceeded instructions, and has offered an apology if such is found to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Woman in the Case. Gramatic Murder Revived Effect of Guilty Conscience
The Central Court magistrate put the stereotyped question. "Is anything known of the defendant?" and the police prosecutor, with a professional…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Decrease of Drinking. Military Restrictions. Police Require Increased Powers
SYDNEY, Friday.--Giving evidence before the City Morals Committee, the Inspector-General of Police said his experience was that the amount of drinking was on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court Monday, August 30. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.
John Leonard was ordered to pay 5- or take 7 days for being drunk on Saturday night. An order prohibiting persons from supplying Patrick Holmes with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court
Yesterday, before the P.M. John Leonard, for drunkenness, was fined 5s or 24 hours. Richard David Burkhardt was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gippsland Murder
Black trackers went to Woodleigh, in Gippsland, near where Miss. Elizabeth Dunbabin was found murdered. They ascertained that the boots of Peter Allan, a navvy, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Sculler in Trouble. Fined for Assault
SYDNEY, Monday. -- William Fogwell, the well-known sculler, was charged at Newtown Summons Court with assault. Wm. Jackson, a Council employee at Marrickville, said he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unique Case of Horse Stealing. Girls Draw Lots
SYDNEY, Monday. -- A young girl was arrested in Adelaide on a charge of horse stealing, the result of an attempt by a number of girls to induce a German to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charge of Murder. Plea of the Accused
SYDNEY, Monday. -- Joseph Hamilton was placed on his trial at the Criminal Court for the alleged murder of Alice White. Accused, in a signed statement, declared that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charges Against Police. Conflict of Testimony
SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- There was extraordinary conflict of testimony at Melbourne at the hearing of charges of alleged acts of misconduct against policemen. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →High Court Proceeding. Charge of Conspiracy
SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- The Full Bench of the High Court commenced hearing argument on the questions of law reserved in the proceedings taken before the Court sitting in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Magistrate's Straight Talk
Mr. Smithers, P.M., seeing a rush of young men to listen to a case at the Ashfield Police Court on Friday, said these men would be far better up at the barracks. "There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Morals Inquiry. Startling Medical Statements. Bribing the Police
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--At the Parliamentary Commission appointed to make inquiry concerning city morals, Dr. Worrall, medical officer of the Sydney Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Patricide. Young Man Charged
SYDNEY, Thursday.--A young man named John Samuel Griffith was charged at the Criminal Court with the murder of Patrick James Griffith, his father. Evidence was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Her Double. Woman Sentenced by Mistake. Dramatic Scene
Two women who are very much alike in appearance, who were born in the same village, both for a time in Dr. Barnardo 's homes and both engaged for a time in domestic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dr. Worrall's Comments. Resented by Police
SYDNEY, Thursday.--The Inspector-General of Police says that although now it appears that Dr. Worrall never intended his allegations to refer to the N.S.W. police,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft of Letters. Caught in the Act
SYDNEY, Frday.--Donald Ross, a letter sorter at the G.P.O., was committed for trial on a charge of stealing five letters sent by post, the property of the P.M.G. Evidence…
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