Police Offences. a Record Year. Sydney
The report, of the inspector-General of Policy was submitted to Parliament to-night. He stated that the number of serious crimes last year exceeded…
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Courts & crime, 1924
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Seduction Charged. £750 Compensation Awarded. Sydney
In the Supreme Court to-day Donald Rankin, dairy farmer, Bega, sued Richard Rodger Jackson, claiming £1000 compensation for the seduction of his…
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"I have absolutely no sympathy for a man who has assaulted the police," said Mr. Perry, S.M., at Newcastle, on Monday. " While society is as it is, we…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adelaide Murder. Death Sentence Commuted. Adelaide
The Executive to-day decided to commute the death sentence passed on Hori Morse to imprisonment for life. Morse was to have been hanged on July 5 for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Notes. Billions of Marks. Police Make Haul. Sydney
Recently the attention of the Inspector-General of Police was drawn to circulars which were being, distributed broadcast throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Princes Wynn. R. Bailie in Court. Charge of Receiving. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day Robert Bailie (51), horse trainer, was charged with having received the mare. Princess Wynn, the property of Albert…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Building Trade Dispute. Public Court of Inquiry. London
The Minister of Labor has informed the meetings of the parties to the building trade dispute that he would cause a public court of inquiry to be held into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Year in Gaol. Bigamist Sentenced. Sydney
Charles Anscombe, 35, appeared at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day for sentence on a charge of bigamy. Accused said he was married under the Scottish law,…
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"According to your record you have assaulted all the police in the district," said Mr. Camphin, S.M., when Arthur George Miller pleaded guilty to a charge…
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Charles Fusco, 33, laborer, and James Burke, 27, hairdresser, were sentenced at the Central Police Court to-day to six months' gaol for having assaulted Emily…
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In an aditorial review the "Naval land Military Record (London) says: "The United States Naval…
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"The United States Naval Service is evidently the despair of the Prohibitionists. Rear-Admiral Plukett, who commands the Brooklyn…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder Case. The Byfleet Tragedy Woman's Husband Poisoned. Evidence at Trial. London
The feature of the trial to-day of Vaquair, charged with the murder of a man named Jones at the Byfleet Hotel, was the duel between Mrs. Jones, wife…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russian in Court. Taxation Office Sensation. Sydney
Amurchan Bicaye, a Russian, who created a sensation at the Taxation "Office by brandishing a revolver, appeared a[?] Darlinghurst Sessions. He stated he was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sugar Workers. Higher Rates Refused. by Queensland Court. Interesting Judgment. Brisbane
In refusing any increase of wages to sugar workers the Full Bench of the Arbitration Court to-day also refused the claim for a 44-hour week weekly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Nationalists Sentenced. Cologne
A French military court at Dortmund sentenced four members of the Nationalist secret organisations to 10 years imprisonment and imposed a fine of 50,000 gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man in Garden. Arrested for Burglary. Sydney
When returning home at a late hour last night Thomas White, Dulwich Hill, found his residence had been broken into and articles valued at £7 stolen. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General. Alleged Theft of £100
At the Drake Police Court, before Mr. G. Hunter Smith, J.P., William Joseph Richard Hootan, of Tabulam, was charged pith scaling £100, the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poison Trial. a Dramatic Ending. Vaquair Sentenced to Death. Violent Struggle with Warders. London
The case for the prosecution concluded to-day in the Byfleet poisoning case in which J. P. Vaquair, a Frenchman, is charged with having poisoned Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Raid. Men Scatter Over Housetops. Melbourne
There was further excitement on Friday night when the police raided an alleged gaming house, after battering down the back door. The police on…
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