91 Years Old Chinaman Before Court. Bathurst
At the local court to-day Ah Gow, 91, was fined £10 on a charge of being the occupier of a room used for opium smoking. It was stated he was the oldest…
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Courts & crime, 1927
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Sent to Gaol for Stealing Motor Car Insanity Plea Fails. Sydney
A sentence of twelve months gaol was imposed on Ronald Eric McKinley, 18, bus conductor, at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bogus Lieut. Shock for Cessnock 'Naval Officer' Arrested Alleged Interstate Criminal Police Tell Amazing Story Cessnock
AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY WAS TOLD AT THE CESSNOCK COURT TO-DAY, WHEN STEPHEN WILLIAMS WATLING, ALIAS…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Life Sentence Corpse in Cupboard 'Jekyll and Hyde' Case Angry Scenes in Court. Paris
The trial of Dr. Bougrat, of Marseilles, for murdering a patient named Rumebes and locking the corpse in a cupboard in 1925, when it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Charged by Bull
A Jersey bull put the wind up Messrs. Bill Whittaker and Fred Cork on the Bostobrick road near Mr. Sparks's farm on Friday afternoon last. Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Years Note Forgers Sentenced. Melbourne
Mr. Justice Lowe sentenced Lance Philip Skelton and John Francis Gilligan [?] to four years imprisonment for at tempting to forge Australian £5 notes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Circuit Court
The Circuit Court will sit at Grafton on Thursday next, His Honor Mr. Justice James, presiding. Mr. J. F. Molloy will appear as Crown Prosecutor and Mr. S…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attempt to Forge Notes. Two Men Sentenced Sydney
Two men were each sentenced to four years' hard labor at the Melbourne Criminal Court on a charge of having attempted to forge £5…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Head Blown Off Witness in Sheep Stealing Case Crookwell
During the hearing of a sheep stealing case at the local court to-day the principal witness, John Campbell, 60 was warned to leave the court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams Arbitration Court. Hobart
J. McDonald, organiser of the A.W.U., speaking at Burnie, said the decision of the Arbitration Court not to accept evidence because of the strike at Zeehan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Very Generous" Police Sergeant's Evidence in Motor Case. Sydney
When Ernest Hughes, 30, undertaker, was charged at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day with wantonly driving a motor car Sergeant Newell, of the Redfern police,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Solicitor Charged with Fraud. Sydney
At the Central Court to-day, Harry Waldemar Baum, solicitor, was, remanded on a charge of having received £450 from Jane Govers by alleged fraud…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pentridge Gaol Episode Prisoner's Strange Act Seriously Injured by Fall. Melbourne
Henry Tacke, who was sentenced at the Melbourne Criminal Court 18 months ago to seven years imprisonment for the murder of a woman was seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seaman's Claim for Wages High Court Case Struck Out. Sydney
In the High Court to-day the Australian Steamships Proprietary Limited appealed against the decision of Judge Cohen in awarding damages to the seaman. David…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'The Labor Daily' Equity Court Proceedings a Director's Application. Sydney
The Chief Judge in Equity, Mr. Justice Harvey, had before, him to-day an application for an injunction on behalf of Patrick Joseph Minahan, boot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Was It a Plot? Henry Ford's Accident Excitement in America Hospital Guarded by Police. Detroit
Henry Ford continues to improve in the hospital. An amazing rumor was circulated throughout the country yesterday that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court Illegal Use of Motor Cycle
Two young men, Harold Rudder and Eric Turner appeared before. Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court on Saturday morning on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Posed As Doctor Twelve Months Gaol
At Tweed Heads Police Court on Friday before Mr. W.C Geikie, P.M., "Dr. George Aitkin Sampson, alias cecil Macintosh (41), pleaded guilty to the charge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder in Mexico American's Body Found. Vancouver
A Mexico City message states that the body of Edgar Wilkins, an American, who was kidnapped by bandits and held for ransom, has been found near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Doped and Robbed Women's Story to Police. Sydney
Serious allegations were made to the police by a woman who was found lying in a dazed state in a garage at Bondi. She said her name was Eileen Watson,…
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