FORGED £5 Notes Accused at Police Court Bail Fixed at £400. MELBOURNE
At the City Court to- day Roy Ostberg and Lance Skelton were charged with having forged Commonwealth £5 bank notes with intent to defraud and also…
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Courts & crime, 1927
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Parents Sent to Gaol Five Children Neglected. Melbourne
At the Police Court to- day John Williams and his wife were sent to gaol for six months and three months respectively for having failed to provide their five…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Marrickville Tragedy Verdict of Murder and Suicide Sydney
"That Dr. John Paling, while suffering from some temporary mental aberration administered cyanide poisoning to his mother, Mrs. Paling, and then…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£5 Bank Notes Alleged Theft of 200 Missed From Bank Vault. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to- day Arnold Pemberton Walker, 34, was charged with having stolen 200 Commonwealth £5 notes, the property of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sold for 8d. Two £5 Notes. Child's Prank Buyer Fined for Stealing. Sydney
While walking along a street in North Sydney on Wednesday, a seven year old boy offered two £5 notes to Sydney Robert Rea, aged 31, painter, apparently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Liquor at Canberra a Police Raid. Sydney
The police at Canberra seized two cases of whisky, four of wine, and nine of ale, and arrested a man who was charged with having sold liquor without holding a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Jury System Retiring Police Officer's Views. Sydney
Police Superintendent Moroney, who after 39 years service has entered upon long leave prior to his retirement, to-day condemned the jury system, which he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newspaper Tax The Legal Battle Application for Injunction Referred to Full Court. Sydney
The legal battle between the Sydney newspapers and the Lang Government to test the legality of the newspaper tax commenced in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Brutal Assault. Sydney
At the Central Police Court, Thos. Johnstrone, 43, fireman, Robert Wilson, 32, seaman and Wm[?] Collins, 37, fireman, were remanded on bail on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Commissioners Confer. Hobart
The annual conference of Commissioners of Police commenced to-day. The conference is being held in camera…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police and Prohibition (Published by Arrangement.)
The Washington correspondent of the London "Morning Post," in a studied reflection, puts it this way:-- "The Moderation League a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Midnight Attack Girl's Story to Police Sydney
The police are looking for a man who is alleged to have attacked a young woman at Ashfield last night. The girl had been to a dance in the city and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Licensing Court
At the Licensing Court, Grafton, yesterday, before the chairman (Mr. W. B. Geddes, P.M.) the license of Roche's Hotel was transferred from H. Konnell to…
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Verdicts for the plaintiffs, with costs of court, were entered at the Grafton Small Debts Court yesterday, before Mr. W. B. Geddes, P.M.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child's Death Motor Driver Charged Drunkenness Also Alleged. Sydney
At Paddington police court Alfred Henry Stanborough, 34, garage proprietor, was Charged with having slain Joan Barron, aged 6 years. There was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder Alleged Youth Shot Dead Conflicting Evidence. Sydney
The City Coroner to-day opened an inquiry into the death of George Francis Dunne, 15, who was fatally shot at Darlinghurst last Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Typhoid Fever Goulburn Gaol Outbreak Statement by Director of Health. Sydney
Referring to the outbreaks of typhoid fever, which have occurred in the metropolitan area, Goulburn and other towns, the Director General of Health. Dr. Dick,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Old Man's Death Fellow Employee Held on Murder Charge. Adelaide
The inquest into the death of James Flanagan, 64, who was murdered in the employees lunch room at an Adelaide boot factory at North Unley, on December 20,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Not Far Away Police Search Ends. Sydney
After the police had searched for him for two years, a man wanted on a false cheque charge has been located at Gou[?]urn gaol. He was sentenced recently…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Led Mob in Attact on Constable £41 or Six Months Says Court. Young
When Clarence Eldridge and Arthur Wilson were charged at the local court with assaulting Constable Eadie on Christmas Eve, it was stated the…
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