Prisoner for Trial Fatal Fight in Gaol. Sydney
The Parramatta Coroner to-day committed John Mason for trial on a charge of having feloniously slain Edwin Elliott. Both Elliott and Mason were prisoners at…
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Courts & crime, 1928
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The Mafia Notorious Secret Society 147 Members Sent to Gaol. Rome
The Mafia, a notorious Sicilian secret society, has at last been brought to judgment. A jury to-day returned a verdict of guilty, after a trial lasting three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£54 8s Costs. Local Court Case Ends
The court case from the Jetty in which Oliver Thompson was charged was concluded before the P.M. on Wednesday after being beard on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sacked Chased Breadcarters Union Officials Stormy Meeting Police at Trades Hall. Sydney
One of the most sensational meetings for years, at the Trades Hall, even in the stormiest periods of its existence, took place to-night, when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Missing Woman Police Certain She Is Dead Fruitless Search for Body. Melbourne
Detectives investigating the disappearance of Mrs. Inez Rosser, 21, of Corowa, who was last seen in a house in Burnley have not yet found target of her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pyrmont Murder Case Bail Application Refused. Sydney
Mr. Justice James to-day refused an application for bail on behalf of Norman Urquhart, who is under committal for trial on a charge of having murdered his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Missing Woman Police Can Find No Trace. Melbourne
The police arc still searching for Mrs. Inez Rosser who disappeared on her wedding night fourteen days ago. Detectives believe the woman is dead,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Girl Commits Suicide After Shooting Chief of Police. Belgrade
A young Bulgarian girl fired a revolver at and seriously wounded the Chief of the Political Police, Uskub, and then killed herself…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Motor Car Stolen From Grafton Recovered at Coolangatta Smart Work by Police
Some smart work on the part of the police on Saturday night and Sunday resulted in a motor car, which was taken from where it had been parked in front…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fierce Struggle 'Give Coppers a Go' Police Raid Houses Men and Women Arrested. Sydney
There was a wild time in a house in Riley street, Darlinghurst, last night, during a raid by the police. Following visits to two places…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court
Before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, Raymond Williams pleaded guilty to a charge of having behaved indecently in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wife Murder Young Man Charged Sensational Adelaide Case. Adelaide
There has been a sensational development in connection with the discovery in the sea at Semaphore of the body of Mrs. Stella Hamilton, the police having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Debts Court
At the Small Debts Court, Grafton, yesterday, John Kelly, merchant, trading at Grafton under the name of "Mackellys," sued Retailers' Efficient System,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Greycliffe Disaster Court's Finding Criticised. Auckland
Captains and officers of all ships in port here at a meeting to-day passed a motion confirming the opinions expressed by the Merchant Service Guild of Sydney, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scene in Church Vicar Calls In Police Anglo-catholic Ritual Worshippers Protest and Sing Hymns. London
RESENTMENT BY THE CONGREGATION AGAINST THE ANGLO-CATHOLIC RITUAL, CULMINATED IN CALLING THE…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'Scabs--brainless' Speaker Attacks Police Sequel in Police Court. Perth
Harry Wilkins, addressing a meeting on the Perth Esplanade, declared that eight or nine plain clothes policemen present were scabbing on the working class…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Robbery Youth in Taxi Case Charged. Sydney
Leslie Sargent, one of five youths charged with assaulting and robbing a taxi driver near Bowral, was remanded, at Balmain Police Court to-day, on a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Year's Gaol Stole Two Motor Cars Gave One to Girl Friend. Melbourne
Twelve months' imprisonment was imposed On William de Lariviere, 21, on a charge of stealing a motor car. Evidence was given that he presented…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Selling Rum Two Lads Detained by Police. Sydney
Two lads, 14 and 16 years, respectively, were detained by Darlinghurst police last night in connection with the disappearance of 24 bottles of rum from a wharf…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clergyman's Wife Police Inquiring Into Cause of Death. Melbourne
Detectives are inquiring into the mysterious death of a clergyman's wife, who died at Omeo. Only meagre details have been received, but it is believed the…
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