"Confessions" Scepticism of Police
All confessions of murder are regarded with a healthy suspicion (writes "A Criminologist" in the London."Daily News''). That is because there is so…
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Courts & crime, 1930
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Teamster Shot Dead Verdict or Wilful Murder. Perth
The Coroner returned a verdict of wilful murder against Charles Edward Brown at the conclusion of the inquest on James Ramsay, 45, teamster, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Body in Garden Queensland Murder Italian Arrested in Melbourne. Melbourne
An Italian laborer, Giovanni Maggiora, 36 was arrested outside the Customs House to-day and charged with having at Applethorpe, Queensland, between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ghastly Crime Negro Burned Alive Mob Law in Texas Gaol and Negro Settlement Razed. Sherman (Texas)
"Hold them if you can, don't snoot anybody, was the order sent by Governor Moody to the National Guardsmen and the Texas Rangers,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Hoaxed Girl Found in Doorway kidnapping story. SYDNEY
Found in a doorway in George street early this morning, a girl was taken to Sydney Hospital where she was interviewed by the police. She stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Police Court
The Police Magistrate sat from 9.30 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. at the Grafton Courthouse yesterday, hearing a number of cases and will resume his sitting at nine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Story of Theft Police Dept. Messenger Papers and Money. Sydney
The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Childs, gave an emphatic denial to-day to the published statement that valuable papers had been stolen from his department and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Petty Larceny Stealing A Whip Releasing From Municipal Pound Court of Petty Sessions
At the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions Yesterday, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., Arthur Ernest Edwards was charged with stealing a whip, the property of…
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At the Central Court to-day Aubrey Sara, 43, was charged with having maliciously murdered Alvina Hollcbon. It was stated that Sara was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Liquor Sale at Clubs Full Court Judgment. Sydney
The Full Court, in a judgment to-day decided that the sale of liquor by club officers to members, on licensed club premises, was not a breach of the Liquor Act…
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Jean White, 35, described as a domestic, who was found in a Chinese den at Surry Hills on Saturday night, was charged at the Central Court to-day with vagrancy…
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At the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., William Leslie Darcy was charged with being a suspected person who, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trial in Portugal a Comic Opera Court No Preparations for Case. Lisbon
Although the alleged frauds were committed in 1925, a special tribunal has just commenced the trial of Antonio Bandiera, former Portuguese Minister at The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Body in Car? Carried Out Of House Surry Hills Mystery Woman's Story to Police. Sydney
Detectives are inquiring into the report by Mrs. Anne Kay, of Surry Hills, who states that late on Saturday night a man was carried from a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stealing Charge Police Deny Assault Allegations. Sydney
When William Nelson Mears, 22, junior porter, was charged at Hornsby Court today with stealing £1169, the property of the Railway Commissioners, Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Youths Charged Alleged Criminal Assault Sydney
At Kogarah court to-day, Arthur Sealby, 19, shop boy, and Clarence Cunningham, 19, gardener, were charged with having committed a criminal offence on a girl…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Driver Sentenced Twelve Months for Manslaughter. Perth
Neil Rosman, 22, motor salesman, who was found guilty of the manslaughter of Dr. Lyon Johnston, who was killed in a motor smash, was sentenced to 12 months'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Breaking Into Store. Three Young Men Charged Case From Kyogle
At the Grafton Betty Sessions Court yesterday, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., three young men, John Arthur Huntly, Alfred William Clark and Percival…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charge of Murder Death of Syrian Storekeeper. Adelaide
At the inquest into the death of Bert Nejain, Syrian storekeeper, a statement was made by Edwin Bland that he shot Nejaim, who refused to give him some…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unusual Case High Court Refuses Leave to Appeal. Melbourne
The High Court refused leave to appeal against the judgment of the Police Magistrate at Onslow, West Australia, directing that James Austin, landowner,…
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