Police Force 'Promotions Too Slow' Annual Conefrence Always on Duty. Sydney
The annual report of the Ponce Association, which was presented to the annual conference to-day, discloses that the Chief Commissioner,…
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Courts & crime, 1931
1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 24 of 65
Foul Play Surry Hills Mystery Body in Locked Room Case Has Police Puzzled. Sydney
Police inquiries to-dap into the death of Mrs. Emma Phillbrook, who was found dead in a locked room, with her skull fractured and a stocking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Assault Case at Maclean Police Court
On Thursday at the Maclean Police Court before the Police Magistrate, Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, the hearing was commenced of a case in which Frank…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder Alleged Young Girl Arrested Father Shot Dead. Melbourne
William Jesse Young, 43, orchardist, was shot dead outside, his home at Garfield North, 45 miles from Melbourne, on the main Gippsland line, this afternoon…
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Wilna, Young, 15; appeared at the Garfield Police Court to-day, on a charge of having murdered her father, William Young…
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The small iron safe which was carried away from the premises of Mr. S. T. Willis, butcher, Casino, on Wednesday night was found on Friday evening at…
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At the Ballina Police Court, before Mr. C. J. Rooney, J.P., on Saturday last John Pitman Rice was charged with stealing a diamond ring valued at £910,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Magistrate's Surprise
The sordid happenings within the police court building appear to have a peculiar fascination for a certain type of person. Year in, year out, day after…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prisoners Play Up Disorder at Yatala Gaol. Adelaide
Another outbreak of disorder among the prisoners occurred at the Yatala Labor Prison to-day and before the disturbance was quelled the prisoners had smashed…
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The annual conference of the Police Association carried a motion in favor of the constitution of a Country Promotion Board…
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When the annual conference of the Police Association was resumed to-day, Detective James, of the C.I.B., reported that the C.I.B. and plainclothes men had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lang's Firm Woman Charged 13 P.C. Interest Allegations in Parliament. Sydney
Speaking on the Supply Bill in the Legislative Assembly to-night, Mr. Foster., Nationalist member for Vaucluse, alleged that a firm with which the Premier, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queer Story Youth on Murder Charge What He Told the Doctor. Adelaide
A remarkable story was told to-day at the trial of Leslie Skilbeck, 17, on a charge of the murder of Walter Dall, grazier, and his wife, at Kumorna, last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In a Boat Irishman Defies Police Duel on Lake. London
Suspected of murdering a woman, John Harrity, a farmer, of Rathmullin, County Donegal, put up an extraordinary fighe when the police endeavored to arrest…
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The case in which Leslie Skilb[?]k, 17, farm laborer, was charged with having murdered Frederick Dall, was concluded to day. The jury returned a verdict of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Is a Travelling Crane a Vehicle? Knotty Point for Magistrate
"I would not like to give a decision without considering the matter," said Mr. Stevenson, S.M., at Newcastle Summons Court, in the case in which William…
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An unusual case was heard in Newcastle Summons Court, on Tuesday, a hotelkeeper being charged with having taken a pledge for liquor…
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Daisy Ida wheeler, 40, a married woman with four children, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment by Judge Edwards, at the Quarter Sessions to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Acquitted Sierra Murder Charge Ernest Oldfield Discharged. Sydney
At the Central Criminal Court to-day the trial commenced of Ernest Oldfield, 26, engineer on the steamer Sierra, who is charged with having murdered Richard…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →May Day Riot In Brisbane Baton Charge by Police All Quiet on the Sydney Front Cheers for Lenin and Soviet Union. Brisbane
Batons wore drawn by the police and 20 arrests made to-day, when the Communists attempted to hold May Day demonstrations in defiance of the…
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