Two Dead Murder And Suicide? Shots at W.A. Hospital. Perth
Following the sound of shots at a private maternity hospital in Queen Victoria street, Fremantle, late last night, the police found the bodies of…
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Courts & crime, 1937
1,155 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 30 of 58
Lovers Damaged Court
Loud lamentations and execrations filled the air round the Dubbo Tennis Club's No. 2 court on Monday last when members noticed that the newly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Native Boy Kills His Brother Police In A Quandary "Accused" Five Years Old Perth
As a result of a five-year-old native boy killing his younger brother near Wyndham on Saturday, the police are in a quandary as they state…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scriven Murder Fourth Trial on July 15. MELBOURNE
Having already stood three trials in connection with the murder of James Scriven early last year, William John Cody and Rupert Davies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Banana Fire District Court Case
In the District Court at Bellingen last week John Casey, of Coffs Harbour, who owns a banana plantation at Taylor's Arm, Nambucca River,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plunged at Races Theft Of Egg Board Funds Alleged Deficiency of £8300. SYDNEY
Allegations that there was a deficiency of £8300 in the accounts of the Egg Marketing Board were made by a police witness to-day, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court Boambee and Bonville Cases at Bellingen
All the cases listed at the District Court at Bellingen last week were from the Coffa Harbour area, which again draws attention to the need of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wild Bout Stopped by Police Noland Defeats Kopack. Sydney
In one of the most spectacular contests witnessed at Rushcutter's Bay Stadium for years, Don Noland, 16.3. to-night defeated Joe Kopack, 15.4, one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At Darwin Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam On World Flight Police Guarding Plane Darwin
Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam, accompanied fcy her navigator F. Noonan, of the Pan-American Airways, completed another stage of her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Case Withdrawn Instructions From Attorney-General Sydney Magistrate Critical Sydney
Although officers of the Crown Law Department had said that the charges against a certain man should be proceeded with they were withdrawn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sequel to Chase Laborer Before Court. Lismore
As a sequel to the sensational police chase from Eltham to Ballina last night and the subsequent appearance of a man at a special court at Ballina…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Firearms for Victorian Police Restrictions On Use New Regulations Issued Melbourne
Severe restrictions on the use of firearms by police is provided in recommendations by the Chief Commissioner, Mr. Alex Duncan, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jury's Verdict Regarded As Final Attorney-general Replies to Magistrate. Sydney
In a statement to-day, the Attorney-General (Mr. Manning) made reference to remarks made by a Magistrate, Mr. Arnold, at the Central Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For Contempt Ex-Moderator Fined £100 Gaol Until Fine Paid. Belfast
The former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Rev. T. M. Johnstone, was fined £100 for contempt of court in a speech before the General…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Charge "Hit Him With Axe" Man Committed for Trial. Melbourne
A verdict that John Woods died of a compound fracture of the skull, caused by blows from an axe, wielded by Reginald Kilpatrick (21), was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shot Dead Father and Son Murder And Suicide Foster Mother Wounded Brisbane
After shooting his father dead and wounding his foster mother, a youth, aged 16, at Windsor, a suburb of Brisbane, to-night turned the rifle on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder Suspect Arrest in California. Los Angeles
Luther Down, 33, alleged ex-convict, was arrested on a charge of suspicion regarding the murder of three girls in the woods on Sunday. He resembled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four Die In Ourimbah Tragedy Murder and Suicide Verdict. Gosford
A verdict that Leslie Hugh Humphreys, 46, murdered his wife, Martha Amelia Humphreys, 30, and his two children, Owen Leslie, 7, and Clarence…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court Order Against Australian Cricketer "Climate Wrecked Home." London
The Australian professional cricketer, Sydney Frederick Hird, who is playing with Ramsbottom Club, appeared before Lancashire Court to face a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed in Bar Man Struck With Glass Brother Detained by Police. Newcastle
Cyril Burns (25), steelworker, of Tighe's Hill, was struck with a glass on the side of the head in a dispute in the bar of a hotel in Maryville this…
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