Child's Arm Found In Bay Murder Suspected by Police. Sydney
Apparently severed by some sharp instrument, and from appearances placed in the water two days ago, the arm of an infant was found at Blackwattle Bay,…
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Courts & crime, 1938
1,268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 64
Unusual Police Charge
What the police described as an unusual charge, only likely to arise infrequently in border towns, was preferred against Charles Bernard Bray…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hoax or Suicide? W.A. Police Puzzled Poison and Clothes Found. Perth
Fremantle police are not inclined to attach any tragic significance to the discovery yesterday underneath the Fremantle wharf of a bundle of clothes, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Secret Police Seek Hitler's Enemies Nation-Wide Raids Anti-nazi Organisation London
According to the "Daily Sketch," the dreaded Nazi secret police, without warning, raided thousands of houses, offices and flats throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Demsey Inquest 100 Witnesses Called Four On Murder Charge "Shot While Driving" Melbourne
Great public interest was shown to-day when the inquest into the death of John Thomas Demsey, truck driver, was opened by the Coroner,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court Sensation at Newcastle Inquest School Servant Sent For Death of Kitchenmaid Newcastle
A sensation occurred when the inquest into the death of Dorothy May Everett was resumed by the District Coroner to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mare and Filly Alleged Stealing Accused Committed for Trial
At the Casino Police Court on Tuesday last Ernest Samuel Gulliver (38), of Myrtle Greek, near Rappville, was charged with stealing a bay mare,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder for Two Dollars? New York
The police announced that two girls, aged 20 and 17 years, the former, a daughter of a patrolman, assigned to investigate the case…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dog Poisoner Over 30 Animals Destroyed Police Action Urged
A dog poisoner is carrying out his brutal and inhuman work in Grafton with a Thoroughness worthy of a much better cause, and also deserving of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Red Trucks What Witness Saw Movements On Road Demsey Murder Inquest Melbourne
Public interest in the Demsey inquest was reflected again to-day when the Coronial Court was uncomfortably filled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Youth on Remand Further Stealing Charges
Remanded for a month in the Grafton Police Court on December 20, on a charge of stealing a bicycle, to enable the police to find him a job, James…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alleged Threat of Murder and Suicide. Hollywood
Two bodyguards have been assigned to protect Ruth Etting, who declared that her former husband, Martin Snyder, had telephoned, presumably…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Inspector Burke Police Funeral in Sydney
Inspector Edmund Allen Burke, officer in charge of Grafton sub-district, who died or Tuesday at North Sydney, was given a police funeral on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prison Van Crashes Into Tram Demsey Murder Accused Uninjured. Melbourne
The prison van in which the four men accused of the murder of John Thomas Demsey were being returned from the inquest to Pentridge this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cast-iron Near Scene of Murder Demsey Inquest Many Witnesses Examined Melbourne
How two heaps of cast-iron waste were found off the Calder highway on November 29 was related by Detective Swingier to-day, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairies Quarterly Inspections Police Tired Of Job Want Change in System Sydney
The secretary of the Police Association of New South Wales, Mr. C. J. Cosgrove, who has completed a 2000 miles tour of the country…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Refused to Sign Statement to Police Roberts Gives Evidence Inquest at Newcastle Newcastle
Evidence as to his movements on the night when Dorothy May Everett was strangled was given by Leonard William Roberts (33),…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Charged Damaging Shop Window
Frank Clancy (50) appeared before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M. in the Grafton Police Court, yesterday, charged with causing damage to the extent of £20,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SELF-DEFENCE U.S. Murder Charge Verdict. Los Angeles
The Federal Grand Jury exonerated Robert Home and George Spernak, seamen on the yacht Aafje on a charge of the murder of James Morgan,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fourth Judge Federal Arbitration Court. Melbourne
The Federal Cabinet has decided to appoint Mr. Harold Rayard Piper, barrister, of Adelaide, fourth Judge of the Federal Arbitration Court. He is a son…
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