Secretary Sentenced. Society Officials Signed Blank Cheques
A telegram to "The Advertiser" states that in the Criminal Court, Brisbane, on Thursday, Robert M'Cormack was sentenced to two years'…
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Courts & crime, 1917
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Mock Revolver Duel. Has Fatal Results. Woman Arrested for Murder. Melbourne
Stella Hines, aged 26, married, was arrested last night on the charge of wilfully murdering Eric M'Intosh, aged 25, single…
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In the Warden's Court to-day, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, mining warden, six months' suspension of residence and building conditions were granted to…
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In the Licensing Court to-day, before Messrs. H. Giles Shaw (chairman) and G. C. Bowen, John Harry Moody Fremasons' Hotel was granted a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arbitration Court Fine. Proceedings Against Meat Industry Union. to Compel Payment. Sydney
Mr. Justice Harvey to-day delivered his reserved judgment upon a point which is of considerable importance to trades unions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wilcannia Gaol Closed. Sydney
The Comptroller-General of Prisons reports a substantial falling off in gaol entries for 1916. The gaols at Hillston and Wilcannia hare been closed, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of Mrs. Brokensha. Dr, Sheridan Surrenders to the Police. Adelaide
Dr. Francis John Sheridan, who on Tuesday was committed for trial on a charge of murder in connection with the death of Mrs. Brokensha, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Force to Be Augmented. Sydney
The police force of New South Wales is to be augmented by 35 mounted and 50 foot recruit constables from July 1. This decision has been arrived at by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Protecting Witnesses. an Industrial Court Incident
When giving evidence in the Industrial Court on Thursday Oscar Ely, one of the employees' witnesses, supplied particulars of the incident referred to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged False Pretences. Returned Soldiers' Association Secretary Charged. Sydney
The trouble that has been in existence for some time past among the members of the Returned Soldiers' Association of New South Wales reached…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Murder of a Race. How Armenians Were Exterminated
Among the cruelties and massacres perpetrated by Germany and her Allies, the deliberate attempt of the Turkish authorities to exterminate the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industrial Matters. Federal Arbitration Court. Journalists' Case Concluded. Sydney
The Australian Journalists' Association's claim for improved rates of pay and conditions of employment from the metropolitan daily newspaper…
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In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., a first offender pleaded guilty to a charge of having played "two-up" to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whisky Quality. Charge Against a Publican. Magistrate Reserves Decision
In the Police Court this morning before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., Albert Adams was charged with having on January 10, sold to William Francis…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Seaman Sentenced. Arrested Under War Precautions Act. Adelaide
Carl Schroeder, a German seaman, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment to-day on a charge that being an alien within the meaning of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Seaman Sentenced. Arrested Under War Precautions Act. Adelaide
Carl Schroeder, a German seaman, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment to-day on a charge that, being an alien within the meaning of the War…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →I.W.W. Appeal Cases. Court Reserves Judgment. Sydney
The hearing was continued this morning in the Criminal Appeal Court of the appeals against the convictions and sentences in the I.W.W. conspiracy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unlawful Associations Act. Harry Melrose Charg[?]d. Defendant Denies Police Evidence. and Membership of I.W.W. Sentence of Six Months. Sydney
Considerable interest was taken in the first case under the Federal Unlawful Association's Act, which came before Mr. Ma[?]farlan[?], S.M., in the…
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Messrs. H. Giles Shaw (chairman), G. C. Bowen, and Dr. Macgillivray adjudicated at the Licensing Court this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PERTH I.W.W. Gases. Sawtell Again Charged. Letter to Senator Lynch. Perth
Michael Sawtell, who in December last was sentenced with other I.W.W. men to two years' imprisonment for seditious conspiracy, and was…
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