Assault on Little Girl Sydney
A girl aged 13 years was the victim of a brutal assault at a lonely spot near San Souci yesterday. A man followed her along a road for some…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1924
2,063 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 104
Stowaways in Court
Allegations that Great Britain is making Australia a dumping [?] for undesirables were made at the Fremantle Police Court on Friday, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pentridge Prison. Additional Supervision to Prevent Fires in Gaol Melbourne
Supervision at the Pentridge prison is being tightened up. Warders are being instructed in the use of fire-fighting appliances, and more stringent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gaol Breaking. Attempt to Release Man Lands Chauffeur in Trouble What Officials Knew Melbourne
Two schemes were in hand for one attempted release of notorious criminals from the Melbourne Gaol yesterday. The authorities are perturbed over the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Police. Retrenchment Proposed Among Victorian Men Melbourne
It has been decided by the Victorian Ministry that the number of mounted men on social constabulary duty can with safety be reduced from 85 to 50…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warden's Court Mining Purposes Leases Wanted by Junction North
In the Warden's Court to-day, before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, deputy warden, the Junction North Broken Hill Mining Company, N.L., applied…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Shake-up in U.S.A. Radical Methods Adopted to Clean Up Vice and Crime (Reuter's Message). New York, January 12
Two of the largest American cities are undergoing an extremely radical police shake-up in an effort to rid the municipalities of crime and corrupt on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne Burglary. £300 Worth of Jewellery Carried Off by Thieves Melbourne
The premises of Freeman and Company's, indentors, in Russell-street, were burgled on Monday night and jewellery valued at £300 was stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaol Breaking. Mock Revolt Arranged to Permit Man's Release Melbourne
Although it is generally contended that the prompt action by the authorities trustrated a plot to rescue a notorious criminal from the Mebourne…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder of an Infant. Sarah Boyd to Appeal Against Death Sentence Sydney
Sarah Boyd, who was sentenced to death on December 20 for the murder of her infant child, will appeal to the Full Court of Criminal Appeal against…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death of a Woman. Nurse Mitchell Remanded on a Charge of Murder Melbourne
Nurse Hannah Mitchell, fashionably attired in a blue costume with hat to match, appeared in the City Police Court yesterday for the first time on a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Affairs in India. Murder of Englishman Causes a Strong Protest (Reuter's Message.) Calcutta, January 14
The murder on Saturday of Mr. Ernest Day, which is generally accepted as the work of a member of a revolutionary party, has deeply…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Licensing Court. Proceedings to Be Taken to Disqualify a Licenses
In the Licensing Court this morning, before Mr. C. A. Stevenson, cha[?]man, and Mr. G. C. Bowen, member of the bench, Inspector Dimond applied…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unemployed Demonstrate But Are Diverted by Police (Reuter's Message.) London, January 15
Unemployed demonstrators, who lined the Thames Embankment with banners and bands, were diverted from the vicinity of Parliament House, and were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A.W.U. Elections. Case Before Equity Court Adjourned for a Week Sydney
The alleged ballot box irregularity, concerning which three members of the A.W.U. are asking for an injunction against their union and its returning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Levy on Sale of Ship. English Court Decision Given Against Crown (Reuter's Message.) London, January 15
Justice Sir Horace Amory, of the King's Bench Division, has upheld a claim by H. J. Brocklebank Limited, shipowners, for the return from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Zealand. Three Prisoners Escape From Auckland Gaol Auckland, January 16
Considerable anxiety has been caused by the fact that three habitual criminals who escaped from the gaol yesterday are still at liberty. The escapees were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Zealand. (Continued from Page 1) Gaol Escapees Auckland, January 19
Three escapees from an Auckland gaol gang on Tuesday, as reported in the New Zealand items on page 1, have been recaptured. One was located…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales. (Continued from Page 1.) Committed for Assault Sydney
At the North Sydney Police Court to-day Henry Barnes (22) was committed for trial on a charge of criminally assaulting a girl at Artarmon on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Liquor Act Prosecutions. To-day's Court Proceedings
In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, D.S.M., the following cases under the Liquor Act were dealt with:—…
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