Chinese Tong Fight Gunmen Paid High Rates for Organised Murder
Methods adopted in the recent Chinese tong (secret society) war, in which nearly a score of murders were committed throughout the country,…
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Courts & crime, 1925
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Assault on Boys an Anglican Vicar Remanded for Sentence Wellington (N.Z.), February 16
Donald Freer, vicar of the Port Chalmers Auglican Church, pleaded guilty to assaulting two boys, aged 10 and 7 years, and was remanded to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Staghorn Flat Murder the Suspected Murderer Jumps Off Moving Train Sydney
While a train was travelling between Wagga and Albury a young man suddenly jumped out, rolled over, and dusted his clothes. He made off into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder of Bank Teller Evidence Against Perkins in the Hampton Case Melbourne
The trial of Francis Perkins for the murder of William Almedia, the Hampton bank teller, began this morning, Nearly 30 witnesses are to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Police Strike Reinstatement Question Left to Parliament. Melbourne
About 450 members of the Police Reinstatement Association attended at their meeting rooms at the Trades Hall yesterday when the report of the police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man with Revolver Holds Up Pie Stall No Robbery Takes Place. Police Are Inquiring
Early this morning Mr. Syd. Bath when returning to his home with a coffee stall was bailed up at the point of a [?]volver at the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Civil Engineer Robbed of Quantity of Jewels Strange Story Told Police. (Reuter's Message.) London, February 16
Captain Breadon, a civil engineer, who states that he was formerly a State engineer in Kashmir and subsequently spent years sheep and cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Assault and Robbery
Detectives are investigating a report by Miss Ella Briars, a clerk[?]of Munro-street. Armadale, that late on Thursday night a man confronted her in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nurse Mitchell Charged with Alleged Malpractice Melbourne
Nurse Hannah Mitchell was arrested to-day for alleged malpractice at Bellgrave on a married woman who has four children. The woman is in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hampton Murder. Trial of the Accused Proceeding in Melbourne Melbourne
The trial is proceeding of Frank Perkins for the murder of the bank teller William Almeida on November 28 at Hampton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires on Farm Suspect Is Arrested by Police at Pinaroo Pinaroo
Mr. [?] A. Ba[?]ey was awakened at 3.30 o'clock yesterday morning by a r[?]ar of flames. An inspection showed that a [?]ay stack containing about [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Shoots Sister Who Was Slowly Dying Surrenders to Police. (Reuter's Message.) London, February 16
Reuter's Paris correspondent reports:— A case recalling that in which a Polish actress named Sta[?]slawa…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Assault Charge Against Plumber Falls in Police Court
In the Ashfield Police Court on Friday John Joseph Carmony (20) was charged with having unlawfully assaulted a female (says the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Wife Murder Withers in Tamworth Gaol. Sydney
Lyle Samuel Withers, who is under committal for trial for the murder of his wife at Kingstown on February 10. has been taken to the Tamworth Gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Assault on Butcher Two Men for Trial
How a butcher who was wearing his Dyiama coat inside out with £120 in notes pinned up in the pocket, was attacked in bed at 3 o'clock in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hampton Murder Statement by Accused Is Tendered by Police. Remanded for Sentence. Melbourne
The case against Francis Perkins, chanced with the murder of Mr. W. Almeida, bank clerk at Hampton, was resumed yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Letter That Strayed 2½d. Charged for Search
About the middle of January a letter was sent from Young to Darlinghurst, but before it reached there the addressee had moved to another suburb,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Adelaide Murder Case Ashby to Stand Trial Adelaide
Thomas William Ashby was committed for trial to-day by the coroner on a charge of having wilfully murdered Robert James Trenorden, driver, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Caretaker of Storeship Found Shot in Head Police Making Inquiries Sydney
John Emersen, from Chatswood made a startling discovery at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. When he boarded the storeship Inca in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Theft of Trousers
In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. Howie, J.P., Patrick M'Ginty, alias Sloan, alias John M'Donald, alias John Byan (33), was…
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