Murder of Colored Man Sentence Commuted to Five Years' Gaol Perth
The death sentence on Frederick Morgan for the murder of Isiah Riley, a colored man, at Albany, on February 11, has been commuted to…
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Courts & crime, 1925
1,829 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 28 of 92
Alleged Theft of Posts Defendant Is Discharged
In the Police Court this morning before Mr. G. A Stevenson, S.M., G[?]lan Mahommed proceeded against Cannimullah for having on February 6 stolen…
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In the Licensing Court this morning, before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.M., Peter John M'Clure was granted the transfer of the publican's license held…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warden's Court Application Adjourned
In the Warden's Court today, before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, mining warden, William Burns applied for a suspension of labor conditions on mining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wholesale Stealing of Motor Cycles and Parts Eleven Suspects Arrested Melbourne
Detectives and plainclothes police have arrested 11 men in Melbourne and the district who are believed to be concerned in the wholesale…
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A man named Charles Henry Roberts has been missing in the country around Purnamoota Station since Sunday last. It is stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Gets Five Years for Assault on Daughter Judge's Comment Adelaide
Harry Francis Michell was sentenced to five years' imprisonment by Mr. Justice Parsons in the Criminal Court for an indecent assault on his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ferntree Gully Tragedy Police Believe Cases of Suicide
The police investigating the Ferntree Gully tragedy (as briefly reported in "The Miner" on Monday) believe Thomas Henry Carr and Mary Ellen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Double Motor Gab Fatality Joseph Boland for Trial on Charge of Murder His Brother Discharged Sydney
The inquest was continued yesterday into the motor car tragedy on Parramatta-road on Friday, March 20, when an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. John…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Had Wife by Throat Man Fined in Court To-day for Offence at the South
In the Police Court this morning. before Mr. G. A. Stevenson. S.M., Ezekiel Johns, a first offender, pleaded guilty to a charge of having…
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The art union being conducted by the police in aid of the hospitals will be drawn on April 29. The prizes are valued at over £3299 and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stealing From a Shop Professional Boxer and Female Receiver
A professional boxer. "Mike"Flynn, and a shopkeeper. Robert Munro, were remanded on Monday on charge of stealing from a city softgoods shop…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mysterious Assault on a Young Girl Victim Wanders Away
A mysterious assault on a girl about 18 years of age occurred on vacant ground at Hawthorn on Saturday night (says a Melbourne message in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Illegal Sale of Liquor Police Make Raid on Society Resort
Lavishly clothed and bejewelled women,. with smartly-dressed men, lounging on luxurious couches and easy chairs, smoking cigarettes and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder of N.Z. Soldier Trial of the Accused Is Further Delayed (Reuter's Message.) London, April 7
Reuter's Cologue correspondent reports:— Franz Swaboda, who has already been remanded twice on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Crowborough Murder Thorne's Appeal Heards Against Death Sentence Appeal Is Rejected (Reuters Message.) London, April 6
The spectacle of judges using microscopes on the bench to examine sections of human skin was one of several unusual features in the hearing of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy of 14 Charged with Furious Driving a Motor Maniac. (Reuter's Message.) London, April 8
William Williams, 14 years of age, a son of the late Billy Williams, comedian, was charged at the Children's Court. Brighton, with driving a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Denmark Murder Death Sentence Commuted to Imprisonment for Life Perth
The Executive Council to-day commuted to imprisonment for life with hard labor the sentence of death passed on Alfred Bracknell, 61 years of age, for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Yarra Mystery Young Girl Disappears From Home During Night Police Investigating. Melbourne
While her mother thought her sound asleep on Friday night, a girl aged 15 years is believed to have climbed out of her bedroom window and fled in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Order by High Court Against Seamen's Union Seamen Must Not Object to an Expelled Member Sydney
The High Court to-day decided that an order should be made against the Federated Seaman's Union, Sydney branch, and its officers, restraining…
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