Assault at Fremantle an Arrest Made
That favorite Australian weapon, the beer bottle, has been used to great effect in Fremantle in the last few days (says the "News"). A negro…
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Courts & crime, 1926
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Warden's Court Objection About Allendale Mine
In the Warden's Court this morning before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, Mining Warden, James Buckler lodged a complint against the Junction North…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Law Commission Evidence of Magistrate Regarding State Children Adelaide
Mr. W. Hall, S.M., before the Law Reform Commission to-day said that many State children boarded out were nothing else than child slaves. In…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industrial Court To-day's Proceedings
In the Industrial Court this morning, before Mr. G. A. Stevenson. S.M., Superintending Inspector R. C. Huntley, of the Department of Labor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Son Is Found Guilty of Murder of Father a Queensland Case Rockbarapton
The trial was concluded to-day of Arthur Weeding charged with the wilful murder of his father in December last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Men Shot in Vineyard Arrested by the Police Sydney
Two residents of Paxton, in the Cessnock district, named Frank Hallam and Clifford Keeling, left Raxton in a motor car on Sunday, and visited a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unemployed Attempt to Seize Workhouse Dispersed by Police (Reuter's Message.). London, February 9
A thousand unemployed were engaged for three hours in a fight with the police when attempting to seize the Camberwell workhouse with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The High Court Tenders to Be Called for a New Building
Probably tenders will be called this week for the long-overdue building for the High Court and the Federal Arbitration. Court in Melbourne (says…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Send Me to the Gallows" Dutburst of Prisoner in Melbourne Court
"You can send me to the gallows or sentence me to imprisonment for life, but I will not go through with it. I will cut my throat or do something."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industrial Court (Continued from Page 3.) Case Against W. H. Riechers a Conviction Recorded
In The Industrial Magistrate's Court before Mr. G. A. [?], S.M., this afternoon, the case was continued in which With[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The World Court Petition to Restrain U.S.A. From Adhering (Reuter's Message.) Washington, February 8
Benjamin Catchings, a Washington lawyer, has filed a petition in the United States Supreme Court requesting it to restrain Mr. F. G. Kellogg,…
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In the Police Court this morning. before Mr. C. W. Swiney. P.M., a man deemed to be of unsound mind was discharged on the evidence of Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Silverton Police Court
In the Silverton Police Court to-day, before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.M., three persons pleaded guilty to a charge of having been found on the licensed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft of Silk Valued at £50. Adelaide
Rolls of silk valued at £50 were Stolen last night from the premises of the Australasian Implement and House Furnishing Company at North-terrace…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attempt to Bribe a Police Officer Licensee Fined £10 Adelaide
On a charge of having bribed a police officer to neglect his duty at Ambleside on December 13. William August Henry Nitschke, the licensee…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder of Children Mother Found Not Guilty on Grounds of Insanity Wellington (N.Z.)
The jury returned a verdict of not guilty at the trial of Helen Hart, who was charged with the murder of her three children, on the ground that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Marine Court Inquiry a Certificate Suspended and Captain Fined £5 Auckland (N.Z.). February 12
Recently Captain James Douglas, master of the ferry steamer Kestrel, feil asleep while steering the vessel from Auckland to Northcote with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Claim for Insurance High Court Considering Suicide Clause in Policy (Reuter's Message.) London, February 10
The manner in which the late John Q. Rowett, a friend and fiancial supporter of the late Sir Ernest Shackleton, met his death was the subject…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court
In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. W. Swiney. P.M., John Liddell (23), pleaded guilty to a charge of having been found drunk on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New South Wales Police Conference Ends Sydney
The conference of police chiefs of New South Wales, Victoria, South Anstrclin, Queensland, and Tasmania, was concluded to-day. Mr. J…
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