Solicitor Locked in Taxi for Refusing to Pay Fare Sequel in Police Court
Ivor Akers Thomas, solicitor, of Mathoura-road, Toorak, was charged at Prahran on Friday with having wilfully broken the window of a taxi…
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Courts & crime, 1928
2,221 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 14 of 112
Alleged Imposition by an Elderly Man Proposed to Aged Widow and Gave Valueless Cheques Police Court Proceedings Remanded for Sentence
In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M., Alfred Vane (55), on remand, was charged with having had insufficient lawful…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unlicensed Barber Fined £3 in Court To-day
In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M., Assistant Health Inspector Eugene Kirwan on behalf of the City Council,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The "Kissing Burglar" Committed for Trial for Attempted Murder ("Sun Pictorial" Cables) London, February 17
Known as the "Kissing Burglar," William Lennie, 20. has been committed for trial on a charge of the attempted murder of Margaret Gough,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Murders Daughter Later Commits Suicide When Cornered by Police Sydney
A ghastly murder was perpetrated at Marrickville on Saturday, night when Elaine Green, aged 9 years, was killed by her father, John Green, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bankruptcy Court Cases Are Adjourned
The adjourned public examinations and single meetings of creditors of Rosa Oliver and Charles Ashton Oliver were again called this morning at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English Murder Cases Three in Ten Days London, February 20
The resources of Scotland Yard are fully taxed by three baffling murders within 10 days. Following night and day inquiries an arrest was made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Debts Court Verdict for Plaintiff
In the Small Debts Court this morning, before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M., J. C. Goodhart Ltd. proceeded against Mrs. G. Marshall for the recovery of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stdney Assault Case Man Who Protected Woman Was Gashed on Throat Accused Found Guilty Sydney
At the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions yesterday, William Weldon (56), a military pensioner, was found guilty and remanded for sentence on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bullumwaal Tragedy a Blood-stained Shirt Found at Scene of Murder Melbourne
Detectives engaged in the search for the murderer of Mr. and Mrs. Clements at Bullumwaal have discovered a blood-stained shirt which it is believed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schoolboy Death Pact Krantz Is Sentenced on a Minor Charge Verdict Applauded (A.p.a. Message.) Berlin, February 20
Krantz, the German schoolboy, who is charged with the manslaughter of two friends who ended their lives as the result of a death pact, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crime in Chicago Police and Gangsters Killed in Gun Battles (A.p.a. Message.) Montreal, February 20
A Chicago message says that Police Commissioner Hughes has announced that since January 1, 1925, 32 policemen and 143 gangsters have been slain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Indiscreet Police" Censure by Magistrate in Adelaide Police Court
While not returning any finding regarding allegations of bribery against Plainclothes-Constables Nurton and Marsh, Mr. K. F.V. Sanderson, S.M.,…
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In the Licensing Court this morning, before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M., the application of Roy E. S. Tonkin for the transfer of the publican's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Magistrate's Remarks About Former Soldiers R.s. League Protest
Members of the New South Wales Legacy Club last week took exception to the remarks concerning returned men made by Mr. May, P.M., who in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder of Policeman Two Accused on Trial Alleged Confession Is Read in the Court (A.p.a. Message.) London, February 21
After, a long conflict between opposing counsel on the question of its admissibility, a sensational statement, alleged to have been made by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fair Rents Court. Typical Cases in Sydney
Having listened to the evidence given in numerous cases heard in the Fair Bents Court, xme would conclude that all.landlords are victimised, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Imposition by Elderly Man Three Months Imprisonment Is Sentence of Court
In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M., Alfred Vane (55) came up for sentence on charges of having on or about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Escaped Legal Custody Two Persons Sentenced Wollongong
On a charge of having escaped legal custody Lionel Horton and James Atkinson, who figured in a sensational escape some time ago, were yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burglary in Sydney Excuse by the Accused for Entering Building Remanded for Sentence Sydney
Joseph Denmead, whom the police described aa one of Sydney's cleverest criminals, advanced a specious excuse when the police met him as he was…
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