Farmer's Son Shot Police Are Suspicious Melbourne
A message from Wycheproof states that Martin Ryan, farmer, of Thalia, yesterday found his son shot through the head in his motor car near his…
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Courts & crime, 1928
2,221 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 15 of 112
Police and Seamen Clash at Fremantle Two Seamen Badly Hurt Fremantle
Turbulent scenes during the 1925 strike of British seamen were recalled last night when a clash occurred between police and seamen from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pollard and Treacle Meals by Some Nyngan Settlers Police Relief Boat Out Nyngan
A police boat which, with two constables, was sent from Sydney to aid settlers whose food was running short set out from the town at 11 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loss of Italian Steamer the Court's Finding (A.p.a. Message.) London, February 22
A Rome message states that a court of inquiry returned a finding that the direct cause of the loss of the immigrant steamer Principessa Mafalda…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plots in Portugal an Appeal by Police Against Bomb Making (Special to"The Miner") Lisbon, February 21
The discovery on the roadside of two mutilated bodies believed to be those of men killed by the explosion of selfmade bombs conveyed in a motor car,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder in London Flat a Man Charged (A.p.a. Message.) London, February 23
Frederick Stewart (30), a bookmaker's clerk, was charged with the wilful murder of Alfred Webb to-day and remanded until Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Magistrate's Remarks About Former Soldiers Explanation Accepted Sydney
The State executive of the Returned Soldiers' League has expressed pleasure at the explanation given by Mr. E. A. May, P.M., at Tamworth, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder at a Wedding Italian for Trial Brisbane
In the Ingham Police Court yesterday Salvatore Grassp was committed for trial on a charge of murdering his brother-in-law, Rosario Grasso, at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Unemployed Few Claims at Lithgow Are Genuine, Say Police
Despite reports of serious unemployment in Lithgow, and of many cases of distress, the Lithgow police, who are issuing relief orders, have found…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in State Difficulties of Police in Supplying Provisions Nyngan
The police boat sent from Sydney is still engaged in the work of carrying provisions to settlers in the outlying parts. Yesterday it took two rowers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Too Fat for Motor Car Man's Claim in Court Pails Against Mechanic Berlin, February 20
The fattest man in Berlin, Paul Klotz, who weighs 25st, tired of his daily struggle to enter trains and buses, bought a second-hand motor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Camp Row Two Brothers Charged with Murder and Injury Brisbane
Following a disturbance at a railway construction camp 60 miles north of Roma, Fred Turvey was found dead in the bush and his brother in an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Magistrate's Remarks About Former Soldiers Explanation Accepted Sydney
The State executive of the Returned Soldiers' League has expressed pleasure at the explanation given by Mr. E. A. May, P.M., at Tamworth, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Unemployed Few Claims at Lithgow Are Genuine, Say Police
Despite reports of serious unemployment in Lithgow, and of many cases of distress, the Lithgow police, who are issuing relief orders, have found…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Troubled Samoa Arrest of 250 Members of Illegal Police Force Wellington (N.Z.), February 25
A radio message from Apia states that white and Samoan police, protected by an armed force from warships, arrested about 250 members of an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strike of J.p's, in Victoria Object to Sitting with Police Magistrate
If a wharf laborer goes on strike, demanding less work and more wages, or if a ship's steward downs the napkins and wants wore ham and fewer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder Is Suspected Death of Martin Ryan Melbourne
Detectives who are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Martin Ryan have definitely established that he was murdered and that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Branded with Hot Fork for Theft of Eggs Boy Assailants Fined Sydney
A shocking affair is reported from Suva. It appears that an Indian, boy, aged seven years, who was caught stealing eggs from the kitchen of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Debts Court Judgment Debtor Examined
In the Small Debts Court this morning George Avery was examined as a judgment debtor by Mr. A. F. Edwards, on behalf of Mabel Olive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Discharged a Firearm Police Make an Arrest Sydney
A revolver shot followed by a woman's screams startled residents of Forey-street, Darlinghurst, on Saturday night. People rushed to their…
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