Arrest Warrant for Murder
MELBOURNE, Saturday:—A warrant was taken out by detectives for the arrest of Antonio Barbara an Italian, for the murder of Edith…
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Courts & crime, 1937
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Arrest Warrant for Murder
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A warrant was taken out by detectives for the arrest of Antonio Barbara, an Italian, for the murder of Edith…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Change. Sergeant [?] Leaving
Sergeant Sowell, who has been to charge of the Wil[?] Police District for the past seven and a half [?] has received notice of his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Beggars Form Union Police Round Up 8000 In City
During the past year the Austrian police have conducted a successful campaign against the professional beggars in Vienna…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bogus Medium Sentenced Man Who Tricked Conan Doyle
A bogus medium and former burglar, who was once chairman of Poplar Board of Guardians (London), was sent to prison for seven months at…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.— The police yesterday arreated Antonio Barbara (35), an Italian laborer, and charged him with the murder of Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£200,000 Left by Lunatic Had Been Guilty Of Murder
When James Hargreaves, a reprieved murderer, and wealthiest inmate of Broadmoor criminal Lunatic Asylum, died recently, relatives…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Behaved Riotously on New Year's Eve Youth Alleges Assault by Constable, But Fined 40/
A fine of 40/— in default, four days' hard labor—was inflicted on a young man in the Police Court to-day by Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., when he pleaded guilty and was convicted of having behaved in a riotous manner on New Year's E ve…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six Shots Fired At Girl Lane Murder at Ballarat Melbourne
Merle Moss (18), a housemaid employed by Dr. Salter of Ballarat, died in the Ballarat Hospital at 8 p.m. yesterday. Six shots had been fired at her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Move in Crime Fight Radio Adviser To Police
Much greater use of radio for crime prevention and detection in Britain is foreshadowed by the recent Home Office appointment of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman on Attempted Murder Charge
AUCKLAND, Tuesday.—The magistrate at the Hamilton Police Court to-day remanded Petrina Petersen (30), a domestic, on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Allege Man Stabbed in Fight
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In the Central Police Court to-day Michael Curran (38), a gardener, was remanded to January 18 on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Body In Lake Clears Up Murder Bullet Wound in Head Melbourne
The intensive police search for the murderer of Merle Moss (18) ended to-day with the finding of a man's body in Lake Wendouree. The man…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jockey in Court Ill-Treatment Charge Hurdle Race Sequel Sydney
The case in which a jockey is alleged to have cruelly ill-treated Ortelle's Son during the running of a race at Rosehill on December…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Police Chief For Victoria
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Steps to reduce the road traffic toll and the appointment of a new Chief Commissioner of Police will be considered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man's Body in Shaft Believed Dead Six Months Suspicion of Murder Melbourne
Fully clothed, the skeleton of a man was found by two prospectors yesterday in a disused m[?]ing shaft near Wedderburn…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Statistics Tell Interesting Story Less Marriages, More Births: Increase In Betting Tickets
A remarkable feature of the statistics of court cases, applications, for licences, registrations, mining business, pensions, births, deaths, and marriages for 1936 is thc marked increase shown in most aspects of the statistics as compared with 1935. The figures…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shocking Neglect Of Five Children. Father Sent to Gaol Melbourne
Shocking neglect of five children who were hungry and livirig in filthy conditions in a "sustenance house" in Fitzroy at Christmas time, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trackers Help in Search Skeleton Murder Mystery MELBOURNE
Superintendent Brophy, of the C.I.B., has motored to Wedderburn with two police black trackers personally to direct investigations in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court Case Is Sequel to Test Squabble
MELBOURNE, Friday—A quarrel about the respective merits of Bradman and Hammond between Leslie Williams, 35, clerk, of Elwood, and…
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