Yielded to Temptation Gaol Ordered. Ex-Policeman ADELAIDE
FORMERLY a police constable, Percival Victor Miller (33), of Deinine-avenue. Edwardstown, admitted to Mr. Justice Angas Parsons in the…
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Courts & crime, 1937
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Increase in Crime But Police Clear Up More Cases SYDNEY
THE report of the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay) covering the year 1936 reveals an increase in crime in New South Wales, there being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Shot and Battered Police Detain His Father-In-Law ADELAIDE
A YOUNG married man was shot through the hand and battered over the nead and shoulders with a sawn-off 22 calibre rifle in a domestic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gaol Ordered Bushrangers" Held Up Car And Stole Petrol MELBOURNE
DESCRIBING their offence as a "bushranging" exploit. Mr. Justice Martin, in the Criminal Court, sentenced James Ezekial Dugan, 18,…
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The much adjourned case in which a young man has been charged with assaulting a local hotelkeeper on November 14, was mentioned in the Police…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Mrs. Marion Kathleen Miller, wife of Constable Miller, recalled before the Starting Price Royal Commission to-day,…
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James Butler, 76-year-old station hand, of Burta, who had been missing since Tuesday, was found near Lambing Camp yesterday…
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James Butler, 76-year-old station hand, of Burta, who had been missing since Tuesday, was found near Lambing Camp yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miss Lyons Presented at Court (Special to "The Miner")
LONDON, May 7.—"It was bewildering to begin with," said Miss Sheila Lyons, describing her presentation at the second court at…
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LONDON, May 7.—"It was bewildering to begin with," said Miss Sheila Lyons, describing her presentation at the second court at…
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FAILING to negotiate the corner of Argent and Oxide streets shortly after 2 o'clock this morning a large six-wheel lorry owned by Ron Glasson and driven by Alfred Dermott Castles, mounted the footpath of J. P…
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THE court sequel to the lorry smash in the early hours of yesterday morning when J.P. Martin's verandsh was extensively damaged, resulted in a man, who was charged with having driven while under the influence of liquor, being discharged by Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clerk Sent to Gaol Systematic Course. Of Frauds SYDNEY
WILLIAM WELSH SCOTT (48) solicitor's clerk, who had pleaded guilty to embezzlement and larceny was sentenced to two and a half…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Methods Of Identity Judge Critical of Photos Melbourne
ON the use of photographs by the police for the identification of suspects, Judge Foster said in the General Sessions yesterday:…
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The deputy commissioner (Mr. Stan C. Crosland) will sit to-morrow night to hear a charge made by Umpire T. Slattery against G. Everuss (Souths)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appeal Dismissed; Murder Charge
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Court of Criminal Appeal dismissed the appeal of John Thomas Griffiths (46) against his conviction on two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grenfell Murder Case; Reward Offered
A reward of £400 has been offered for information leading to the arrest and convictions of the person or persons responsible for the presumed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bankruptcy Court
Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the Bankruptcy Court to-day held the first meeting of creditors into the bankruptcy of a local storekeeper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Seeking Hit-andrun Motorist
ADELAIDE, Thursday. — Efforts to trace the alleged hit-run motorist whose car seriously injured a cyclist on Cross-road, Clarence Park, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spectacular Fire At The South S.P. Betting Problem Govt. And Police SYDNEY
MR. Davies, M.L.A., in an address at Wollongong, said that the time had come for some other system of controlling S.P. betting. The general…
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