Pistol Duel with Police Fire Opened By Suspects Second Case in 3 Days Melbourne
FOR the second time in three days members of the Victorian police, have used pistols in the streets in an attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1937
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Pistol Duel with Police Fire Opened By Suspects Second Case in 3 Days Melbourne
FOR the second time in three days members of the Victorian police have used pistols in the streets in an attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gaol Reform Step Conduct Remission For Lifers
SYDNEY, Monday.—In the interests of prison reform the State Government has decided to increase good conduct remissions granted life…
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On October 16 last, James Henry Grant reported the Mount Solitary Goldmining Company for the nonfulfilment of the labor conditions of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Action Taken in Court Case
When a case in which William Ernest Curtis proceeded against John Gladstone Stanley for alleged assault was called before Mr. R. Donaldson,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Noisy Motor Lorry Leads To Court Charge
Stating that steps must be taken to prevent undue noise issuing from motor vehicles, Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., fined a defendant 10/-, with 8/…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Unregistered Dogs in City Owners Before Court
THERE was quite a round-up of defendants who had failed to register their dogs in the Police Court to-day. In each case the fine was fixed by Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M. at 10/- with 5/6 costs, and most of the defendants paid…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Will Arbitration Court Go? "Stay-in" Strike Ends in New Zealand Auckland (N.z.), January 15
THE abolition of the Arbitration Court is expected to follow the conclusion of the "stay-in" strike at four freezing works in Auckland province. Restoration of compulsory arbitration was permitted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclists in Trouble Many Fined In Police Court
ALTHOUGH some time has elapsed since prosecutions were made against cyclists for having ridden without lights, there was a renewal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bankruptcy Court Man's Story To Registrar
A PUBLIC examination was made by Mr. R. Donaldson S.M., of Frederick, Alfred Tetley (36), in the Bankruptcy Court to-day. Tetley,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Exchange of Shots Police Chase 2 Fugitives Melbourne
FOR the second time in three days Constables George and Portingale of the police motor cycle patrol, who exchanged shots with three men at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Persecution Alleged Man's Outburst In Court MELBOURNE
PROTESTING against what is termed the "persecution of the police," Geoffrey Davies (32), of Collingwood, cook, was again remanded until next…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →First Use of Cinema Photograph Guided Police
The inside, story of Scotland Yard's first use of the cinema in detection can now be told with the close of the Old Bailey trail…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Claim Against Encyclopaedia Explorer Takes Court Action
NEW YORK, January 19.—The Appellate Court ordered Frederick Albert Cook, the American explorer, to strike from his complaint in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Actor Killed by Car Police Search For Driver HOLLYWOOD, January 19
John Miltern (67), a veteran stage actor, was struck and killed by a motorist, who drove away after the accident…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Theory In Mine Murder Searching for Woman's Eody Melbourne
Is a woman also buried at Wedde[?]burn near the mine shaft from which the skeleton of a murdered man was unearthed two weeks ago?…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dramatic Story of Woman's Death Laborer for Trial on Murder Charge Melbourne
ANTONIO Barbara (35), laborer, of North Melbourne, was to-day committed for trial by the City Coroner, Mr. Pingate, P.M. The Coroner found that at North Melbourne on December 20 Mrs. Edith…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Murder Case Police Inquiries Narrow Search
MELBOURNE, Saturday—Another step which may lead detectives nearer to the identification of the mine shaft murder victim was made when a man…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Murder Case Police Inquiries Narrow Search
MELBOURNE, Saturday—Another step which may lead detectives nearer to the identification of the mine shaft murder victim was made when a man…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Campaign Against Police"
SYDNEY, Saturday.—At a meeting of senior police officers held in Sydney yesterday to discuss what speakers termed "a relentless…
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