Wife "Could Not Help Stealing"
"She told me that she cannot help stealing. She is sorry immediately she has taken anything, but is then afraid to put it back, and from what…
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Courts & crime, 1938
652 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 33
Argent-St. Crash Sequel Motorist in Court Police Story Of Shop Damage
THERE was a sequel to the car crash in Argent-street on Friday evening when four plateglass windows in Peter Sampson's boot store were broken when the driver of the car—Albert Edward Cowan (61), compensation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorist Fined £25 In Court Car Smash Story Related To S.M. Damage to Shop
"I THINK every man who is under the influence of liquor and gets into a motor car to drive it in a public place is really a dangerous enemy to society," said the magistrate (Mr. R. Donaldson) in the Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nazis Make Gains In Austria Police Control Vital (Continued from Page 1.) (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, February 13
The Austrian Nazis have gained some advantage as a result of the surprise week end visit of the Austrian Chancellor (Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Criminal Assault Alleged SYDNEY
At the Quarter Sessions to-day, John Joseph Finnie, laborer, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having assaulted Gerald Vincent Patrick…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assault Cn Italian Taxi Driver Thought He Was Anti-[?]ascist MELBOURNE
OTTAVIO Frigo Orlando (36). Italian taxi driver, alleged last night that he had been battered on the head and face with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Harbor Disaster Police Search for Bodies Sydney
UP to noon to-day no more bodies had been found in connection with Sunday's Harbor tragedy. The city coroner has viewed all bodies in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reactions of Assault on Italian MELBOURNE
Fearing there may be a clash between demonstrators and the crew of the Italian cruiser Riamondo Montecuccoli, police authorities have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assault Charges Ventilated Action Taken By Local Dance Instructor
TWO assault charges and two cross-actions were heard in the Police Court to-day by Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., when a dancing instructor who conducts a class at the Palais de Danse and his doorkeeper proceeded against a…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Commonwealth Court of Marine Inquiry gave Its reserved decision on the collision between the motor vessel Wanganella…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gaol And Floggings For Thieves Jewel Robbery Sequel (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, February 18
SENTENCES ranging irom seven years to 18 months' hard labor with floggings for the ringleaders were imposed on the four men…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Surprise Arrest In Adelaide Woman in Court Adelaide
THERE was a surprise development to-day in investigations into the shooting of George Edward Govett (about 28),…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Demsey Murder Trial Unusual Scenes In Court 100 Witnesses for the Crown Melbourne
THE Demsey murder trial began before Mr. Justice McFarlane and a jury in the Criminal Court to-day. Unusual scenes were witnessed in the court at the swearing in of the jury, a panel of 200 jurors having been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Building Regulations Not Obeyed £3 Fine Made in Court
FAILURE to comply with the City Council's building regulations resulted in Joe zammitt appearing in the Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disturbance at Dance Hall Further Ventilation Of Assault Charges
FURTHER evidence was taken in the Police Court to-day before Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the assault charges arising out of a disturbance at the Palais de Danser on Saturday, January 15…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Interest In Demsey Murder Case Allegations By Crown Outlined Truck Movements Melbourne
POLICE evidence in the Demsey murder trial was reviewed by the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Book, K.C.), who concluded his opening address in the Criminal Court to-day. Dr. Mollison, Government Pathologist, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Paris Murder Case Body Of Man Found In Seine PARIS, February 22
THE body of Alexis Tchimerine, aged 50 years, who was formerly a general in the Czarist regime and who had been for many years a taxi…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Student Charged with Murder Magistrate Comments On Wemen In Court LONDON, February 23
WHEN the hearing of a murder charge against John Stanley Phillips, aged 21 years, a student of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford Theological College, began at Oxford to-day the magistrate commented on the large number of…
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Mr. C. H. BOOK (above left), and Mr. M. L. Cussen (left), who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft Victim's Suicide Strange Story Told In Court Victim's Aunt Charged Adelaide
AN unusual story of a party at West Beach, the theft of £10, and the subsequent suicide of the victim of the theft, was told in the Port Adelaide Police Court to-day. The dead woman was Mrs. Hilda Marion Greussing…
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