An Adelaide Murder. Adelaide
The South Australian Government is offering a reward of 500 for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of persons who murdered Constable Hyde in Adelaide on January last. The…
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Courts & crime, 1909
1,426 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 72
Russian Police Zeal
M. Zavaretsky, a former head of the secret police of Vladivestoek has been accused of securing the execution of five innocent men, and the imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft of Ancient Books. (By Cable). London
It has been discovered that a number of ancient books have been stolen from the library at Lincoln's Inn, London. Other books were substituted for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Murder of Miss Duffy. Brisbane
The Jury disagreed in tho trial of Billy Wilson , charged with tho murder of Miss Duffy at Carpentaria Downs. Accused was remanded to the next court In the case against Mrs. Wilson, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Attempted Murder Bank Officials Fired At. Brisbane
The manager and accountant of the Queensland National Bank, at Forest Hill were fired at last night but escaped unhurt. The person who fired the shots escaped, but a youth has been detained…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →East Maitland Police Court
Tn the Children's Court at East Maitland this morning, before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson. P.M., a boy was charged with that, at East Maitland, on Feb. 25 he did offer, utter, and dispose of a forged cheque…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Gaol
Mr. John Gillies, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Department of Justice with regard to Maitland Gaol:—"Sir,—I have the honour to inform you that the Premier has had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Attempted Murder. BRISBANE
The manager and accountant of the Queensland National Bank, at Forest Hill, were fired at last night, but escaped unhurt. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court News
Queen Alexandra has practically recovered from her recent indisposition. A blizzard in the English Channel has delayed King Edward's departure to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Old London Police Cells
Behind a building known as the OFI Court House, Wellclose Square Stepney, stand what are said to be the oldest police celis in London, and under these is the entrance…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Domestic Tragedy. Attempted Murder and Suicide
The usually quiet little township of Boolaroo was the scene of a tragedy yesterday afternoon, a man named Lambert Seers making a murderous attack on his wife with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court
At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. T.H. Wilkinson, P.M., Nicholas Kennie, a labourer, was charged with having stolen a swagman's outfit, which had been left in care of Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cessnock Police Court
At the Police Court, on March 1, before Mr. John Hill, J.P., John Richardson was fined 1s, or the rising of the court for being found drunk in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Murder
From a sman town near the city of Detroit (Michigan) comes the story of a remarkable crime. The Rev. John J. Carmiehael, 54 years old, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Jundah Tragedy. Aboriginal Sentenced to Death
In the Supreme Court at Rockhamton (Q.) on Wednesday the trial of Bismarek, an aboriginal, for the wilful murder of Janet Evitts at Jundah on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Overworked Official. Charged with Larceny
At the Criminal Court, Adelaide, Pieter Gerardus Bernhard was charged with the larceny of £16, the property of the Postmaster-General. According to the evidence for the prosecution, defendant was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Court. Thursday, March 4th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Indecent Language
Edward Ball pleaded guilty to using indecent language in the bar of the Royal in the on the night of February 1st, and was fined £1 and 6/- costs of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pseudo Police Pranks in Paris
The London "Daily Chronicle" reports that a pseudo commissary of six pseudo policemen entered a gambling club in Paris and disappeared with £1000 in stakes after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Court House, & C.
Mr Charlton, M.P., is in receipt of a communication from the Department of Justice as follows:—“Respecting the necessity of residential…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Murder of Constable Hyde. Big Reward Offered
Considerable interest has been awakened in Sydney by the plaearding of the various police stations in the metropolitan area with a huge red poster…
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