The Coogee Murder Husband Found Not Guilty
The jury at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, found John Meagher not guolty of the charge of murdering his wife. Marjoric Kathleen Meagher, at…
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Courts & crime, 1920
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Police Pensions. Deficiency Met by Taxpayers
The Chief Secretary (Sir Geo. Fuller) yesterday made reference to an idea prevalent that the contributions to the Police Superannuation Fund provide a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sensation on a Train Alleged Assault and Robbery Two Ladies Roughly Handled
The Singleton police were informed by telephone from Rix's Creek on Saturday night that a sensational case of assault, and robbery had occurred on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sedition in Canada Clergyman Sentenced. Conspiracy of Labor Leaders. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Vancouver, Tuesday Night
At Winnipeg the Rev. Ivens and four otlior Labor leaders have been sontencod to prison for a year on charges of seditious conspiracy and socking to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Saturday Work. Industrial Court Case. Legal Point Taken
The question of Saturday work and a 44 hours week in the building industry were involved in a summons that came before Judge Rolin in the Industrial Court. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Idle Saturday Bricklayers in Court. Employers' Powers Questioned. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
When the ense of the Master Builders Association against the United Operative Bricklayers, calling on the latter to show cause why they should not be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →East Maitland Police Court. (Friday, April 9
Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., occupied the bench at the East Maitland Police Court this morning. INSULTING WORDS. Leo Madden was charged with using…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Constable Charged. Thefts at Brisbane
Arthur Edwards, a police constable, was charged in the Brisbane police Court with stealing property valued at £40 from the Surgical Supplies, Ltd., and property valued…
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In the Children's Court a las was fined 3s 6d, costs 6s, withness's expenses 5s, for travelling between East Maitland and Victoria-street on the railway without having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court
Owen O'Brien sued John Walters, drover, for the recovery of £10, the value of a helfer, the property of Owen O'Brien. Mr. W. J. Enright appeared for plaintiff,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Barracks Property. London
At the Donegal Sessions, Judge Cooke Said that 99 per cent. of the police barracks do not belong to the British Government, but are rented from private owners. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensation on a Train. Alleged Assault and Robbery. Two Ladies Roughly Handled
The Singleton police were informed by telephone from Rix's Creek, on Saturday night, that a sensational case of assault and…
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A middle-aged woman who was fined at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday for drunkenness appeared before the court again this morning on a similar charge…
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Alexander Thompson, a young seafaring man, was on Wednesday found guilty at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, of murdering Frederick William West,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder of Sea Captain. Seaman Sentenced to Death
Alexander Thompson, a young seafaring man, was on Wednesday found guilty at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, of murdering Frederick William West captain of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charged with Wilful Murder Husband Committed for Trial
Walter Christopher Cullen, described as a chauffeur, was committed for trial. on Thursday by the Sydney Coroner on a charge of having wilfully murdered…
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At the Police Court yesterday, before Messrs A. Simmons and J. W. B. Water house, J.'s P., Augustus Brickman, aged 25, and Albert Henry Wiseman, aged 17,…
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A man was found lying in Crown-street Sydney, near Liverpool Lane, early on Saturday night; in a serious condition. It is alleged that he was assaulted by se[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charge of Stealing. Young Woman Remanded
At the Melbourne City Court Alice Handford, a young woman, was remanded to appear at Adelaide on a charge of having stolen from Messrs. Miller, Anderson and Company…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burglary at Willow Tree. an Arrest at Muswellbrook
Had Harry Hunston, or whatever his name is, not wished to display his newest clothes here he might have got safely away with the…
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