Motor Thief Shot Chased by Police
A suspected moter car thief was chased and fired at by police early on Saturday morning at Lindfield. He escaped, but he was struck by one or…
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Courts & crime, 1926
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Motor Thief Shot. Chased by Police
A suspected motor car thier was chased and fired at by police early on Saturday morning at Lindfield. He escaped, but he was struck by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cult of Murder. Exalted by Soviet. London March 14
News comes from Moscow that in celebration of the 45th anniversary of the aasassination of Czar Alexander 11. the Soviet has given life pensions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Solicitor's Conduct. Full Court Judgment
The State Full Court Mr. Justice Gordon, Mr. Justice Ferguson, and Mr. Justice Campbell) on Friday gave its reserved judgment in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Crude Mermaid. Side-showman Charged. "Guilty of Deception." Glen Innes
Before Mr. W. I. Perry, in the Glen Innes Court on Friday, Frank Douglas was charged with having unlawfully endeavored to impose on private…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forty-four Hours. High Court Appeal
The High Court, sitting in Melbourne, heard further arguments in which the validity of the New South Wales Government's 44 Hours…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Decision Reversed. the Skin-wool Case. High Court Judgment. Melbourne
The High Court to-day upset the decision of the State Full Court, giving leave to the respondents in the skin-wool case to appeal to the Privy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stealing at Kurri
At Kurri Police Court this morning, Joseph Burke, 19, a stranger, who had worked in a travelling amusement show in Kurri, was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Fine. Stealing at Weston. Kurri Kurri
William Townsend, a young man, was charged at Kurri Police Court to-day before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., with having stolen, between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Two Up" at Kurri. Gaol Sentence Suspended
"I said I would not alter any more two-up' charges to playing a game to the annoyance of the public, but as this occurred so long ago as May 1…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gaol Ordered. Disobeyed Maintenance Orders. Kurri
Three young men, who pleaded guilty at Kurri Police Court this morning to owing amounts from £22 to £34, under maintenance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder Charge. the Collingwood Tragedy
In the Criminal Court, Melbourne, before, Mr. Justice McArthur and a jury, Martin Reuben Knopp, a ship's cook, was tried on a charge of…
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Before Messrs. W. E. Cotterill and J. E. Gibso, Js.P, at the East Maitland Police Court this morning, a prohibition order was issued against…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unlawful Conversion. Private Secretary to Lord Dudley Sentenced
Robert Scott, aged 33, was sentenced to six, months' imprisonment in the Criminal Court in Adelaide on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Licensing Court
The quarterly licensing court for the licensing district of Maitland will be held in the West Maitland Courthouse on Monday, April 12, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plea for Mercy. Rider to Murder Verdict
The trial of Martin Knapp on the charge of the murder of Walter Richards concluded in the Melbourne Criminal Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clerk Charged. Gave Himself Up to Police. Sydney
Robert Pegrum, 38, a clerk, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with stealing £140, the property of the Public Service Association, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stealing by Finding
There are quite a number of people who seem to be in ignorance of the fact that when they find an article and keep it, it is tantamount…
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William Townsend, a young man was charged at Kurri Police Court, on Wednesday, before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., with having…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers' Settlement. Charge of Stealing
A case of alleged stealing from the Weston Soldiers' Settlement came before Mr. H. M. Cleeve, P.M., at the Kurri Kurri Police Court on…
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