Child Killed. and Farm Burned. Husband's Mad Act After Court Case
The burning of a farm, the violent death of a two-year-old child, and an attempted suicide, followed the Magistrate' decision in a…
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Courts & crime, 1928
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Cattle Stealing. Sentenced at Tamworth
George Vincent Lisle (26), and Herbert Clyde Elwin Simpson, members of families well-known in Tamworth district, were brought before…
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Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., presided at the Kurri Kurri Police Court. Ernest Albert Murphy was fined 10/ for drunkenness and £2 for having…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alleged Stealing. Attractive Young Woman Arrested
Gladys Gelling, an attractive young woman, was sharped at the Melbourne City Court with having, in Brisbane stolen frocks and coats valued at…
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"That is all we wanted," commented Mr. C. Y. Kerr at a meeting of the Maitland Chamber of Commerce last evening, when a letter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Italian Charged. Sequel to Motor Accident
The Commissioner of Police, Brisbane, has been advised by Inspector Mann, of Cairns, that the Italian, Felice Croppi, the driver of the car…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Abduction Alleged. Taxi-driver Charged. Sydney
At the Central Court to-day, Roy Lyons, 29, a taxi-driver, was charged with having abducted Josephine Baron, aged 15, at Sydney, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Licenses Police Commissioner's Proposal
The Chief Secretary, Mr Bruntnell, is considering a proposal put before him by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mitchell, that all motorists be compelled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Clerk Charged. Over Two Thousand Pounds Involved. Cairns
At the police court, Thomas Joseph Carmody, shire clerk to the Douglas Council, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolon £2011…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Custody of a Child Case in Equity Court
In the State Equity Court on Tuesday, Emily Mabel Shadlow asked for the custody of her daughter, Gladys Lesley Jane Shadlow, aged eight. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Years' Gaol Sentenced for Manslaughter
John Hamston, 44, a labourer, who killed Florence Malvin, a widow, with an axe at Ballarat, Victoria, was sentenced in Melbourne to three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder Charge Special Court for Tamworth
At the regular Assizes in Tamworth in October last a man named Cyril Matthew Thompson' was tried on a charge of murder, and the jury failed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Stealing. Two Men Gaoled. Tamworth
On two charges of having stolen cattle, George Vincent Lisle (26) and Herbert Clyde Elwin Simpson (21), were sentenced to 18 months and 12…
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In the Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday. two bankrupts were examined before the District Registrar (Mr. D. W. Reid P. M.)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder at Maitland. Chinese Cook Dead
A man named Michael Kelly (58), a miner, living at Paxton, will appear at the Maitland Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Willie Yeep Gum,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Had an Idea He Could Fight" Abermain Man Charged
James Kennedy, of Abermain, when sober is one of the moat law-abiding citizens, under the sun, but when he has had a few drinks James…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wanted to Be Good. Magistrate Gave Him Two Months. Sydney
When Sydney Albert Bedell, 39, a labourer, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with the theft of £6/0/7 1/2, the property of the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hotel Licensee Fined £10 Kurri Court Case
At the Kurri Police Court on Wednesday, Walter Chr[?]b, licensee of the Heddon Greta Hotel, was charged with having, kept his premises open…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hickman Sane. Verdict of Jury in Murder Case. Los Angeles, Feb. 9
The jury in the Hickman case returned a verdict that Hickman was sane at the time of the kidnapping of Marion Parker, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SHOPLIFTERS Stores Visited at Kurri Two Women in Court
Various articles of clothing, etc., were stolen from business houses in Kurri Kurri yesterday by two women shoplifters…
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