Murder Trial Unusual Scene at Perth
The Supremo Court, at Perth, on Thursday afternoon, resounded with laughter owing to the remarks of a woman giving evidence in a murder…
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Courts & crime, 1929
2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 150
Attempted Murder. Charge Against Husband. Sydney
Joseph Depena, 39, a labourer, was present in the Redicrn Court to-day waiting for a case to commence, in which he was charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder Recalled Young Man's Death From Poisoning
The body of a young rain found on the Rockery, St. Klldr, on Friday, has been identified as Herbert Neal, 24, a shop assistant, of Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Vicious Assault on Timber Worked Charge of Inciting. Sydney
At the Central Court to-day, Charles Hopner, 26, a saw-doctor, was charged in connection with an assault on a timber worker, James…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Murder Verdict. Alister Clark Lodges Appeal. Sydney
Alister Jenner Clark, who was sentenced to death for the murder of his wife, to-day lodged an appeal. He claims that the verdict was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Double Murder. Bodies Buried in Barn. Paris, March 19
Armund Guinet has been arrested for the alleged murder of life father-in-law and brother-in-law with a pitchfork…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clark to Appeal. Against Conviction for Murder. Sydney
Alister Clark, who was sentenced to death for the murder of his wife, states that he Intends to appeal. Clark's last words to his escort…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threat to Shoot Assault on Young Woman. Parents To The Rescue SYDNEY
A young man who stated that he recently arrived from New Zealand, was arrived by the police about midnight and charged with assaulting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Shot. Two Women and Boy. Police Baffled
Three people were shot on Sunday morning in mysterious circumstances while sitting on the verandah of a house at Lower Ferntree Gully, a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Arbitration Court Victorian Country Party Urges Abolition
By an overwhelming majority the annual conference of the Victorian Country party decided in favour of the abolition of the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fugitive Wounded. Police Fire on Bolting Men Melbourne, Saturday
After two men, who, it is alleged, were caught in the act of stealing had refused to stop when called upon, the police fired several shots, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Murder Verdict. Southampton Tragedy. Death of American Oil Company Manager. London, March 15
At the conclusion of the inquest on the death of Mr. Messiter, manager of the American Oil Company, who was found dead beside his car…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dominion Judges the International Court. Geneva. March 19
The Committee of Jurists has not reached an agreement on Sir Cecil Hurst's suggestion that dominion judges are entitled to sit in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEW K.C. Congratulations in Supreme Court. Sydney
Mr. J. P. Sheridan and Mr. A. V. Maxwell announced to the Supremo Court Bench to-day that they had been appointed King's Counsels…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Methods British Royal Commission. 'Little Evidence of Misconduct' LONDON, March 22
The report of the Royal Commission on the police force, which was appointed after the disclosures in the case of Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brutal Attack Hyde Park Murder. on Timber Worker Kicked Unconscious. SYDNEY, Saturday. Detectives Make Little Headway. Sydney
William Banks, 39, a timber machinist, was attacked by a mob of strikers in Chalmers street, City, last night, and Detectives have made little headway in the search for the murderer of Vera Stirling, in Hyde Park early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Maitland Court Monday. March 18. (Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.m.) Drunk and Disorderly
Thomas Maher, 40, pleaded guilty for charges of being drunk and disorderly, and with having used indecent language on the West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Alleged Robbery. Gipsy Fortune Teller Charged
A Gipsy fortune-teller is alleged to have robbed a bank teller of £120, at Tanunda, South Australia. She prevailed upon him to place…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hyde Park Murder Detectives Make Little Headway
Detectives engaged in the task of clearing up the murder of Vera Stirling, whose body was discovered in a clump of cannas in Hyde Park, Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Desperate Fight in Cafe Mob Attack on Police Officers
Faced by a mob of men in a cafe in Chapel-street, Windsor (Vie.), on Saturday night, Constables E. M. Simonsen and E. J. Coates, of Prahra n, had…
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