Carrying Off a Woman Motorist Charged
A case was begun in the City Courtiat Perth on Monday, in which Herbert A. Mitchell, about 48, insurance company manager, was charged with having…
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Courts & crime, 1929
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Prisoner's Song "Gaol Is Hell" London, Jan. 8
"I am no saint, but I am not an habitual criminal. I do not want to go back to hell. That's what imprisonment is"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boonjie Murder Arrest at Thursday Island
Workmen engaged on a farm at Boonjie, in the Cairns district, last August discovered the body of a man whose head was severed and battered…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coat of Arms. Remains at Police Station
An Innisfall message states that the Italian coat of arms, the removal of which from the Consulate office brought an apology from the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →I'll Appeal! Sentence of One Year. Magistrate Says Must Be Severe. Sydney
When William Endricksein, labourer, was sentenced to one year's hard labor at Burwood Police Court to-day, on the charge of Stealing £3/10/- from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Old Man Disappears Clad Only in Pyjamas. Water Police Dragging River. Sydney
Walter Crossley, between 60 and 70 years of age, disappeared from his home at Harberfield last night, and fears are [?] for his safety…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kurri Police Court Wednesday, January 10
Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M. presided at the Kurri Kurri Police Court on Wednesday. IMPROPER LANGUAGE…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Patient's Death Assault in Mental Hospital
An inquiry was held at Goulburn into the circumstances of the death of Robert Reardon, 71 a patient at the Kenmore Mental Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Half-caste Arrested Alleged Assault on Child. Sydney
A girl aged four years, it is alleged, was the victim of a serious offence by a half-caste aborigine in the backyard of premises off Anzac…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Violent Migrant Abusive Language in Court
Amazing scenes occurred in the Inverell police court, when a young migrant, charged, among other things with attempted murder, used vile…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bond Forfeited. Solicitor Late Reaching Court
The defendant failed to answer when the case was called in the Central Police Court, on Wednesday, of William Thomas Tucker, aged 34,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Teller Charged. Alleged Theft of £595
Aubrey Carl Holt, 30, married, pleaded guilty in the Perth Court to a charge of having stolen £595 from the William-street branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Danish Officer. Sentenced by German Court. London, Jan, 10
A sensation has been created throughout Denmark by the sentence of five years' penal servitude passed by the Leipzig Supreme Court on a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Defiant Migrant Violent Scene in Police Court
Amazing scenes occurred in Inverell Police Court, on Wednesday, when a young migrant, charged, among other things, with attempted murder, used…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Abused Magistrate and Got Further Penalty. Melbourne
When Eric Carlton was sentenced to two years' imprisonment at Camperdown Court on a charge of house breaking, he remarked to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mome Notes "The Canary Murder Case"
"The Canary Murder Case," the film version of the famous mystery story by S. S. van Dine, was recently completed at the Paramount…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Prisoner's Lapse Will Have to Return to Gaol. Parkes
At the Parkes Police Court, Patrick Martin, who was released from prison last March after having been sentenced to penal servitude for life…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scone Court House Business for 1928
Thanks to the courtesy of the local C.P.S. and Crown Lands Agent (Mr. G. W. Brown), we are able to publish the following information in respect…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Lonely Life. Police of the "Never-never"
The attack by an aboriginal tribe on a lonely constable in the centre of Australia serves to recall to those who know something of life led…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Instruction to Police. Sale of Petrol After Hours
The N.R.M.A. has ascertained that no instruction has been issued to the police for the general restriction of sale of petrol and motor accessories after…
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