Whisky Case Claim for £250,000 Court Judgment Sydney
Some finality was reached to-day in the protracted hearing of the case in which B. Davis, Ltd., wine and spirit merchants, of London, claimed…
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Courts & crime, 1935
2,204 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 111
Bandit King Sentenced to Death Bastia (Corsica)
Andre Spada, for eleven, years the bandit king of Corsica, was to-day sentenced to death on seven charges of murder and attempted murder…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder and Suicide. Motive Remains Mystery
A verdict of murder and suicide was returned by the City Coroner at the conclusion of evidence concerning the deaths of Victor Wilbow, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mysterious Theft of Gold. a Baffling Crime. London
The mysterious theft of gold to the value of £21,000, from the strong-room of imperial Airways, at Croydon, last, nighty is proving one of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Visit of Police Official
Superintendent M. Gibson, Newcastle, paid on official visit to Dungog during the week, and left later for a further tour of inspection in other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Auction Unclaimed Property
Indications are that there will be brisk bidding at the auction sale of unclaimed property at the West Maitland Police Station tomorrow morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Penalty for "Swank." Two Years' Gaol. Prisoner's Admissions. Sydney
At the Sydney Quarter Sessions to-day, Stanley Kennedy O'Brien (22), was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for robbery and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tried to "Swank" Young Man's Downfall Gaol the Reward Sydney
Before Stanley Kennedy O'Brien, 22, was sentenced at the Quarter Sessions to-day to two years' imprisonment for robbery and receiving, he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Important Ruling. Police Action Unjustified
"Suspicion that a person has committed crime cannot justify an arrest except for a purpose which that suspicion justifies, and arrest…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Less Crime Police Reports SYDNEY
Speaking at a luncheon gathering of North Sydney Rotary at the Crow's Nest Hotel, Superintendent Mackay said Australia suffered nothing, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mother's Great Fortitude Story to Police
Police investigating the finding of the body of a newly-born child on a golf links on the Blue Mountains on Monday, located the woman alleged to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Wished to Be Thought a Good Fellow" Man Sentenced to Two Years. Sydney
At the Quarter Sessions to-day Stanley O'Brien, aged 22, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for robbery and receiving…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lively Morning at Union Sales Charges and Counter-charges of Assault. Father and Son Fined
The attention of Mr. E. A. Mahony P.M., was engaged in the hearing, at Cessnock Court on Tuesday, of a case in which John Gilmour proceed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Jewel Theft Pursuer Wounded Bandit Escapes Melbourne
Drawing a rev[?]ver when he was making his getaway in a sedan car, a man, who had smashed a window of the jewellery store of H.W.C…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Auction Brisk Competition
Over 100 bargain seekers attended the West Maitland Police Station to-day when the annual sale of unclaimed property from stations in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death From Pea Rifle Bullets. Man Charged with Murder. Sydney, Monday
In the Central Criminal Court to-day, before his Honor Judge Maxwell, Cyril Pearson, aged 28, a labourer, was charged with the murder of William John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BURGLARY House Ransacked NEWCASTLE
Thieves who broke into the residence of Mr. H. P. Brett, at Russell-road, New Lambton, during Saturday night or Sunday, ransacked the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shot in Sleep Murderer Sentenced CALCUTTA, March 10
Shah Mohammed, a Moslem house servant, has been sentenced to death at Allahabad for murdering his master, Mr. A. G. Crawford, the Police Super…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Factory Theft Goods Worth £150 Hole in Roof Sydney
Entering a factory at Glebe by removing part of the roofing material and then lowering themselves into the building by a rope, thieves escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Killed by Police Car
William James Burns, aged 42, a returned soldier, of St. Peters received fatal injuries when he was knocked down by a police patrol car at St…
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