Alleged Theft of Jewellery Police Find in Flat. Sydney
John Eade (25), plumber, was remanded at the Central Court on a charge of having broken and entered the dwelling of Elizabeth Ann Gough…
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Courts & crime, 1936
1,908 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 96
Four Sentenced Offence Against Girl PERTH
Mervyn Austin Cordingly, 19; Eric John Beard, 19; Arthur Charles Dearle, 22, and Alfred Joseph Houlahan, 20, who last week were found…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sent to Gaol "Caused Annoyance" WAGGA
At Wagga Police Court Sol Levy was sentenced to six months imprisonment on a charge of vagrancy. Police alleged Levy came to Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death Sentence Murder of Natives RABAUL
Ludwig Sohmidt, who was sentenced to death last week for the murder of a native, was found guilty of the murder of another native near the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Died After Feast Religious Ceremony Police Belief Calcutta, February 24
Fifteen. persons died and many became, seriously III after a feast during a religious ceremony at the village of Kalyat, near Shoranur, Madras…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Shot Police Chief Victim Revenge? New York, February 24
According to reports from San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Chief of Police was shot and killed, and an under police officer probably…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Win on Appeal Woolworths Successful at Full' Court Sydney
In the Full Court of the Supreme Court yesterday, Mr. P. C. Spender, K.C., argued with some success a point which has rarely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charged with Stealing Gold
At Orange, two men, described as minors, were arrested, and charged with having stolen gold from the Lucknow mines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sentenced for Offence Against Girl
Mervyn Austin Cordingly, 19; Eric John Beard, 19; Arthur Charles Dearie, 22, and Alfred Joseph Houlahan, 20, who last week were found guilty of an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poison in Tea Aged Moslem Sentenced CALCUTTA, Feb. 25
Ohmud Shah, an aged Moslem from the north-west frontier, who is described as Karachi 's worst criminal, was sentenced to 17 years' hard labour at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£250 REWARD Melbourne Murder MELBOURNE
Cabinet has approved of £ 250 being offered as a reward for information leading to the conviction of the murderer of James Edward Scriven,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six Months' Gaol Stole a Doctor's Car NEWCASTLE
Pleading guilty to the theft of a motor car belonging to Dr. Basil Riley, of Artarmon, William George Bell (28), labourer was sentenced to six…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£45,000 Estate Evidence for Equity Court
The Public Trustee will shortly place before the Equity Court a great deal of evidence taken on commission in Ireland,'concerning the estate of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Double Murder Man and Wife Killed Son Arrested Dunedin (N.z.)
Thomas Davidson, 67, and his wife, Agnes Davidson, 59, were battered to death with an axe alleged to have been used by their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Chief Shot "Revenge for Massacre." New York
According to reports from San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Chief of Police was shot and killed, and an under police officer probably mortally wounded, by two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mother Collapses in Court Manslaughter Charge. Sydney
The hearing was begun at the Quarter Sessions yesterday of a charge against Mervyn Barrington Moore, 35, a traveller, of manslaughter arising out of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Oh, My Baby" Collapse of Mother Court Scene Sydney
At the Quarter Sessions to-day when Herbert Barrington Moore, 25, a traveller, appeared on a charge of manslaughter, a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miner Charged. £585 in Stable ORANGE
Richard Brooking, 48, a miner, who is on remand on a charge of stealing gold valued at £563, the property of the Bismark Company at Lucknow,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Further Drop Lowest Since 1920 Gaol Population Sydney
On June 30 last there were under detention in New South Wales 1513 prisoners, of whom 60 were females. This is the smallest number since…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Eight Definition of Amateur Henley Rule London, Feb. 26
In the event of the New South Wales police eight representing Australia in the Olympic Games, and desiring to compete in England, en route to…
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