Police Work City Coroner's Praise Review of Year Sydney
The City Coroner, Mr. Oram, discussing his year's work praised the police who had conducted inquiries into violent and sudden deaths, and…
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Courts & crime, 1938
1,824 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 92
Court Yarn
The gangster—so crooked that he couldn't shave with a straight razor—stood near the witness stand, his right hand raised…
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Ex-Inspector John Fullerton, whose, death occurred at Prince Henry Hospital on Friday night, retired from the New South Wales Police Force in 1923,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Inquire Marcus Girl Attack MELBOURNE
Police are inquiring into the report by Audrey Foley, 20, a dancer in the Marcus Show Company, who was found unconscious in East Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Public Out Coroner's Court Crowded Truck Murder
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. Great public interest was shown to-day when the Coroner opened the inquest into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →School Murder Newcastle Crime Inquest Resumed Newcastle
The inquest on Dorothy May Everett, whose body was found in the grounds of Broughton School, Church-street, Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Secret Plot Overthrow of Hitler Police Raids London, Jan. 3
The dreaded Nazi secret police, without warning, raided thousands of houses, offices and flats throughout Germany to-day in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Girls Charged with Murder Held Up and Killed 'Bus Driver. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) New York
Police announce that two girls aged 20 and 17, the former a daughter of a patrol man assigned to investigate the case, confessed to having shot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truck Murder PROBED At Inquest Courtroom Crowded Melbourne
Public interest in the Demsey inquest was reflected again to-day, and the small Coronial Court on the banks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Consul and Employees Arrested Charged with Espionage. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) HENDAYE
The French Consul (Du Coreau) and three Consular employees have been arrested and not allowed to communicate with anybody…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reported Own Death Girl's Motive in Lying to Police
According to the police, a girl at Ballina yesterday reported her own death. Assuming a false name, she told the police she had seen a girl…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lied to Police Girl's Strange Action Reported Own Death Ballina
According to the police, a girl reported her own death. Assuming a false name, she told the police she had seen a grl disappear in the surf near…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Body in School Grounds Coroner Asks House Man to Stay in Court
Efforts by the police to trace the murderer by studying teeth marks on the body were revealed at the resumed inquiry yesterday into the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Finding of Dead Woman's Body Detailed At Inquest Crowded Court Hears Evidence Housemaid's Story Newcastle
The Coroner, Mr. A. G. Chiplin, to-day continued the inquest concerning the death of Dorothy May Everett, whose body was found in the grounds of Broughton School,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Witness Details Search For Assassins Truck Murder Discovery of Important Clues Crime Reconstructed Melbourne
Public interest continued unabated to-day, when the inquest into the death of John Thomas Demsey, 39, a truck driver, was resumed at the City Morgue. Plain-clothes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Callous Murder Two Girls Confess Amazing Story New York, Jan. 5
The 20-years-old daughter of a patrolman, and 17-years-old girl companion, are reported to have confessed to the murder of a 'bus driver on December 21,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Closing Court Request to Coroner NEWCASTLE
When the Everett murder inquest was resumed this afternoon, Sergeant Magnay requested the Coroner to close the court. He said a witness…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Force Praised by Premier "Splendid Work" Sydney
The Premier, Mr. Stevens, who has had charge of the Police Department for three months, said that he had been Impressed with the general efficiency of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Building Removal of Timber Court Charge Kurri Kurri
John Tiedman, of East Greta, was fined 10/, with £2/10/ coats, and ordered to pay 6/ compensation hy Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., in the Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roberts Called By Police At Inquest Maid's Death Questioned By Detective Letters to Girls Newcastle
In a hushed and packed court room to-day when the inquest into the death of Dorothy May Everett was resumed, Sergeant Magnay sprang a surprise. When the Coroner came to…
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