The Montmartre Murder. Four Persons Arrested. Paris
The French, police have succeeded in making four arrests in connection with the sensational affair last week at Montmarte, when a bank messenger was shot…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Courts & crime, 1912
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Underground Gambling Saloon. Murder and Robbery. Lisbon
A sensational affray took place in a luxurious underground gambling saloon at Braga. Some of the players having been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder and Suicide. Opossum Hunter's Sorrow. Sydney
A shocking tragedy was discovered at Casino last night. H. Perkins, a young settler, who resides in an isolated cottage on returning home found his wife and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tuan Fang Escapes Death. Murder Story a Ruse. Peking, December 30
The assassination of Tuan Fang, which was reported by missionaries two weeks ago, proves to be untrue. The distinguished Manchu readied this city during…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Police Rules. Circular to Officers. No In-Fighting
The Inspector-General of police, Mr. Day, recently issued a circular containing special instructions with regard to the governing of boxing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Police Error. Wrong Man Arrested. London, December 31
A serious mistake has been made by the police, the victim being a citizen of New York named Ford M'Carthy. Acting on information which they had…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Corowa Police Court. Wednesday, January 3. (Before Messrs. J. D. Fraser and J. Chivell, J's.P.) Tale of Three Chickens. Trouble Albout Plymouth Rocks
William S[?] proceeded against John M'Carthy on the information alleging that on or about the 16th November, 1911, the defendant stole three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charged with Murder. Girl's Throat Cut. Ipswich
John Gottleib Jenner was before the Ipswich court this morning charged with having, on December 23, murdered Annie Holzwart…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deniliquin Gaol. Extract From Acting Gaoler’s Report
The following information relative to the Deniliquin Goal is taken from the annual report on Prisons for 1910, which bas just been published:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girls Smash Fifteen Hundred Windows. and Keep Police at Bay. Paris
Three hundred girls mutinied in a reformatory at Clermont. They wrecked the dormitories and smashed 1500 windows, They kept the police at bay with their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Ipswich Murder. Charged with Cutting Girl's Throat. Ipswich
The case in Which John Gottlieb Jenner stands charged with having, on December 23, wilfully murdered a girl named Annie Holtzwart, was resumed at the Ipswich…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rutherglen Police Court. Friday, December 29, 1911. (Before Messrs. R. J. Burrowes and S. Jasper, J's.P.) Alleged Theft
Emily Beatrice Griffiths, a strange young woman, who arrived in Rutherglen about three weeks previously, was charged with stealing a gold ring, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sentenced for Espionage. Paris
A German named Lehrecht has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment for espionage at Chalons (France)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Traffic in Dean St. Cases for the Court
Before Messrs. H. F. Roberts, P.M., and W. Whitehead, J.P, at the Albury Police Court yesterday, came a case in which J. C King was charged with that he "did…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Balranald Police Court. (Before C. R. Hogue, Esq., J.P.)
To set the ball rolling for the New Year Patrick O'Loughlin, labourer was charged on third inst with being drunk in Court-street and pleading guilty was fined £1 or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Assault in George Hotel. Ladies Arms Are Tender. Remarkable Statements by the Licensee. Strong Comment by the Bench
Before Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M., at the Albury Police Court yesterday Kathleen Lloyd proceeded against Robert Lithgow on a charge of unlawful assault on Jan. 5…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sentenced to Death. Popular Clergyman Murders Sweetheart. Boston
The Rev. Clarence V. F. Richardson, recently confessed to having poisoned his sweetheart, Miss Avis Linnell, in October last, pleaded guilty when charged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Husband Charged with Attempted Murder
On making application to the shire secretary for a ticket of admission for his wife to the Swan Hill Hospital, Alfred Thomas Swift, aged 40, one of the first to take up…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →A Militant Suffragette Burning Rags in Letter-box. Sentenced to Six Months' Gaol. London
On December 21 a Suffragette named Emily Davison was committed for trial on a charge of having placed lighted kerosene rags in a letter-box. She was granted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Monthly Police Court. (Before the P.M. and W. Elliott, J.P.) Monday, 8th January
Williamson v. Thompson, trespassing on the footpaths. Mr. Mellion for complainant who asked permission to withdraw the summons. Consent…
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