Youth of 17 Sentenced to Death. Grafton
A had named Leslie Lindsay, 17 years of age, a ward of the State, was charged with the murder of Mrs. Lloyd, on January 17. He was found gu[?]ty and sentenced to…
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Sudden Death in Court
A man named John Hamilton, of 63 Rotherham street, Marrickville, died in an [?]ewfully sudden manner in the No. 2 District Court to-day. He had just…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assault and Robbery
According to the statement of a man who was admitted to Melbourne Hospital in a precarious condition on Saturday a dastardly' assault and robbery was committed…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Duels in Court
That it is not always the lawyer [?] scores in a duel of wits with a witness was amusingly proved some little time ago in a Local Government Board inquiry into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder of Boxer. Newspaper Fined £100. LONDON
Last week Bernard Hail, a well-known boxer and aeroplanist was shot dead in his flat in his flat in Shaffesbury Avenue. A fashionably dressed young widow named Johnnie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albury Police Court. Tuesday, April 22. (Before Messrs. J. F. Maloney and J. M Stewart, J's.P.) Offending Cyclists
Roy Johnstone was fined 10/, with 6/ costs, for riding a bicycle on the footpath in Kiewa-street. For not having a light attached to his bicycle on the occasion in…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Albury Small Debts Court. Tuesday. April 22
J. T. Swain v. Louisa Shain, claim in respect of the erection of a gate, etc. Mr. Tietyens, who appeared for plaintiff, explained that the claim originally was for…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →"De Profundis" in Court. London, April 19
The libel action brought by Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas against Mr. Arthur Ransome and "The Times" Book Club for the publication in a book by Mr Ransome of…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Russian Secret Police. Sentence Reduced. St. Petersburg, April 18
The sentence passed on Captain Kuliabki, of the Russian secret police, for nogligence in the execution of duty on the occasion of the assassination of the Premier…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Assault on a Child
Albert Evans was charged with in decently 'assaulting a girl aged 7 years and 5 months at Deniliquin on 17th February. Mr. Wilkinson appeared for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Monday, April 21. (Before Mr W. Scott, P.M.)
While Mrs Moody was giving an address on Federal politics at the Town Hall on Friday night-last week, a man at the back of the hall frequently…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales. Housing the Water Police. Sydney
The water police are to take [?] of their new quarters at Dawes Point on Monday. They will from thence have better facilities for keeping watch upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Culcairn Police Court. Thursday, April 24
George Heard was summoned by the Culcairn Shire Council for allowing a team of horses to remain on the footpath in Balfour-street. Defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Corowa Police Court. Saturday, April 26, 1913. (Before Mr. P. E. B. Barnett, J.P.)
John Frost, on remand, was charged with stealing one sulky and set of harness, valued at £30, at Balldale on the 18th May, 1912, the property of Chas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Editor Charged with Libel
The trial of Mr. Cecil Chesterton, editor of the "New Witness," on a charge of libel, has been postponed. Mr. Chesterton is charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Municipal Appeal Court
A municipal appeal court to consider appeals against as-essments in the Albury Municipality was held yesterday. Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M., presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District News. Euston. Interesting Court Case
At the Euston Police Court on Wednesday last, before H. H. MacDougal Esq., Police Magistrate, several cases of interest to hotelkeepers were brought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rowdyism at Concerts in Darlingburst Gaol
Mr. Hall, Minister for Justice, referring to the scandal concerning the alleged riotous conduct of the purpose after a concert at Darlinghurst goal on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fitzroy Murder. Fifth Arrest. Melbourne
At the city court to-day, William Norwood, the fifth man arrested in connection with an assault on Henry McNamara, a boot-clicker at Fitzroy, early on April…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder in New York. Five "Grafters" Arrested. New York
A man named Jerry Maida, who has been suspected of having aided the investigation of police "graft" by District Attorney Whitman, was shot dead in a New…
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