N.s.w. Police Minister's Tribute to Force [?] One Cleanest in the Wold
The Chief Secretary, Mr. Chaffey, told Mr. Webb (U.A.P. Hurstville) in the Legislative Assembly that he had ordered an immediate investigation…
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The Vicarage Murder. Cornelius Hanged. MELBOURNE, Monday Night
Edward Cornelius was hanged at Pentridge Gaol, to-day, for the murder of Rev. Harold Laceby Cecil. The prisoner stepped firmly from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder of Vicar Cornelius Hanged. Last Words: "No, I'm Right." Melbourne
Edward Cornelius was hanged at Pentridge gaol this morning for the murder of Rev. Harold Laceby Cecil. The condemned man stepped firmly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bendigo Tragedy Sequel to Woman's Death. Husband Charged with Murder
Following the death of Margaret Dorothy Purcell, 33, at Epsom, late on Monday night, from a wound in the throat, her husband, William…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thefts at Gunbar Two Men Before Court
At the Hay Police Court before Mr. A. B. Collins, P.M., on Tuesday Patrick Henry Stinson and Arthur Reginald Dawson, the central figures…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albury Police Court
For failing to connect his promises to the sewerage system, Ernest Henry Waite, of Jones-street, Albury, was fined £1 by Mr. I. Beavers, P.M. The…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Short Story Shop Murder
PHILIP heard the voices before he opened his eyes. He wondered what people were doing in his room, wondered if it was time to get up; and…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Alleged Stealing. Motor Truck Taken from Hay
In the Court of Petty Sessions, on Tuesday, a number of charges were heard against Patrick Henry Stinson and Reginald Arthur Dawson in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pyjama Murder Government Renews Reward
Rewards amounting to £700, which have been offered for information about the murder of an unknown woman on the Howlong road, Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Obtaining Confessions Allegations Against Police
The Victorian Commissioner of Police (Sir Thomas Blamey), commenting on the remarks of the Chief Justice (Sir Frederick Mann)…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Third Degree Chief Justice Criticises Police Methods
Trenchant criticism of the methods by which the police obtained statements from persons under the existing system were made in the Criminal…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Sub-tenant's Liability. Discussed at Small Debts Court
In the Small Debts Court before the P.M., Mr. Collins on Tuesday, Kenneth John Wanless proceeded against William McFarlane cleaiming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Balranald Police Court (Before Mr. C. Soady, J.p.) Stealing Cases
At the Police Court, Balranald, John Robert Radford, 40, appeared on three charges of stealing: (1) at Yanga, on or about 13th June, 1936, he did steel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wardrobe Murder Man's Body Found. Thought to Be Suspect
The body of a man whose description fits in many respects the person for whom the police Sydney police have been inquiring in connections…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Horseless Races Alleged in N.S.W. Report Sent to Police on Gambling Near Mildura
A report has been sent from Mildura to the New South Wales Police Commissioner about [?] schools and horseless face meetings…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wife Shoots Husband Charged with Murder Tragedy at Lockhart
On Saturday evening, Isobel Mary Pattie, aged 23, was lodged in the Albury goal, having been remanded at the Lockhart Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Train Murder
The opinion that Herbert Kop[?]t was in a state of natural mental infirmity when he killed Harold Edwin Speering, a passenger on the Bundaberg…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Opossom Baiting. Police Make All-night Vigil
Dense undergrowth dripping with dew! Cold, biting winds! Heavy mist! Soft, slushy soil oozing with moisture following the saturating…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Albury Police Court Doctor's Coat Stolen
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Continued on Trove, page 47 →Clever Jewel Theft
One of the cleverest executed and most lucrative jewel thefts in recent times was accomplished from Long Island on the estate of William Coes,…
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