Man, Wife and Another Man Shooting Story Told to Court Sydney
Charged at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day with having maliciously shot at Alfred Charles Horsley with intent to do grievous bodily harm, Ernest Hector…
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The Flour Tax To Be Tested in High Court Master Bakers Fighting. Sydney
The High Court of Australia is to decide whether legislation imposing the flour tax was beyond the powers of the Federal Parliament. The date…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assault on Constable Men Fined at Wangaratta
At the Wangaratta Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Reginald Trevor Drummond and Ernest Charles Page were charged with having assaulted…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Reformatory Escapee Sentenced to Six Months’ Imprisonment Melbourne
Thomas O’Keefe, 20, who, while working under the honor system, escaped from Castlemaine Reformatory farm in June, 1937, was sentenced to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →“Thanks for Your Australian Justice” Scottish Engineer’s Irony Earns Him Gaol for Contempt Melbourne
“Thanks for your Australian justice. It does you credit.” These words, uttered in a disparaging tone by Andrew Campbell, a young Scot, who is ninth…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Turn About Police As Defendants Following Dalfram Dispute Wollongong
On charges relating to a disturbance near Wollongeng post office during the Dalfram pig iron dispute, three members of the police force appeared at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man Who Broadcast From Lion’s Den Sentenced to Gaol for Stealing Sydney
Thomas Howard Steele, 23, who was said to have recently broadcast from a lion’s den. in Brisbane, was, at North Sydney court to-day, sentenced to a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court
In the local Police Court on Friday last before Mr. I. Beaver, P.M., a number of cases were dealt with. Breaches of Motor Traffic Act…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charge of Assault
Stanley Robert Earratt, proceeded against Thomas Whity, Stanley Mackey and Jack Le Fievre, on a charge of assault in company. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Murder at Pirate’s Head” Chapter I.
Pirate’s Head always reminds me of a Summer squash. Its long neck juts out of Rockville, Mass., into, the wild Atlantic. Once, according to legend,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Greek Club Bombing Two Prisoners For Release AFTER 10 Years in Gaol Melbourne
The release of ,two of the three men who were imprisoned for the bombing of the Greek Club will be recommended by the Attornev-General (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Claim Against Stock Inspector Court Action Non-suited
After a long hearing, the case in which Austin Edward Sweeney, grazier, of Windellama had claimed £200 damages from the Goulburn…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Radio Sets for Police Dogs. Crime Detection Aid Satisfactory Tests
It is almost certain that police dogs working on crime detection or assisting in searches for lost persons in the near future will receive…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Sergeant Sued Man’s Allegations of Assault Verdict for £25 BATHURST
Alleging wrongful imprisonment and assault, Charles Edward Langley, in Bathurst District Court to-day claimed £400 from Police Sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Murder at Pirate’s Head” Chapter I—(Continued)
Once the door was open, I struck one of the two matches Mr. Q. had given me and hurried down the aisle of the musty auditorium. Wrong…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Druken Drivers Police Have No Authority to Test Them
The police had received definite instructions that they had no authority to put a person to a test to determine the extent of intoxication, said…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intent to Murder. Market Gardener Charged
As the result of an altercation at The Rocks on Saturday evening, when a man received a gunshot wound in the knee, Antoni Pati, was arrested…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Laborer Remanded on Redfern Murder Charge. Sydney
Timothy Ryan, 44, laborer, was remanded till February 24 at Redfern Court to-day on a charge of having feloniously and maliciously murdered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Conveyance for Police. Council Takes Action
At the Council, meeting last night, the matter of providing adequate travelling facilities for the local police was discussed and it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dealing in Shares Company Director Charged. a Big Fraud Alleged. Melbourne
Edgar Ranking, 34, company director, of Powlett street, East Melbourne, was remanded by Mr. McLean, P.M., to appear again at the City Court on…
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