20-Year-old Mechanic Gets Seven Years’ Gaol for Armed Robbery Sydney
A sentence of seven years’ imprisonment was imposed on Jade Charles Monford Adams, 20, mechanic, at the Quarter Sessions to-day, on charges of…
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Constable’s Death Charges of Murder Follow Two Men Arraigned Sydney
Two men were charged at Central Police Court to-day with the murder of Constable Lionel George Guise, of Newtown, who died…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ordered Back to Work Striking Printers in Brisbane Disregarded Court Brisbane
Striking members of the Printers’ Union were ordered by the Industrial Court to-day to be back at work by Wednesday morning under penalty of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PERJURY—FALSIFICATIONS Alleged Against a Solicitor Case in Full Court Sydney
Charges of perjury and being a party to falsification of company minutes were alleged against Eric Campbell, a well-known solicitor, before the State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Test Case to Result From Policeman’s Claim Court to Decide Meaning of “Non-accidental Injury” Melbourne
Arising out of the claim for a special pension made by First-constable Francis Wise, who retired from the force on October 9, 1936, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six Months’ Gaol Man Sentenced at Henty Passed Valueless Cheque Henty
At the Henty Police Court to-day, before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., George Marshall, alias A. R. Blair, alias H. J. Clarke, was sentenced to six…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Allegations of Assault Case In Henty Court Information Dismissed with Costs. Henty
Patrick Keogh, laborer, of Henty, [?] against Keith William Murray, carrier, of Henty, at the police [?] to-day for assault alleged to…
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Edward Folkes, 45, motor mechanic, was sentenced to imprisonment for is months at the Quarter Sessions to-day for having had 125 counterfeit florins…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Murder at Pirate’s Head” Chapter VII.—(Continued)
Should I tell him. I wanted to, but the 500 dollars still hidden in my stocking and the silence imposed by my anonymous friend bade me wait. “Oh…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Constable Buried with Full Police Honors Sydney
With full police honors. Constable Lionel Guise, who was fatally shot in an altercation with a suspect in Newtown on Sunday morning, was buried…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?] Unions Agree To Abide by Awards Court Cases Stood Over Sydney
The applications for a variation of the meat awards were stood over generally by Mr. Justice Browne, of the Industrial Commission to-day, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sent Youth to Gaol Magistrate Loth to Do So Will be Made A Worse Criminal SYDNEY
When imposing a sentence on Walter Blake Myers, 19, at the Central Police Court to-day, Mr. Arnold, S.M., urged the introduction of the English…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →“Murder at Pirate’s Chapter VII.—(Continued). Fire!.. Fire!
The old house settled down to a stillness like the night before Christmas. If creatures were stirring, they were mighty quiet about it. I tried to keep…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Would Not Tell Woman’s Name Man Sent to Gaol Brisbane
During the public bankruptcy examination of Mrs. Amy Elizabeth Sumner, of Gamboorian, to-day, Reginald Joseph Dowere, farmer, of Gamboorian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six Years’ Gaol 23-Year-Old Armed Robber Guilty on 15 Charges Melbourne
Indecision regarding the limits of his powers was the only thing preventing him from ordering a flogging for John Ernest McLean, 23, laborer, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fresh Evidence in Glenroy Murder Case
Fresh and important evidence said to be in possession of his solicitors, relative to the case, is the ground on which George Green, chimney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Henty Police Court Tuesday, February 28 (Before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.m.) Keogh v MURRAY
This was a case in which Patrick Keogh proceeded against Keith Murray on a charge of assault. Defendant pleaded not guilty, and was represented…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Robs Brother Sent to Gaol for a Year Sydney
Found guilty of having fraudulently misappropriated £1081, belonging to her brother, Charles Robinson, Stella D. G. Tait was sentenced to 12 months’…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prison Farms Defended Better Than Gaol Says Minister for Education Sydney
The Minister for Education. Mr. Drummond, replying to the advocacy by Mr. Arnold, stipendiary magistrate, of the establishment of an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →“Murder at Pirate’s Head” Chapter VIII—(Continued). Searching the Ruins
Toward dawn the shed was just a sputtering heap of cinders. And what would they find? What would they find?…
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