Police Court
In the Deniliquin Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. A. J. Paton, J.P., Arthur O’Day was charged with being and idle and disorderly person with…
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“Pyjama Girl” Murder Police Guard at Lagoon Dam to be Drained To-day Blouse Believed to Be Blood- Stained Suggestion That Murder Was Committed in Albury
A police guard was placed at the lagoon last night form which an article of woman's clothing, a shoe and a gum boot, believed to be connected with the “pyjama girl” murder, were salvaged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →6 Months’ Gaol for Malicious Wounding Sydney
A sentence of six months’ imprisonment was imposed on William Robertson, aged 54, at Quarter Sessions to-day for having maliciously…
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I pounced on Victor as he disengaged himself. “Please, Mr. Quade I’ve got to find my bag. That confounded key is in it.”…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Clothing Found in Lagoon ''Pyjama Girl'' Murder Again in Limelight
Articles of clothing which may provide a clue to the identity of the murdered "pyjama girl'' have been lound in a lagoon in proximity to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Body in Dam Murder Victim Found at Wycheproof Not Yet Identified
Detectives engaged on the Wycheproof murder case have not yet succeeded in establishing the indentity of the victim…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Robbery Motive Alleged by Crown Murder Charge Against Salesman MELBOURNE
Opening the Crown case against Desmond Patrick Waher Toole, aged 27, salesman, of Elwood, who was charged with having on December last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Will the Bed of This Lagoon Throw New Light on “Pyjama Girl” Murder ?
The spots marked with “X’s” snow where clothing, which may have been worn by the “pyjama girl” murder victim, was salvaged from a lagoon alongside Howlong road. The lagoon is to be drained to-day by the Albury fore engine, and detectives are hopeful that by tis means they will uncover more clues…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court Interrupted. Two Women Collapse. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon
The collapse of two women at the Quarter Sessions, to-day, caused a dramatic interruption. Four accused women pleaded not guilty to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stevens Government Secretly Increases Police Chief’s Salary Sydney
Although intimation was only made to-day, the salary, of the Commissioner for Police (Mr. W. J. Mackay) was Increased several months…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pelted Police with Stones Man Runs Amok Lives Were Endangered Gosford
Eric Robert Kearsley, of Ourimbah, a demented man, was responsible for causing much trouble to Gosford police to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Water Board Appeal Dismissed by Full Court £5500 Verdict to Stand Sydney
The Full Court to-day, by a majority vote, dismissed the appeal of the Water Board against the verdict of £5500 awarded to Stanley Adrian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Girls Apparently Like Foreigners and Negroes What Police Found in Club Two Men Each Fined £ 100 SYDNEY
Heavy penalties were imposed on Joseph Muscat, aged 48. and Anthony P[?]sani, aged 46, when they were convicted at the licensing Court to-day on…
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At the Wagga Quarter sessions last week. Michael Timothy O’Dowd was charged that on December 31 at Wagga, he did assault Francis…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From Gaol to Hospital Prisoner Hurt Trying to Escape Police Fired at Him West Maitland
An unsuccessful attempt to escape from police custody was made by James Calder to-day. Several shots were fired by the police before Calder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Murder at Pirate’s Head” Chapter Xviii.— (Continued)
“Well, thanks, Hugh. Don’t mind me. Here, give your sister her key. Where is she? I’ll do it myself.” “She’s powdering her nose. Then…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“Pyjama Girl” Murder Lagoon Gives Up More Clues Articles Previously Paired Police Issue Description Aid of Public Sought in Ownership Quest
Who was the person who threw a number of articles from a girl’s wardrobe into a deep lagoon at a spot about four miles from Albury on the Howlong road, and did the apparel belong to the pretty, fair-haired…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Years’ Gaol for Man Who Passed Bad Money Melbourne
Mr. Justice Gavan-Duffy in the Criminal Court to-day sentenced Charles Smith, aged 30, laborer, of Moore st.. Fitzroy, to two years’ imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clergyman Denies Paternity To Pay For Child Magistrate’s Order Perth
The Rev. William Terence Oakley, an Anglican clergyman, stationed on the goldfields, has been ordered to pay maintenance for a child yet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sapphire Ring May Solve Murder Young Man’s Death Sydney
A small sapphire ring, which has come into the possession of the police, is believed to have been taken from the hand of Robert…
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