DISILLUSIONED ! Release From Gaol Thought it Was Easy Man’s Court Story Sydney
Lance Edward Wilson, a prisoner at Long Bay, told connsed in quarter sessions to-day that before the was sent to clomburn Gaol…
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Twice Charged with Same Offence Melbourne
Frederick Quinn, William st., Balaclava. was fined £2 in the St. Kilda to-day for having assaulted his wife. Just as the court was about to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Denied Police Evidence Motor Painter Wins But Another Man Fined by Albury Court
John Whelians, mother painter of Albury, was acquitted by Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on three charges of alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accountant Charged in Hospital Ward Larceny Op £368 Alleged Melbourne
Unable to attend court because he is suffering from pleurisy, Bernard Sidney Spencer, aged 40, accountant, of Sydney, was charged, while he lay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Murder of Indian Maltese Declared Insane Brisbane, Mondsay
After a certificate had been produced from Dr. Salvatore Gatt,declaring Spiro Zammit, aged 34, Maltese laborer, insane, the Mackay police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.Z. Government Will Correct Setback Imposed by Court Wellington (N.z.)
The Government received a setback to-day when Judge Callan ruled that the import restriction were invalid, He found in deciding a test case that,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electricity in Albury She Just Wanted to Undress ! Man’s Experience With Woman His Allegations in Court
That he had treated a woman like a “gentleman,” but that despite his protests she had almost undressed herself, was the evidence given by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fraud That Originated in a Gaol Salesman Sentenced to Two Years OBTAINED £150 From a Fellow Prisoner Sydney
Convictod of having obtained £150 from a prisoner at Long Bay Gaol by falsely pretending that he was able to obtain through the Minuter for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charged with Harboring Girl Adelaide
Charged with having harbored Kathleen Amelia Rowlands, a State child, knowing that she had absconded from an institution, George Jolly, of Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →20 Witnesses at Walwa Inquest To-day Mrs. Elizabeth White’s Death Police Magistrate to Hear Evidence
Twenty witnesses are expected to testify at the inquiry, which will be resumed at Walwa to-day, into the death of Mrs. Elizabeth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guilty of Forgery Three Years’ Gaol for Sydney Man Melbourne
Found guilty of two counts of forging orders for cheque books, and two counts of forging cheques, and four counts of uttering forged cheque…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ambush Set by the Police Sydney
The story of an ambush arranged by the police in a Wahroonga house which they were told would be visited by burglars was related at the Hornsby…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Government Charged Few Jobs For Youth No Excuse for Failure, Declares Bishop Sydney
Bishop Burgmann, of Goulburn, in the course of an interview, said that there was no excuse for the Government's failure to provide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Engaged Man Sentenced Plea For Leniency Fails “Any Girl Prevented From Marrying Accused Lucky” Sydney
Victor William Bradley, aged 25, motor car assembler, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in Sydney Quarter Sessions to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Items of News An Old Offender Before the Court
Edward Patrick Matthews, of Albury, a well-known identity, in police courts, was sentenced to one days imprisonment at Albury Court of Petty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man, Who Described Actress As “My Angel,” Before Court Sydney
A man who said he was Frank Murray Hughes, aged 47, of Victoria, came before the magistrate at the Reception House to-day on a charge of being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Who Masqueraded As Man to Appear Before Court Sydney
Annie Payne, aged 64, who for 51 years masqueraded as a man, was today transferred from the Newington State Home for women to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dog As Clue In Missing Man Mystery Police Also Seek Three Other Men Sydney
Police inquiries into the disappearance of Timothy O'Shea, aged 45, of Warren, who is missing in the Narromine district," are still proceeding…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Woolcott Forbes Name Mentioned in Court ''Bullfighter" and P.N.'s MELBOURNE
Appearing on behalf of Robert Walder, merchant, of York St., Sydney, Mr. J. V. Barry applied to Judge Foster in the applied to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Who Married Two Other Women Before Court Sydney
At the Reception House to-day Mr. Parker, S.M., remanded for further observation, Annie Payne, aged 64, who for 51 years posed as a…
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