Albury Detective Says Man Confessed Botany P.O. Robbery Three Men Before Court Sydney
A statement that Johnstone had confessed life guilt was made in the Redfern Police Court to-day by Detective G. M[?]e, of Albury,…
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Council to Get New Trial of Action Widow Was Awarded £2509 Full Court Critical Sydney
The Full Supreme Court to-day ordered a new trial of the case in which Mrs. C. H. Hughes, a widow, was awarded compensation, amounting to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Murder in Queensland. a Youth Charged. BRISBANE
The hearing was adjourned in the case in which Derwent Arkinstall (18) is charged with the murder Howard Chambers, a 70-year-old taxi…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SPENT 14 Years in Gaol Now a Free Man Was Sentenced to Death Adelaide
John Charles Stewart, aged 35, a Scottish migrant, who was sentenced to death in 1925 for the murder of Patrick Kelly, a fellow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Two Years Gaol for Young Man Sydney
Leslie William Murphy, aged 24, who this week was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for having caused the death of Constable Guise, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hospital Water Debt Coreen Shire Approached for Aid £ 147 Excess Charged
At a meeting of the Coreen Shire Council on Monday last a deputation consisting of the Mayor (Aid. J. H. Armour) and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plaster Car Number Plates Police Seize Plant Melbourne
The Wireless Patrol early to-day [?]eized a plant for making false car number plates from plaster of paris. It consisted of a mould, tins of white…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Conference. Material Increase in Force Urged. SYDNEY
When the Police Conference resumed to-day figures were tabled showing that in the last eight years the strength of the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Not Honored Appeal Board Decisions Charge by Police Sydney
Alter lengthy discussion to-day the annual conference of the Police Association carried a, resolution that a Parliamentary Select Committee be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Policeman and Poker Machines a Court Demonstration Sydney
During the hearing of a case in the Central Police Court to-day a policeman gave a demonstration of the working of a poker machine to prove…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man Tells Court How to Travel the World Without Cost Wellington (N.z.)
Freely admitting that he was a professional stowaway, Allen Thomas, aged 27, civil engineer, was to-day before the police court, charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Saw Launch on Tuesday Fisherman Tells Police Search for Missing Craft Twelve Men on Board. BRISBANE
A fisherman told the police this afternoon that he saw the launch Nerita which has been missing since Saturday with 12 men on board,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LOST £2000 at Races Resting on a Lagoon Man Appears in Court Trouble Over a Cheque Adelaide
Emmanuel Pimentel, of St. Kilda road, Melbourne, arrived in Adelaide by train to-day to answer a charge of having passed a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Say Additional 500 Constables Needed Sydney
The annual conference of the Police Association decided to-day to ask the State Government to appoint an additional 500 men to the force…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Six Months’ Gaol for Man Who Killed Sheep “Did It to Help Starving Family” Melbourne
Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy in the Criminal Court to-day imposed six months’ imprisonment on Charles William Williams, aged 23, laborer, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Push” Victim Another Carlton Assault Melbourne
From a locality in Carlton, which has an unsavory reputation for being the hunting ground of several “pushes,” the fifth victim of assault…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accused in Hospital Under Police Guard Melbourne, Sunday
At the City Watchhouse last night, Detectives Adam and Trim charged a man with forgery, uttering, and the larceny of a cheque form. The man is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Minister and Police Secretary Extravagant Utterances Alleged Sydney
The very extravagance of Mr. Cosgrove’s utterances carried their own condemnation,” said the Chief Secretary (Mr. Gollan) to-night on his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Registration of Bicycles Police Recommendation
The Police Conference, in Sydney, decided to recommend that all bicycles, should be- registered and fitted, with identification or number plates, for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of an Aviator Man Charged with Manslaughther London, June I[?]
It is reported that Captain Nicholas Comper, the aviator who designed the Comper-Swift machine, and whose death was reported yesterday, was…
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