Dangerously Armed Youth Sent to Gaol Sydney
An 18-year-old youth who, according to police evidence, had admitted that he would have used a bludgeon of hose pipe loaded with steel to get money,…
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Equity Court. Trustees Breaches of Trust
Reserved judgement was given in the suit for removal of the trustees of the will of Mrs Sarah Perrignon, formerly of Craigiedale, Moulamein who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Remanded on Bail by Albury Court
A man appeared before Mr. [?] Beavers at Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on a charge of having allegedly tendered a valueless cheque to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man’s Court Fight to Save His Life Sydney
The appeal by Albert Andrew Moss aged 54. against the sentence of death passed on him at Dubbo on. September 25 for the alleged murder of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dismissals Because of Union Membership High Court Refuses Leave to Appeal Melbourne
On the ground that an appeal by way of statutory prohibition was incompetent, the Full High Court to-day refused the general secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Brews of Beer Didn’t Mix ! Carpenter Before Albury Court Magistrate Lenient
When a man appeared before Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on a charge of having driven a motor ear while under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft From Garage 6 Months’ Imprisonment Defendant’s Long List of Convictions
Raymond Banuel Walker (38) pleaded guilty at Deniliquin Police Court yesterday to a charge of stealing £3/-/4 from Deniliquin Motor .He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unusual Claim in Workers' Compensation Court Melancholia Results From Accident Sydney
An unusual case came before the workers compensation court today when James Alfred Martin, 34, of port Kembia, applied for £5 per…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Husband, Charged with Murder of Wife and Son, Remanded Bendigo
The police were granted a remand until November 1 to-day in the case of Jefferson John William Davis, aged 38, of Condon st., Kennington,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Licensing Court
A special sitting of the Licensing Court was held at Jerilderie recently, before Mr V. H. Wells, Licensing Magistrate, when the Trustees…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woolcott Forbes “Pocketed” £21,000—Allegation in Court Sydney
Evidence was given in the Central Police Court to-day that John Woolcott Forbes, now a fugitive from justice, had derived…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crown to Call 40 Witnesses at Trial of Man Charged with Wife Murder Wellington (N.z.)
The trial began at Christchurch Supreme Court to-day of Arthur James Patience, aged 48, laborer, on a charge of having murdered his wife. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Spy Sentenced to Death Paris, October 25
Louis Nade, a railway employe, aged 50, has been sentenced to death at Chalons-sur-Marne for having communicated military secrets to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Strange Will Case Full Court Gives Decision Melbourne
An appeal by Edwin Claude Helton, storekeeper, against the decision of a civil jury that be had unlawfully killed Margaret Jane Roche, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labor Minister Would Go to Gaol Again in Fight Against Conscription Wellington (N.z.)
Imprisoned during the Great War for refusing to submit to conscription, the Australian-born Minister for Labor (Mr. Webb) declared at a police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Move to Reinstate Police Who Were Dismissed Sydney
The Chief Secretary. (Mr. Tonking) introduced a bill in the Legislatve Assembly to-day to reinstate to the police force four men who had been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“No Ulterior Motive in Formation of Police Reserve” Sydney
There was no ulterior motive behind the formation of the police reserve and its services, if availed of, would only be used in the event of some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Suggest That All Unions Withdraw From Arbitration Court Sydney
Executives of the building trades group at a meeting to-day recommended to the N.S.W. Labor Council that action be taken by all trades unions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Invasion of Poland Mentioned in Sydney Court Sydney
Dunng the hearing before the Master in Equity (.Mr. Parker) to-day of claims to the £13,000 estate left by a Polish Jew in Sydney, counsel for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Counsel Protest Questions By the Police Woolcott Forbes and His Carpets Sydney
In the Central Police Court to-day Eric McConnell, a former private secretary to John Woolcott Forbes, said he hid heard Albert Levitus…
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