Hitler in gaol, but he’s not Adolph !
BERLIN, Fri.: Hitler was in a German gaol last night, charged with poisoning cows. The Soviet Zone…
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Dane’s “expert skill” lands him in gaol
SYDNEY, Fri.: Judge Holden in Quarter [?] told a 30-years-old engineer that he ha shown “expert skill” in a series of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court told of boys’ gun “duel”
MAITLAND, Fri: The Children’s Court was told today that an 11-year-old boy was shot in the nose during an air-gun…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Daring Daylight Theft of £150
MELBOURNE, Sun.: In a daring daylight robbery yesterday a thief escaped with £150 in cash from a suitcase in a garage office…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Kills Wife Court
BERLIN, Sun.: A man s[?] his wife dead in East [?] court this week. The judge had just granted…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Murder of British was planned, U.K. charges Egypt
LONDON, Sun.: Britain in a strongly worded Note to Egypt lost night declared it was evident that British personnel who died in Ismailia between November 17 and November 19” were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Officers Fight Chiang in Court
WASHINGTON, Sun.: Two suspended officers of the Chinese Nationalist Air Force petitioned to the Federal Court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court to probe Digger’s charges
NEW YORK, Sun.: A court of inquiry has been ordered to check allegations that an Australian soldier was maltreated in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Denial of Murder
ADELAIDE, Mon.: A Pole, Kazimierz Piekutowski, 39, denied in the Criminal Court today that he murdered Jan Politelo, 26 a Pole,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaol warder to face board
MELBOURNE, Mon.: Pentridge warder, A. E. Threlfall, who was suspended after Maxwell Skinner’s sensational escape from the gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →15 months’ gao[?] for stealing charge
MELBOURNE, Mon.: Thirty-year-old Le[?] Clinton Cartle[?] was sentenced in the Crimin[?] Court today to 15 months’ [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Gaol escapee may be in Ararat district
MELBOURNE, Mon.: The search for Maxwell Carl Skinner, 23, who escaped from Pentridge gaol last Sunday week, was…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Legal Argument Holds Up Murder Trial
SYDNEY, Mon.: Day-long legal argument on the admissibility of certain evidence delayed the trial today of William…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two more fake “tenners” given police
MELBOURNE, Mon.: Two more counterfeit £10 notes were handed to the police today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crown alleges cabaret shooting linked with the murder of young boxer
SYDNEY, Mon: The Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Rooney) claimed in the Central Criminal Court today that the shooting of a former boxer at the Ziegfeld Night Club on May 29 was the aftermath of a murder four weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tone’s divorce suit may not reach court
HOLLYWOOD, Mon: A public display of hogging and kissing by Franchot Tone and Barbara Payton had Hollywood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£1000 Wool Theft at Rutherglen
Thieves entered the Rutherglen railway yards early yesterday morning, and stole nine bales of wool, valued at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jury fails to agree in murder trial
ADELAIDE, Tues.: After six days’ hearing, a jury in the Criminal Court tonight failed after 5½ hours’ deliberation to agree on a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Acquittal on 9 Year Old Murder Charge
MELBOURNE, Tues.: A nine-year-old murder charge against Ronald Porter was heard in the Warrnambool Supreme Court…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Charged with cattle stealing
MELBOURNE. Wed.: Thirteen Jersey cattle, valued at £165 reported stolen some weeks ago from a property at Swan Hill, have been…
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