Man’s Visit to House Has Court Sequel
Words flew thick and fast at a Reserve st. home on May 19 according to evidence brought before the SM in a civil assault…
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In Albury Court Yesterday Decision reserved in marathon traffic case hearing
After evidence had been taken over five days, Mr. Quiggin, S.M., in Albury Court yesterday, reserved judgment until Monday in a case in which a district farmer has been charged with five breaches of the traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bogus Squatter to Be Sentenced
MELBOURNE, Fri.: A General Sessions jury today found a young draughtsman guilty of having obtained £20 by false…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman charged following seven fire deaths
NEW YORK, Fri.: A woman who owns a block of flats where seven people died in a fire on Wednesday was charged last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£9500 Theft Alleged
SYDNEY, Sun.: A cashier employed by Greater Union Theatres had stolen £9533/11/2, police alleged in Central Police…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Police search for gunman
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Police are still scouring Melbourne for a gunman who shot and wounded a man outside a Fitzroy hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bank Agent in Court
ADELAIDE, Sun.: Ernest George Honeybone, storekeeper, the Camden agent of the South Australian Savings Bank, appeared in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Army cook charged with murder of 17-year-old girl at Broken Hill
SYDNEY, Mon.: Detectives today charged a man with the murder of a 17-year-old girl at Brokers Hill on June 1. The man, an Army cook, was arrested at Ingleburn…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Migrant Hanged for Murder
PERTH, Mon.: Congregations in many Perth and Fremantle churches offered prayers last night for Karol…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman freed of murder charge
SYDNEY, Mon.: A Central Criminal Court Jury today acquitted a 30-year-old woman of having murdered John William…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hundreds of police involved in reshuffle
BRISBANE, Mon.: The largest list of promotions and transfers on record in the Queensland police force was announced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Extra Police for Forbes to Prevent Looting
SYDNEY, Mon.: Extra police have been sent to flooded Forbes to prevent an outbreak of looting. Goods and food were stolen from flooded shops fast night. Police and civilians will maintain a 24-hour patrol of Forbes’ streets…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police, Marines in grim battle with convicts
SAO PAULO, Mon: Reinforced police and marines last night fought a pitched battle with heavily armed convicts who…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Soldier on murder charge
SYDNEY, Tues.: A 23-yearold soldier was remanded at the Central Police Court today on a charge of murder…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: At the direction of the judge, Mrs Gladys Muriel Hayes, wife of John Frederick (“Chow”) Hayes, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →12 years’ gaol for men who slew and robbed laborer
SYDNEY, Tues.: William Simpson, 28 of Boat Harbor, North Cronuila, was sentenced to 12 years gaol at the Central Criminal Court today for the manslaughter of a 52-year-old laborer…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →£1200 vanishes from police headquarters
ADELAIDE, Tues.: Mystery surrounds the disappearance of £1200 in cash from a safe at police headquarters…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →10 years gaol for men who criminally assaulted young wife of doctor
MELBOURNE, Tues,: In a dramatic trial during which a man was sent to gaol for 10 years for having committed a criminal offence against a doctor’s wife, the doctor told the Criminal Court today that during his wife’s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Wage Reduction Sought by Employers court move on hours too
MELBOURNE, Tues.: Employers today began their "attack” on the wages and hours standards of Australian workers with an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two years’ gaol for breach of bond
SYDNEY, Wed.: A 26-years-old man was sentenced to two years’ gaol in Quarter Sessions today for breach of a three…
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