I'II Tell the Truth. Burglary at J. Richardson and Company's. Accuted Man's Alleged Statement
At the Armidale Police Court on Wednesday morning, before Messrs, E. T. Oram, E. M. Cohen, and A. Purities, Js.P.,…
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Murderer Confesses. Walks Into Police Commissioner's Office. Adelalde
Thoumas Dugan (86) licensee of the Alma Hotel at Norwood, walked into the offce of the chief commissioner of Police at Adelaide and declared that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Chase Thief. Blood on the Fences. SYDNEY
For some time past many robberies have been reported from the northern suburbs, and it was suspected the thief was [?]sing a motor car or…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chocolate-eating Mermaid. Macquarie Street Production. Glen Innes Show Side Attraction. Amazing Story Told in Court
At 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning he was plain Jack Smith. Two hours later, when the frock-costed and raucous-voiced…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crude Mermaid. Side-showman Charged
In the Glen Innes Court on Friday, Frank Douglas was charged with having unlawfully endeavored to impose on private individuals by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coogee Assault
At the Central Criminal Court to-day, William Henry Curtis, aged 43, a musician, pleaded guilty to wounding Annie T[?]son, a widow,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cleric Goes to Gaol
Rev. William Dawson, in charge of the Albury Congregational Church, went to gaol rather than pay a fine recently imposed on him in the local court for…
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Superintendent ankey, head of the Criminal Investigation Department, at police headquarters, remarked this morning: "We have proved…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Local and General Alleged Theft of £15
At the local Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. E. R. Haydock, Sidney Hodge was charged with having stolen 15 £1 notes from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stirring Story South Australian Murder
A stirring story of the tragedy at Willunga, when a man named Byles was shot dead and Thomas Dugan gave himself up to the police on a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →77 Years' Gaol. Turner's Criminal Record. BRISBANE
Frederick Turner, who appeared before the Police Court yesterday, started his criminal career in 1910 and since then has been sentenced to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court To-day, Tuesday. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, P.m.) No Lights
Percy Dennis Woods was charged with riding a motor cycle without lights. Constable Penfold stated the offence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shot by Police Sensational Chase
After a chase extending throughout Saturday night and the greater portion of Sunday the police net closed around a fugitive suspected of stealing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Talk of the Boot When Police Intervened
When Constable Davey, of Rappville intervened in a fight that was in progress on the Whiporie sports ground on February 13, the word boot was freely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ringing Them, Showman Wins Court Case. P.M. Tries His Hand
A somewhat remarkable case was heard at the Glen Innes Police Court, when Reginald Stapleton was charged with having conducted an unlawful game on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Have a Spot? Magistrate's Interesting Decision. Sydney
At the Bathurst Police Court yesterday, Mr. Scott (Stipendiary Magistrate) decided that bona fide hotel lodgers might invite bona fide guests…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Decision Upset High Court's Action in Skinwool Case. Sydney
The High Court, sitting in Melbourne to-day, upset the decision of the state Full Court giving leave to respondents in the skin wool case to appeal to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"150 Miles of Gold." Willow Tree Magnet Test. Warden's Court Story
A new method of mining for gold, the success of which has yet to be proved, was made known at the Tamworth Warden's Court. when an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clergyman in Gaol
The Rev W. Dawson, Congregational Minister at Albury, was arrested and lodged in gaol last week. He had refused to pay a fine for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Death Penalty. Knopp Sentenced. MELBOURNE
Martin Knopp, convicted at Melbourne Criminal Court for the murder of Walter Richards at Collingwood, has been sentenced to death…
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