Gaol Escapee Still at Large
Bob Skelton, who escaped from Glon Innes lock-up after being arrested on a charge of stualing a Vaux[?] motor car is still at large. The…
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Bank Manager Charged Sydney
In the Central Police Court to-day Leyburne Ernest Tafe (35), bank manager, was remanded on a charge of having stolen £990, the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Horse Stealing. Man Arrested at Uralla
On Sunday last. Mr Fletcher Moote, of Guyra, reported to the police that his bay horse was missing and the suspected that it had been taken out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police and Prohibition (Published by Arrangement.)
The Washington correspondent of the London "Morning Post," in a studied reflection, puts it this way.— "The Moderation League, a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Magistrate's Rebuke
"You are discharged. I am sorry you were arrested," said a London magistrate one day in September to Harry Vaughan Nelson, a business manager,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bad Manners Theatregoers Charged
The attention of some regular patrons of the local picture shows is drawn to the pronouncement of the Dean of Manchester: "It is not good manners…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drug Victim. Pathetic Figure. Gaoled for Theft
Rudolph Borgfeldt (26), an American subject and a self confessed addict to drugs, presented a pathetic figure at the Central Police Court, Sydney, as he…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"King" in Pyjamas. Charged with Criminal Practices
After a world-wide search lasting since April, 1923, the Michigan authorities have arrested Benjamin Purnell, the aged, long-haired,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Small Debts Court
Meters. O. O. Loxton and O. G. Denshire, J's P., presided at a sitting of the Small Debts court yesterday, when Bannockburn shire, through its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charged by Cow
Mr. E. A. Trevitt (who was recently in Glen Innes) was charged by a cow in Brisbane Street. Murwillambah neat the post office on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telecrams. Is It Murder? Melbourne
The body of a young woman was found lying partly bidden by bracken fern at Frampton, and has not yet been identified, but circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stealing a Cheque. Young Man Charged
Before the P.M., Mr, E. A. May, arWakcha, Wm. Chamberlain was charged with stealing a cheque. Mr. McDonald appeared for defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →From Police Court to High Court. Chinese Defeated
After protracted litigation, which was carried on from the Police Court to the High Court of Australia, Lucy Wong San, who was born at Gulgong,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Assault. Armed Men Demand Money
Joseph Patrick Cook, 40, a laborer, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having assaulted Kathleen Towusend while armed with a revolver…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Was It Murder? Fatal Sequel to Quarrel
Adelaide.—An unknown man was discovered dead in Victoria Square, City, on Saturday evening with a handkerchief looped tightly round his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →James Flanagan's Death. Murder by Some Person Unknown
Adelaide. — Mr. Mathews, assistant coroner, gave his decision concerning the death of James Flanagan. He returned a verdict of murder by some…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Mobbed Threatened by Larrikins Reinforcements Save Grave Trouble PERTH
Disgraceful scenes of disorder occurred at Point Walter, a river resort near Perth, on Saturday night, when a mob numbering about 100, mostly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Assaulted. Attacked by 300 PERSONS. Sydney
A mob of 300 persons, mostly yachtmen, assaulted two constables at Point Walter, near Perth (W.A.). Despite the hostility of the crowd, the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Guyra Police Court. Alleged Horse Stealing
On Friday, before Mr. A. A. Brown, J. P., Thomas Dunstan, on remand from Uralla, was charged with stealing a horse, the property…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Why Murder Our Bird Friends ?
Why should the authorities officially encourage the destruction of some of our best native birds ? Published statements announce un open season for half the year for great variety of birds, intruding wild ducks, gill-birds and many of the…
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