Theft of Oysters
"Oyster stealing is very prevalent in the vicinity," said Sergeant S. V. Petith, giving evidence in the cases in which Walter Baxter, 18, omnibus conductor, and James…
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Courts & crime, 1932
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Police Precautions Trial of Dartmoor Rioters Court Rushed by Crowd London, March 3
For more than two hours scores of people waited in the rain for the trial of the two convicts who were charged with having feloniously wounded warders…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court Friday, March 4. (Before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.m.) Drunkenness
Hugh Hawkins, 51, labourer, was fined £1, in default two days' imprisonment, far drunkenness in Scott-street…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Six Months' Gaol Suspected Person in Street SYDNEY
On a charge of being a suspected person found in a city street on February 26, William Graham, 37, labourer was, at the Central Police Court to-day, sentenced to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Girl Disbelieved Woy Woy Assault Charge Judge Supports Jury Sydney
When the jury at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day acquitted Jonathan Allison Green, 24, plumber on a charge of having attempted to commit a capital assault on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Scene in Court Matilda Devine Gaoled SYDNEY
Calling at the top of her voice after she had been sentenced to six months' imprisonment at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge laid under the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Robberies in Suburbs Whisky and Money Box Taken Police Inquiring
Four houses were broken into within seven hours yesterday afternoon and last night in the suburbs. Newcastle police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guyra Fire Sequel Appeals to Full Court SYDNEY
At the Armidale Quarter Sessions, on October 20; last year, Thomas Michael Welsh was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, and William See Lun to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Counterfeit Coins Police Raid on Flat Constable an Occupant Sydney
Police arrested two alleged coiners at a flat in Bondi yesterday afternoon, and claim to have seized seven of the most perfect moulds, complete with coins inset,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Prosecutor 'Test Constable's Credibility' Suggestion of a Bribe Melbourne
A suggestion that one constable attempted to bribe another was made by the Police Prosecutor (Sub-Inspector Ripper) during the hearing of a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Illicit Drug Traffic Police to Have Full Control Draft Legislation Approved Sydney
The State Parliamentary Labour Caucus approved to-day of the draft legislation to amend the Pharmacy Act, in order to place responsibility for coping with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Arbitration Court Unions Question Jurisdiction W.A. Wage Reductions Perth
In the High Court an application will shortly be heard to determine the future jurisdiction of the State Arbitration Court…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shares in Lottery Tickets Many Police Raids Follow Judgment No Quarter Given Sydney
Whether there is an Infringement of the law by tradespeople who allocate shares in State Lottery tickets to customers is likely to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crown Succeeds Rufe Naylor's Conviction Further Appeal to High Court SYDNEY
A appeal by the Crown against the decision of Mr. Justice K. W. Street in an appeal made by Rule Naylor against his conviction and fine of £10 on a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Theft at Turramurra Railway Station Sydney
For the fourth time in a week an Illusive gang of safe-breakers specialising in railway booking offices operated early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Explosives Stolen Stock at Mine Missing Police Inquire
Newcastle police are inquiring into the theft of a large quantity of explosives from the Myall colliery. Inquiries are also being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Was Missing Man Drowned? Police Continue Search Clothing Found
Following the finding of clothing which belonged to the young man. W. T. Thompson, who has been missing from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threatening Letters Woman Appeals to Court Assurance Given
"I've got to see my little daughter—There's no power on earth can stop me, I've got to see her," said John Thompson Blair,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Petition Against Former Senator Bankruptcy Court Proceedings Sydney
A creditors' petition has been lodged in the Bankruptcy Court by the Commissioner of Taxation against Percy Phipps Abbott, of Glen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LINDBERGH Offer to Kidnappers Underworld Agents Police Detain Seaman (Australian Press Association.) New York, March 6
The "Times" Trenton correspondent states that early this morning it was indicated that Lindbergh had at last been in communication with the kidnappers…
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