In the Courts Two Sentenced
Frederick Knight, 35, seaman, and Stanley Stanton, 21, laborer, who pleaded guilty at Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day, to a charge of…
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Courts & crime, 1935
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High Lights of Murder Trial Court in Central Australia Alice Springs
Fresh from their night in the local dance hall—they were locked up there—the Jury In the Tennant's Creek murder trial trooped…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Butter Stealing Charge Two Men on Trial
A charge of having stolen 20 boxes of butter, the property of the Commissioner for Railways, on November 16, 1934. at Woodville Junction, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court Thursday, February 7 (Before Mr. E. J. Harrison, S.m.) Engineer Convicted
After further evidence had been given in a case in which Arthur William Bottrill, 54, an engineer, was charged with the theft of a pair of pillow shams, valued…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Remand on Murder Charge Brisbane
Charged with the wilful murder of Phyllis Reiger, whose body was found in a motor-car behind a Rockhampton boarding-house last month, John…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →De Gelder Sentenced Judge Nield Outspoken Two Years for Labourer
"It seems, to me that you are one of those persons who would not hesitate to use violence, or even firearms, if what you were doing was interfered with by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →15 Years' Gaol Canadian Brewer's Kidnapper LONDON (Ont.), February 6
Convicted of having kidnapped John Labatt, the millionaire brewer, last August, held him for four days and released him on payment of 40,000 dollars, David…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire in Flats in Darlinghurst Young Man Charged Sydney
Stanley Cook, 23. laborer, was remanded at the Central Police Court to-day by Mr. McDougal, S.M., on £200 ball, on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Nearly Throttled" Victim of Assault Men Committed for Trial Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day, Frank Godwin, 28, and Leonard Thoms, 26, labourers, were committed for trial on a charge of having assaulted Arthur Ford,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Racing Pony's Death at Sea Police Investigation Sydney
According to the agents. McIlwraith McEachern Ltd. the mystery of the pony Gallery Girl's death at sea on the liner Katoomba, is something…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Women in Court Judge's Appeal to Leave Unheeded
After an appeal by the Judge had failed to induce women in the gallery at Newcastle Quarter Sessions yesterday to leave, a section of an Act whereby power…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Brush at Swabue Chinese Police and Pirates HONGKONG, February 7
The British naval authorities here received a report to-day stating that Chinese police had a brush in the Swabue region with the pirates who looted…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Quarter Sessions Five Years for De Gelder Judge Commends Police
Sentences were passed by Judge Nield at Newcastle Quarter Sessions yesterday. Adrian John De Gelder was sent to gaol for five years for breaking and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Bankrupt Defence" Carnival Atmosphere in Trial Lindbergh Baby Murder Flemington (N.j.), February 6
With the court-room more and more crowded by curious society folk, and the whole atmosphere becoming one of strange carnival, the trial of Bernard…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Border Transport Authorities of Two States Clash Police Action Follows Sydney
Friction between the transport authorities of New South Wales and Victoria has been followed by police action in Victorian border towns against owners of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Thames in Flood Police Take Precautions 1928 Disaster Recalled London, February 7
The Thames is higher than at any time since the floods of January, 1928. The water at the Victoria Embankment is four feet above normal high water…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Quick Release From Court Bankrupt Hurries to Central Australia Sydney
From the Bankruptcy Court to the open road, bound for Central Australia in search of gold, and all in the space of less than two hours…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →May Have Been Murderer Man Who Rang the Police Crime in Perth Perth
Detectives investigating the murder or Edgar Whitfield, the caretaker at Carls Brothers, Jewellers, and the theft of £4500 worth…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Radio Studio Disturbance Carried on to the Equity Court 2Ky and Jeweller Sydney
Listeners in, no doubt, sat and wondered. Definitely there was statin in the air—a low cacophony of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Parents Rejoice Tungchow at Shanghai Precious Cargo Chinese Police Report Brush With Pirates (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI, February 7
In a spirit of warm thanksgiving, which dispelled the cold morning mists as far as the crowd of rejoicing parents and relatives were concerned,…
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