Station Hand Charged Intent to Murder Alleged Sequel to Picnic Urana
John August Anderson was charged in the Police Court to-day with having shot at Herbert William Merchant with intent to…
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Courts & crime, 1936
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Sentence for Assault Elderly Woman Struck SYDNEY
Mr. Stevenson, S.M., at the Manly Court to-day, sentenced David Barber to imprisonment for three months, to be suspended on a bond for 12 months, on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Police Court Thursday, January 9 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Totalisator Act Breach
George Montgomery, 45, a hairdresser, was charged with having committed a breach of the Totalisator Act at New Lambton on January 8…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Alleged Perversion of Justice Inquiry Agent Charged Brisbane
William O'Brien, private inquiry agent, and Harriet O'Brien, domestic, who are on remand on a charge of having conspired with others at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Thimble and Pea" Operator Sent to Gaol Cases From Randwick Sydney
Richard James Duckworth, 35, labourer, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge that, having been a reputed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Reorganisation in Police Supt. Bryden's Appointment Sydney
The appointment of Superintendent W. Bryden, formerly of Newcastle and Dubbo, as officer in charge of country area "E," which embraces the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →St. Leonards Tragedy Two Remanded on Murder Charge Bail Refused Sydney
James Richard Geddes (23), shoo clicker, and Reginald Davies (40), laborer, who appeared at North Sydney Court to-day on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Suit Case Hurled Into Harbor Police Investigating Sydney
A suitcase which is believed to be lying at the bottom of the harbor in the vicinity of the Bridge, is causing the police a good, deal of concern, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Body in Park Man on Murder Charge "Death Due to Poisoning" Melbourne
The case in which a woman's body was found in Meri Park early on Tuesday morning took a dramatic turn to-night. A man was charged at the City…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Still Serious Condition of Ship's Bosun Police Look for Assailants
The condition of John Walker, bosun of the steamer Kini, who was attacked by several men near the Steel Works wharf on Wednesday night, was still…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Young Man Tried to Hang Himself. Rescued by the Police Sydney
According to Constable Tupper, at the Newtown Court to-day, Leslie Raymond Dudman, aged 18, laborer, tried to hang himself halt an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Changes Superintendent Bryden for Sydney Control North-east District Sydney
Following the recent reorganisation of country police districts, a number of appointments of senior police officers were approved at to-day's meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wide Net Gets Gangsters End of Touhys Patient Police Crushing Case Built
Continuing his story of the "Terrible Touhys," Mr. Courtney Cooper describes the final running down and conviction of the gang. The case is of special importance in American criminal history as…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Man's Story Of Suicide Pact Agreement with Girl to End Lives He Said Both Had Taken Poison Remand on Murder Charge Melbourne
A story of an alleged suicide pact was told at the City Court to-day, when Edward Wallsley Miller, 39, married, motor mechanic, of Barkley-street, North Fitzroy, appeared charged with the murder of Violet…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Charges of Theft
Edward Harry Thomas, 18, a labourer, who was charged with the theft at Hamilton, on January 6, of a bicycle valued at £5 the property of Henry Ernest…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Theft of Vegetables
George Tindall, 18, a labourer, was bound over in £10, with one surety, in £10, for a period of three years, and was ordered to pay £1 compensation,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Police Court Friday, January 10 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Committed for Trial
John Charles Baker, 24, a mechanic, was committed for trial at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions, on February 3, on a charge of breaking, entering and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Case Dismissed Cigarettes Sold from Machine Magistrate's Ruling Sydney
The question whether the presence of an automatic cigarette machine established a place as a tobacconist shop, was raised at the Central Summons Court…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Murder Charge Two Men Remanded SYDNEY
Charged with having, on or about December 25, feloniously and maliciously murdered Leslie Arthur Paterson, at St. Leonards, James Richard Geddes, 23,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Poison in Fruit Suicide Pact Alleged Murder Charge Melbourne
Edward Wallsley Miller, 39, married, a motor-mechanic, of North Fitzroy, was remanded to January 17, at the City Court, to-day, on a charge of having…
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