Eight Death Sentences Court to Hear Appeals SYDNEY
The Full Court of Criminal Appeals next Monday will begin to deal with no fewer than 21 appeals, including eight cases, in which sentence of death has been passed…
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Courts & crime, 1936
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Bombs Thrown Disturbances in Palestine Police Fire on Crowd London, April 29
As a consequence of yesterday's disturbances at Nazareth, in Palestine, the Arab strike leaders have been arrested. One of five bombs thrown in Jaffa wrecked a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fine of £100 Imposed He Carried a Revolver Police Allegations Sydney
For having carried a revolver without holding a licence, Charles Smith, 31, laborer, was fined £l00 by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Explosion in 1934 Hospital at Bendigo Damaged Man Before Court Melbourne
An explosion in the Bendigo Hospital on July 12, 1934, was recalled to-day when William John Cross was charged with having by means of an explosion damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →East Maitland Police Court
John Crich, 28, of Thornton, was charged before Mr. J. W. Masters, J.P., at the East Maitland Police Court, yesterday, with having goods in his…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →18 Months' Gaol Three on Conspiracy Charge Fourth Man Not Sentenced Sydney
Judge Thomson, in the Quarter Sessions to-night, passed sentence of 18 month' imprisonment upon John Ellis Findley, 40, former detective, Ernest Pierce Coombe,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Police Court Friday, May 1 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Goods in Custody
John McCarthy 39, labourer, and Jack Hartwell, 28, labourer, pleaded "guilty" to charges of having had a bicycle in their possession at Islington on April 24,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Murder of Author Book Reviewer Guilty LONDON, April 30
A verdict of guilty while insane was returned against the book reviewer, Douglas Burton, 30, who was charged with the murder of Douglas Bose, an author, during…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Second Murder Charge Double Committal in Queensland Case Brisbane
Herbert Kopit (23). laborer, of P[?]alba, was to-day formally committed for trial on the second charge that had been preferred against him, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gap Victim Not Identified Police Seek Information Sydney
Vaucluse police are trying to identify the woman who was killed when she fell 100ft. over the Gap at Watson's Bay late yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lively Scenes Republicans from Cork Rounded Up by Police Dublin, May 1
There were lively scenes at Kingsbridge station to-night, when the mail train from Cork brought 27 prominent republicans, who had been rounded up in Cork and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Homes Burgled Judge and Magistrate ADELAIDE
For the third time, thieves entered the home of Mr. L. E. Clarke, S.M., at Unley Park, last night. A fur was stolen. The home of Mr. Justice Richards, also…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →She Preferred Gaol Wanted to Get Away From Man Sydney
"I want to go to gaol. I will go anywhere to get away from the man I'm living with." said an attractive young woman at North Sydney Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Busy Day in the Divorce Court Sydney
No fewer than 52 petitions were set down for hearing in the matrimonial causes jurisdiction to-day. With the exception of three, the suits were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Appeal to the High Court Against Manslaughter Verdict Case From Perth Sydney
A journey of 2500 miles, most of it by aeroplane, was made by Mr. C. B. Gibson, Crown Prosecutor at Perth, to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mission Dispute in New Guinea Priest Burns Down Lutheran Houses Pleads Guilty in Court Rabaui
Anthony Cranssen, a Roman Catholic priest stationed in the Ramu area, on the mainland of New Guinea, pleaded guilty in the Supreme…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Must Be Good Profits" Magistrate's Threat of Gaol
"There must be good profits in this starting price betting, remarked Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court to-day after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Sneaky Theft"
"This is rather a sneaky kind of theft." said Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court to-day, after evidence had been given in two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Paint Brush Theft
James Ralston (21), cabinet maker, pleaded guilty at the Newcastle Police Court to-day to charges of having attempted to steal two brushes valued…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mayfield Police Station Tender
For the erection of buildings at the Mayfield police station, the tender of A. E. Young, of 32 Northumberland-street, Maryville, £2396/15/, was accepted…
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