The War. German Claim Upheld. Privy Council Upsets Prize court Decision. LONDON
Daily Observer · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 2
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has allowed the Hamburg-America, Company's appeal against the Prize Court judgment confiscating the Kron…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sentenced for Burglary. Relative to Notorious Jimmy Governer. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2
Row Governor, a relative of the notorious aboriginal, Jimmy Governor, was sentenced to Jive and a half years' imprisonment on five charges of burglary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inverell Accountant Charged. Sydney
Daily Observer · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2
Charles Brookshaw was charged at the Police Court to-day with stealing £274, the property of John Borthwick, of Inverell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →False Pretences. Man Sentenced to Two Years. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2
William Powers was found guilty to-day of having obtained a bank draft for £70 from James Nicholls by means of false pretences. He was sentenced to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charge of Bigamy. Scene in Court. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Saturday 9 February 1918 · page 2
Robert Ward was charged at the Police Court to-day with having married a girl at Glebe while his former wife was still alive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police & Firemen's Hospital Carnival. a Noble Effort. How Country Districts May Help
Manilla Express · Saturday 9 February 1918 · page 3
The incessant demands made upon business firms and the public generally on behalf of the various patriotic funds have seriously affected our many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assault Leads to Accident Sydney
Daily Observer · Monday 11 February 1918 · page 2
John Walker, a laborer, was assaulted in a tram at Alexandria last night, resulting in him being run over by the tram and narrowly escaping death. All…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coogee Assault Case. Elderly Man Before Court. SYDNEY. Monday
Daily Observer · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 2
Richard Burrows, an elderly man, was charged at the Police Court to-day with assaulting Muriel Redley, a widow, at Coogee. He pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court (before Major Crane, P.m.) Saturday. February 9, 1918
Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 2
William Reed (35) was charged with unlawfully assaulting Katie Ravon on the previous day. Accused pleaded not guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged False Representation. Soldier Charged. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 2
Joseph Turner wa enarge[?] at the Police Court to-day with obtaining £2 from the Defence Department by means of false representation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clifford Mars Miller. Again Before the Court. Charge of False Pretences. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 2
Clifford Mars Miller was placed on trial at the Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of having falsely pretended to Henry Watts that he had authority from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Sheep Stealing
The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 6
Following in a report of the evidence given in the case in which John Timmins was charged that he did at Collymongle, near Collorenebri, between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder—not War
The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 2
It was Lord Kitchener who said that the Germans had disgraced the honorable profession of arms. The latest instance of their infamy, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daring Theft at G.P.O. SYDNEY
The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 2
Another daring theft was carried out in the city this morning shortly after 9 o'clock. Oliver Tucker, an assistant at the stamp counter in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daring Theft at G.P.O. Thief Escapes in Crowd. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 2
Another daring theft was carried out in the City this morning shortly after 9 o'clock. Oliver Tucker, an assistant at the stamp counter in the General Post…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Will Doings at Ghent Member of Secret Police Killed. London
Daily Observer · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 2
A member of the German secret police recently disappeared at Ghent. He was hated because of his methods of procedure and his zeal. He was always so…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court (Before Major Crane, P.m.) Wednesday, February 13
Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 2
William Smith was charged with using indecent language in From Street on November 28, 1917. Mr. Hogan appeared for defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Cattle Stealing Trouble Over Brown Steer. Case From Nundle. Verdict of Guilty
Daily Observer · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 6
At the Tamworth Quarter Sessions, before Judge Hamilton, George Webster was charged with having stolen one steer, the property of John Gunther, at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bigamist Sentenced. Sydney
Daily Observer · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 2
At the Quarter Sessions. Percival Jensen, who pleaded guilty to charges of bigamy and false pretences, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Travelling Stock Action by Tamworth P.P. BOARD To Prevent Stock Stealing
Daily Observer · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 2
Numerous cases of stock stealing have lately been brought under the notice of the police, in which it has been found impossible to locate the stock,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →