Alleged Burglary. Several Charges Made. Three Accused Committed. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 2
Donald McDonald, engineer, und Ernest Drury, rigger, were charged at the Newtown police court with breaking and entering the shop of Cornelius Diment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragedy in Church. Murder by Escaped Lunatic. New York
Daily Observer · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 2
A sensational episode occurred at an aristocratic Episcopal Church. Dr. James Marking, a leading surgeon, was pasing the collection plate when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riotous Londonderry. Fifteen Police Baton Charges London
Daily Observer · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 2
At [?] the [?] continued till 2 in the meeting. The crowd attacked the soliders with sticks and crowbars. There were 15 police baton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death Sentence. Appeal to High Court. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 2
In the appeal before the High Court by Richard Hick's against sentence of death. Mr. Watt for the applicant, raised a new point. The Chief Justice said…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. R. D. Meagher. Leave to Appeal Refused. High Court's Decision. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 2
The High Court of Australia unanimously refused leave to Mr. R. D. Meagher to appeal against the judgment or the Suite Full Court which had refused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death Sentence. High Court Argument. Judgment Reserved. MELBOURNE
Daily Observer · Wednesday 21 April 1920 · page 2
In the High Court, during argument on the appeal of Richard Hicks, who is under sentence of death, Mr. Justice Isaacs, in answer to various points…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Officer Promoted. Sydney
Daily Observer · Thursday 22 April 1920 · page 2
The Executive Council has approved of the promotion in the police force to Superintendent (third class) of A. Whitfield, of Tamworth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The 44 Hour Week. Mr. Justice Higgins' Proposal. Arbiliation Court Conference. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Thursday 22 April 1920 · page 2
Mr. Justice Higgins, in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court in Melbourne, suggested that the representatives of the combined Employers' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Telegrams. Blayney Tragedy. Coroner Returns Open Verdict. Fowler Charged with Murder. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 2
The inquest on the death of William Jones, the trapper at Blayney, was continued. William Cowles, a gun expert, said he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Unlawful Assault. Defendant Fined
Daily Observer · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 3
Gilbert Herbert George was charged at the Tamworth Police Court, yesterday, with unlawfully assaulting William Evans, near Tamworth, on March 27…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Murder. Sydney
Daily Observer · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 2
Jolm Small, 31, a fireman, was remanded at the Police Court to-day on a charge of the murder of Stanley Walsh, a poultry dealer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Saturday Work. Court's Decision not Worrying Men. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 2
Bricklayers, carpenters, painters, builders, laborers, and others, will hold a stop work meeting at the Town Hall to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Living Wage. Basis for Industrial Court. Sydney
Daily Observer · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 2
The Full Industrial Court expressed the unanimous opinion that, the wage declared by the Board of Trade for the metropolitan area should be taken into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Judge Arrested. Charged with White Slavery. Vancouver
Daily Observer · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 2
A Douglas, Arizona, message says that General Ignacio Pesqueria, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mexico, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Murder of Husband. Mrs. Elliott Acquitted
Daily Observer · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 4
SYDNEY, Sunday. The third trial of Mrs. Florence Agnes May Elliott, on a charge 61 the murder of her husband, John Edmund…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Murder of Family. Father Committed for Trial. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 2
Arthur Lee, who was arrested in connection with the mysterious poisoning of his wife and three children at Rhynie, South Australia, was committed for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Revolver Shots." Police Discover Mare's Nest. SYDNEY. Sunday
Daily Observer · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 2
Following upon complaints that revolver shots had been fired at trains passing North Melbourne signal box, inquiry officers discovered that two boys had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kapp Released. Swedish Police to Control Movements. LONDON
Daily Observer · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 2
Reuter's Stockholm correspondent says the Government has directed that Dr. Kapp be no longer kept under arrest. He will be permitted to remain in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Irish Revolt. Sinn Feins' Guerilla War. Police Defences. (United Service.) LONDON
Daily Observer · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 2
The "Times" says that the latest plan to protect the Irish police barracks includes sandbag defences, loopholed steel plates instead of windows, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Taxing Totes. Appeal to High Court. Question of a Lottery. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 2
An application on behalf of the Automatic Totalisators to restrain the Federal Commissioner of Taxation from imposing a 13 per cent tax. on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →