A Murder Every Hour. America's Amazing Record
" A New York paper, "Collier's Weekly," declares that America is the most murderous nation in the world. This accusation is based on recently compiled statistics,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Northern Rivers · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1912
1,152 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 58
Monte Carlo Tragedy. Murder of Madame Levin. the Goold's Under Arrest. Particulars by the Mail
Additional particulars are to hand by the English mail regarding the [?]urder of Madame Levin at Monte [?]arlo, in connection with which Vere…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Panic in a Court. Litigants and Lawyers Unihnged. Paris
M. Veran, a wine merehant, lost a case in the Marseilles tribunal. He exclaimed, "I am ruined," and fatally shot himself with a revolver. A rival lawyer's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Law's Long Arm. Theft Two Years Ago Traced, St. Petersburg
Ten thousand pounds sterling worth of gems, stolen from an effigy of the Virgin at Ezenstochowa in 1910, have been discovered at Adler's jeweller's shop in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Double Murder. Murderer Confesses His Guilt. Paris
Pierre Pierri, a sweep, surrendered to the police and confessed he had murdered a girl in one of the bedrooms at the Montmartre Hotel owing to jealousy. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lismore Police Court. Monday, January 29. (Before Mr, A. J. Peisley, P.M.)
Herbert Brown, on bail, was charged" with stealing one bullock, the property of W. Perry. A remand for eight days was granted on the application of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Cardinal in Court
In Baltimore the other day. Cardinal Gibbons went down to the Juvenile Court to sit with Judge Williams and see him try the morning docket of the court. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Paddington Murder. the Case Before the Coart. Accused Pleads Not Guilty. Sydney
The trial of Campbell Nairn MoIr, charged with the murder of Henry Trevaseus at the Glebe, commenced this morning at the Central Criminal Coart before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Globe Murder Case. SYDNEY
The Globe murder trial was resumed to-day. For the defence, Dr. Chisholn[?] Ross. a brain specialist, deposed that he had examined Moir…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last of a Fiend. the Stenographer Murder. New York
Albert Wolter, found gullty of the death of the stenographer Ruth Wheeler, was electrocutcd in Sing Sing prison. He met death smilingly, declaring his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rescuing Children. Heroic Police and Fireman. London, Monday Evening
Two policemen and a fireman are in hospital after heroically rescuing three children from a fire and dense smoke at the Mile-end road. The neighbours rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →False Pretences. Charged to an Emigration Agent London
G. H. Brown, an emigration agent arrested on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences, was brought up again on remand at Nelson, Lancashire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glen Moan Tragedy. Mental Deficiencies Alleged. Accused Sentenced to Death. Sydney
Lawrence Lawless was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court to-day charged with the murder of Una Lucy Cover at Glen Moan, 50 miles from Quirindi. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder by Musician. Shoots His Mother and Step Father. Confession of His Crime. Paris
Jyono Bertellier, aged 17, a brilliant musician, fatally shot, with a revolver his mother and step father while asleep in bed at Saint Denis. He then ran to his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sentenced to Death
The Glebe murder trial was concluded on Tuesday. The Crown case having closed, Dr. Chisholm Ross was called for the defence. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Clebs Murder Trial
More than ordinary interest centred in the special sitting of the Central Criminal Court, which opened on Monday morning at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alleged Murder. Sydney
William Ball, charged with the murder of his wife at Bingara, has been remanded to Bingara…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casino Court
On Wednesday last the list at the local Court was a very small one indeed, the cases only occupying a few minutes. John Anderson did not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Churchill's Bodyguard. Military and Police Arriving. London, Wednesday Night
Southern detachments are strengthening the Belfast police. Two hundred police in mufti will form Mr. Winston Churchill's bodyguard, and three hundred men of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Cablegrams Police Inspector Killed. Prisoner Convicted of Manslaughter. Calcutta
A lascar has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment for the manslaughter of Police Inspector Macrea in Eastern Bengal…
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