Sent to Gaol at 71
Two solicitors, John Martin, aged 71, who was there times Mayor of Heading (Eng.), and his brother, Fredcriek, aged 69, have been sentenced to…
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Courts & crime, 1926
3,055 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 153
Theft of Mail. Youth Under Suspension
One of the matters discussed by the members of the Chamber of Commerce at Monday night's meeting was the fact that complaints were existent that…
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CAIRO, Tuesday.—Of 18 Communists arrested hist June, following the police observations of their activities, three of their Weiss, Pollar, and Antouin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Baroness Charged Theft of £500 Miniature. She Alleges it was a Gift. He Says he is Too Old and Wise
LONDON, Monday. A curious story of the alleged theft of a miniature, valued at £500, belonging to Sir Archibald Hamilton, was told at the trial of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rita Ranke's Death. Fiance's Housekeeper Charged
At the inquest in Adelaide, on Rita Ranke, who died at Bute Hospital on January 9, Hannah Ollie Commons, who was charged with murder, was present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Retaining Handcuffs
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The decision of the Commissioner of Police (Mr. James Mitchell) that the police should be deprived of handeuffs, is not to…
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Albert Baker proceeded against Thomas Copland, in Murwillumbah Small Debts Court yesterday, before Mr. W. S. Bromhead, P.M., for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Brought into Council Meeting
The business of the Warwick Town Council meeting was interrupted the other night, when the Mayor twice sent for the police for the purpose of…
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Sydney, Tuesday.--The Commissoiner of Police, in another reference to his recommendation that handcuffs should be withdrawal from the official…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Handcuffs Chief Commissioner Emphatic Sydney
The Commissioner of Police, in another reference to his recommendation that handcuffs should be withdrawn from official police equipment, said that if a constable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Most Discreditable Bill." Abolition of Upper House. "Murder of Constitutional Government."
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The Legislative Councillors' Bill, introduced by the Attorney-General into the Assembly today, provides, in the event of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rappville Row Riotous Behaviour and Language. Young Men Before Court
Vincent Finney and Leslie Pugsley, two young men, were charged in the Casino Police Court yesterday morning with having used indecent language…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Direct Denials. of Allegations by Police. Solicitor Withdraws. Railway Men's Little Joke
Charged with using idecent language, and behaving in a riotous manner at Rappville on December 21, Vincent Finncy and Leslic Pagsley pleaded not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Charge Two Young Men Before Court on Charge of Assaulting Woman
SYDNEY, Tuesday. At the Balmain Court to-day, John Illingworth (20) and William Hancock (24) were charged with having assaulted Violet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Rents Minister Asked for Fair Rents Court for Tenant Farmers. To be Considered Later
SYDNEY, Tuesday. In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Davies (L.) asked the Minister for Lands (Mr. Loughlin) whether he had considered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cairo Communists. Seven Sentenced
CAIRO, Tuesday. Of 18 Communists arrested last June following police observations of their activities three, named Weiss, Pollak, and Antonin, were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hampton Murder Case. 25 Witnesses for Crown
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. The Crown will call 25 witnesses in the case in which Douglas Robertson is charged with the murder of William Almeida, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arbitration Court Judge's Dilemma Sydney
In an application by the Colonial Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., who applied for a variation of the sugar manufacturers' State award to provide that shift workers could…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Criminal Maniac? Fifteen-Year-Old French Boy Wanted on Double Murder Charge
LONDON, Tuesday. The "Daily Telegraph's" Paris correspondent says that, after a childhood which caused his immediate friends to despair of doing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Almeida Murder Robertson on Trial Statement by Accused Committed for Trial Melbourne
The trial of Douglas Robertson, who is charged with the murder of William Frederick Charles Almeida, bank teller, was commenced at Sandringham court to-day…
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