5 Years' Gaol "Most Crafty Criminal" SYDNEY
At Sydney Sessions to-day Joseph Smith, who recently made [?] sensational escape from the police patrol car, was convicted of having been found at…
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Courts & crime, 1931
2,520 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 14 of 126
Domestic Tragedy Attempted Murder and Suicide
SYDNEY, Monday:--A shocking domestic tragedy was enacted at Granville to-night, when, after a quarrel, George Mitchell (23) shot his wife…
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Sixteen thousand policemen making an appeal for the respect of their follow citizens through full page advertisements in the New York newspapers…
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In the case Cyril Halpin v. E. Haines (Daniel Gallagher garnishee) the magistrate ordered the payment to the judgment creditor (Halpin) of…
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BRISBANE, Monday.--The shearers' camp at Emerald has been disbanded, following a raid by police on Sunday. The men are stated to have left their…
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SYDNEY, Monday.--The case in which Neil Matterson (21), the well known footballer, was charged at Parramatta Quarter Sessions, to-day…
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Mr. Scullin stated to-day that at a meeting of the Cabinet on Saturday afternoon, the recent decision of the Federal Arbitration Court to reduce…
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CANBERRA, Monday:-- Mr. Scullin (Prime Minister) stated to-day that, at a meeting of Cabinet on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Inquiries "Star Chamber Methods" Officer's Allegations Sydney
The case in which Neil Matterson (21), a well-known footballer, was charged at Parramatta Quarter Sessions to-day with having committed…
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SYDNEY, Monday.--At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Edward Davis (22), laborer, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment on the charge of…
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Before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at Casino Police Court yesterday Alexander McDonald was charged with, driving a motor vehicle to the danger…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--At Williamstown (Vic.) Court to-day, John Mullens (31), labourer, and Gus Merusich (25), labourer, were remanded…
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Following the shooting of Albert Avard (28), labourer, at a farm at Spring Vale last night, the police to-day arrested Charles Dixon (32),…
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A terrible judicial error has just been revealed. A Saxony youth named Theerman, convicted on circumstantial evidence for murdering a woman in…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--At Northcote (Victoria) last night, Thomas Miles (50) attempted to shoot Miss Eva Mathers (35). The bullet, however, only…
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At the Criminal Court to-day Albert Edwards, M.L.A., who is also a member of Adelaide City Council, was charged with having committed an…
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BERLIN, Monday.--A terrible judicial error lifts been revealed in Saxony. A youth named Theerman was convicted on circumstantial evidence…
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BERLIN, Monday.-- A terrible judicial error has just been revealed. A Saxony youth named Theerman was convicted on…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--A departmental inquiry concerning the conduct of Constables Edmunds and Jones opened to-day before Superintendent…
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Police inquiries into the death of Mrs. Julia Wallace who was allegedly murdered while her husband was decoyed from home by a bogus telephone…
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