No Wedding Bells Engaged Couple Go to Gaol
MELBOURNE, Friday:--Two well-dressed young people, who stood to-gether in the City Court dock to-day, were, according to their counsel, soon…
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Courts & crime, 1936
2,102 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 106
Sentenced by Man He Exiled Judge and Student Change Roles
Twenty-five years ago in St. Petersburg, Alexander Shushkin, a Czarist judge, had before him a student, Moses Birnstein charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Murder of Woman Man Remanded MELBOURNE
Alleged to be one of the parties in a suicide pact, Edward Wallaley Miller (39), married, was remanded until January 17 court to-day on a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bull Mastiffs for Police Quiet and Powerful
Norfolk County police have struck out a new line in detective work by being the first force in Britain to use bull mastiffs as police dogs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crime Decrease Review By Kyogle Police KYOGLE
That there was a considerable decrease in crime at Kyogle during 1935 is indicated by the report of the local police. The number of offences in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Decrease of 46 Kyogle Court Cases Year's Activity Kyogle
There was a decrease of 46 in the number of charge and summons cases dealt with in Kyogle Police Court during 1935 when contrasted with the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Strychnine in Icing Sugar Country Mystery Police Suspect Attempt to Poison Family
SYDNEY, Friday. --The police are investigating a mysterious case of poisoning in the country. Percy Wake, his wife and daughter, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Handed Over to N.S.W. POLICE Man and Woman on Conspiracy Charge
TOOWOOMBA, Friday. --In the Police Court to-day, before Mr. M. Gallagher, P.M., William O'Brien (39), private detective, and Harriet…
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LONDON, Saturday:-- The Munich correspondent of the British United Press interviewed a number of Italian refugees, who insist, despite the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Enter Ring Masked Wrestler Disqualified
SYDNEY, Sunday.--At Leichardt Stadium on Saturday night the wrestling bout, was between Hardy Kruskamp (14.9) and an unnamed and masked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Indian "Germ' Murder" Appeal Succeeds Two Death Sentences Commuted
LONDON, Saturday:-- The Calcutta correspondent of "The Times" states that the appeal in the "germ murder," which judges…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder of Vicar Denial That it Was "Perfect Crime"
MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Facts are in the possession, of the detectives which convince them that the murder of the Rev. Harold Laceby Cecil, vicar…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assault Charge Defendant Fined
A fine and costs aggregating £7 4s was imposed on Robert Whalan (32) at Lismore Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., when…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Taxi-driver Fined for Assault
A plea of guilty was entered by Lawrence Lord at Lismore Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., when Cawley Albert Lewis…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Attempted Gaol Break Sydney
It was disclosed to-day that a life-sentence prisoner made a daring attempt to escape from Parramatta gaol on Saturday night. The prisoner,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AMUSEMENTS "Great Hotel Murder"
John Wray, who plays the part of "Feets," Victor McLaglen's sap assistant in "The Great Hotel Murder," to be shown at the Memorial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To Break Gaol Parramatta "Lifer" Dummy Gun Held at Warder
SYDNEY, Monday.—A prisoner at Parramatta Gaol, Kenneth Aubrey Farlow, who is serving a life sentence for attempting to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Wicked Slaughter" Magistrate On Road Accidents (From A Special Correspondent.) LONDON, December 28 (By Air Mail)
"Wicked slaughter on the roads" was a phrase used by Mr. Dummett, the Bow-street, London, magistrate, when remanding in custody for a week a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cable Tram's Lively Last Trip Police Draw Batons Souvenir Hunters Melbourne, Monday:—
Batons were drawn by police, two men were arrested, and 30 others were ejected from the last cable tram to run on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General Tweed Heads Police Court
Cyril James Sparks appeared before Mr. R. G. Collins, J.P., at Tweed Heads Court on a charge of indecent behavior. He was fined £2, in default…
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