Burglary by Boys. Captured in a Stationer's Shop. a Sunday Morning Episode
For some time past petty robberies have been taking place at Mr. A. J. M'Leod's stationery shop in Percy-street, and all efforts to detect the…
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Courts & crime, 1908
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Murder at the Altar
While kneeling at the alter and receiving the Sacrament an Italian anarchist at Denver (U.S.) shot and killed the Rev. Hondricks, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Invalidity Court
Mr. Dove, Acting P.M., and Mr. L. A. McDougall, Chamber Magistrate, sat as a court under the Invalidity Act on Monday. The local applications for pensions to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Monday, February 24. (Before Mr. W. N, Dove, acting-P.M.) DISCHARGED
John Armstrong and Charles Hickey were discharged on the charge of conspiring to fraudulently obtain £4 10s from Thomas Smith…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Monday Fed. 24. (Before Mr. W. N. Dove, Relieving P.m) False Pretences
CHARLES HICKEY and John Armstrong, were before the Court on a charge of conspiring to obtain by false pretences the sum of £4 10s from Thomas Smith…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Local P. P. Board and the Pridham Case. The Local Magistrate's Decision Reversed
LAST month the local P. P. Board proceeded against Mr. W. H. Pridham, at Wellington, for not making sufficient effort to suppress rabbits continuously on his holding. Defendant's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempt to Wreck a Train. Good Police Work by Senior-sergeant Ford. a Boy Arrested
When the goods train from Dubbo arrived at Wellington yesterday morning at 6.17 the driver reported that he had passed over an obstruction about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wasta to Stop in Gaol
For forty-seven years Franz Hofmann has been confined in Sing-Sing prison, New York, having been sentenced in August, 1860, to His imprisonment for murder. He has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Police Magistrate
Mr. W. R. N. Dove, who has been acting F.M. during the absence on leave of Mr. W. Burton Smith for three months, has been appointed P.M…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drunken Men in Railway Trains. Severe Remarks by the Police Magistrate
The charge of travelling in a railway train without a ticket, with intent to defraud the Railway Department, preferred against a man named John…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Children's Court
The two boys, George Beahewatie and William Hayward, who were discovered hiding under the counter in Mr. M'Leod's stationery shop on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Monday, March 2. (Before Mr. W. N. Dove, acting P.m.) Alleged Horse Stealing
Joseph Daniel Cullen was charged with stealing a horse, the property of D. Molloy, on or about the 17th of July, 1907. The accused was remanded for eight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Arbitration Court
It is a most unpleasant thought, And one no person likes, But really since we've had this Court There seems no end of strikes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Murder of Martyr. a Cold Blooded Deed. (From the Warrego Watchman.)
The following is a recent statement by William Riley, who in conjunction, with Kate Callaghan, has been committed for sentence on a charge of the wilful murder of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cumnock Police Court
At the Police Court last Thursday, before Mr. Treatt, P.M., W. Harvey sued Mrs. March for illegal detention of a hen and chickens. After a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Salvation Army and the Streets The Supreme Court of Victoria Appealed to
AT Melbourne, on Tuesday, an application was made to the Full Court for an order nisi to review the decision of the justices at Sale, who had found two members of the Salvation Army…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cornsack Question. Mr. Wade Promise to Appeal to the High Court in May
THE State Premier, Mr. Wade, recently replying to a representation against the Chapman 200lb bag, stated : -- "We propose to follow the course indicated a few days ago, to have the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Quarter Sessions. Friday, March 6, 1908. (Before His Honor, Mr. District Court Judge Gibson.)
The first Court of Quarter Sessions this year was held on the above date. Mr. W. Bevan prosecuted on behalf of the Crown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Struggle with the Police
There was an exciting scene in Lee-street, near the Grand Hotel, on Saturday night at about 10 o'clock. A powerfully-built young man named…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Father and Son Conflict. Cases Before the Court
Two cases arising out of a disturbance between a father and son were heard before Mr. Dove, P.M., at the Police Court on Friday. Ernest…
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