The Canberra Court
The chairman of the State Commission (Hon. E. H. Farrar) advises Mr. W. P. Bluett that Mr. P. G. Stewart, Minister for Works and…
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Courts & crime, 1923
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Dying Son's Confession Clears Mother Op Murder Charge
In the hospital at Angiers (France) Madame Vaux heard her dying twenty-year-old son retract a statement made over a year ago, which branded…
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The monthly court was held this morning when the following cases were dealt with: R. McAlister was charged under…
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An application for the transfer of the license of the Lake George Hotel from Mr. J. McAlister to Mr. Knopp, was adjourned till the…
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Messrs. [?]Hill & Son proceeded against J. R. Smith for recovery of amount due for goods supplied. A verdict was given for complainant…
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Harriett Kate Mills was convicted of manslaughter with regard to the death of Rita Veronica Jamieson, aged 9, who died within two hours of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Friday (Before Mr. Cleave, P.M.). Breaches of the Liquor Act
Thomas Hawkins pleaded guilty to having on the 18th August been found carrying away liquor, to wit, a bottle of rum, from the licensed…
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The monthly Police Court was presided over on Tuesday last by Mr. Cleeve, P.M., when the following cases were dealt with. The Municipal Council proceeded…
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Kneeling in a confessional in a crowded Greek Catholic Church at Chicago, a woman, clad in black robes and wearing a heavy veil, drew…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court Thursday (Before Judge Hamiiton). Cattle Deal
Michael Joseph Quilty, of Oranmier, sued Henry Grigg, of Braidwood, for £76/19/, balance of money alleged to be due to him upon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Braidwood Police Court FRIDAY (Before. Mr. Cleeve, P.M.)
The case of Richard Webb against the Tallaganda Shire Council for an alleged breach of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Preference Act in appointing another man to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Licensing Court. Friday (Before Mr. Cleeve, P.M., and Mr. J. Roberts, J.P.)
The district licensing inspector's report upon the hotels in the district for the quarter ended September was read. This showed that all…
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Lynton Harding, a private investigator, formerly an ex-constable, who was shot in the Australia wine saloon, Victoria-street, North Melbourne,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motorists at Loggerheads. Police Court Proceedings
At the Goulburn Police Court of Wednesday Mr. G. R. Williams, P.M., heard evidence in two cases arising out of a dispute between rival motor…
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On Friday last before Messrs. Angove and Gale, J's.P., Edward Boreham and Eric Boreham, for whom Mr. F. P. Woodward…
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Some fine skins have been sent in to Mr. W. P. Bluett for dispatch to the British Empire Exhibition. A couple of wombat skins and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegraphic News. Monday, 11 a.m. Melbourne Police Strike
The Melbourne riot was quelled yesterday. Police estimates show that the looting amounted to fully one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Strike in Melbourne Lawless Mobs Take Charge of City Three Killed and Many Wounded
Melbourne is in the throes of a serious police strike. The city is without a night patrol and plain-clothes men…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alleged Sheep Stealing
At the Queanbeyan police court last week Edward Boreham and Eric Boreham, father and son, were charged with stealing 12 sheep, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Police Strike
The Victorian police strike (it is now not confined to Melbourne) again illustrates that unionism is no respecter of persons. It even does…
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