Solicitor Sentenced
Bertram Theodore Heavener a former solicitor, who was yesterdey convicted of having omitted to account for part of a client's money…
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Courts & crime, 1932
220 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 11 of 11
Brutal Assault
Herbert Kissick (45) and bis son, Eric, were battered in their beds early this morning In an apartment of a bouse in Phelps-street, Surry Hills…
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A shocking outrage was perpetrated in an apartment house in Phelps St., Surrey Hills, early yesterday morning. It appears that Herbert Kissick (45),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One Month’s Gaol For Smashing Shop Window
Charged on remand from Binalong, before Mr. W. K. Earls, J.P., in the Yass police court Robert Joseph Crute, 27, was given one month at Goulburn gaol,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Share Tickets in Lottery Full Court’s Ruling
The Full Court yesterday, in an important judgment relating to the acquisition of State lottery tickets, held that members of syndicates and their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Using Court to Obtain Divorce Evidence” Involved Stealing Charge
That the prosecution was merely using the Police Court, and had instituted the criminal proceedings in order to obtain evidence for a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wordy Clashes Heated Exchanges in Court
During the hearing of the liquor cases at the police court yesterday, there were numerous clashes between Mr. F. F. Mitchell, appearing for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ale in Court
It was a hot and sultry morning, and seven bottles of ale stood temptingly on the bench at the Queanbeyan Police Court during the hearing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Murder at Canberra Father of Child Held by Police
Following the death at Kingston yesterday of an 11 months old infant, Bertram Edward Porter (25), sheet metal worker, was arrested and charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Murder of Son Aged Father Declared Insane SYDNEY
The Governor of Long Bay gaol has officially notified the Criminal Investigation Branch that Nathaniel Robert Govett (71), independent means, who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canberra Murder Porter Committed for Trial
At Canberra this afternoon. Bertram Edward Porter (25) sheer metal worker was committed for trial on a charge of having murdered his 11 months old…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adelaide Murder
The inquest concerning the death of Mrs. Kate Olive, who died in hospital in Adelaide as a result of head injuries, concluded to-day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High Court at Canberra Legal History to be Made Next Week
Legal history will be made at Canberra next Thursday when the first sitting of a High Court there will try Bertram Edward Porter (25), who is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Magistrate's Leniency
Because a returned soldier was suffering severely from tuberculosis, contracted in France, and was likely to die, Mr. Flynn, S.M., treated him…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cartridge Explodes Police Superintendent's Son in Accident
George Jeffrey, son of the Superintendent of Police at Albury, was victim of a shooting accident recently, when, the cartridge in a gun…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →35 Years Gaol Long Sentence for Grierson Judge’s Regrets SYDNEY
The extraordinarily long sentence of 35 years was imposed on Paul Grierson at the Sydney Quarter Session to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →High Court First Sittings at Canberra
Legal history was made in Canberra yesterday, when the High Court sat there for the first time. Before Mr. Justice McTiernan and a jury, Bertram…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court Small List
There was a particularly small list for hearing at yesterday’s sitting of the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions which was the last regular court for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Murder
Newcastle detectives are making an intensive search for the supposed murderer of Harry Gray Saunders, who died in Newcastle Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →35 Years' Gaol. Long Sentence for Grierson
The extraordinarily long sentence of 35 years was imposed on Paul Grierson at the Sydney Quarter Sessions on Friday. He was found…
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