Wagga Police Court. Christmas Cheer
Quite a batch of individuals who had partaken not wisely but too well of Christmas cheer during the holidays faced Mr. Geo Stevenson, P.M.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Courts & crime, 1908
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A Colored Champion. [?]Son Licks the Redoubtable Tommy. Police Interfere in the Fourteenth Round
The fight for the supremacy of the boxing world between Jack Johnson, colored champion, and Tommy Burns, who of recent months beat the two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girl's Extraordinary Ruse. Steals the Silver and Tries to Baffle Police. But Makes a Confession. Armidale
While a little girl, the daughter of Mr Claverie, solicitor, of Armidale, was playing in the garden of her home, she discovered a servant girl,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Abe Ruef Sentenced
Abe Ruef the San Francisco "Grafter," has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder or Suigide?
At the resumption last week of the inquest at Castlemaine, Vic, into the death of Dagmar Louisa Scott, wife of Robert Scott, manager of the Spring Gully…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →A Police Prohibition. Sydney
There is no chance of a further meeting between Burns and Johnson. The police have decided to disallow any further contest owing to the very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Johnson and Burns. the Proposed Second Fight. Police Will Wot Allow It. Souires v. Lang. Sydney
It is stated on the beat authority that the police are determined not to permit another meeting between Burns and Johnson, owing chiefly to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boxing Championship. Johnson Wins. World's First Black Champion. Police Stop the Fight. a One-sided Battle. Fourteen Rounds on Sufferance. Over £20,000 TAKEN
For the first time in its history, the world has a black boxing champion. Jack Johnson defeated the holder of the championship, Tommy Burns, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →