French Railway Smash Driver Charged with Homicide. London, Feb. 24
The driver of the Paris to Brest express, which met with terrible disaster at Courville, France, has been arrested, charged with culpable…
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Miss Caspers' Marriage. Sensational Sequel. the Husband Arrested. Charged with Bigamy. Several Women Victimised London, Feb. 24
Felix Ogilvie, a German engineer, has been charged with having a multiplicity of wives and with defrauding his victims. Three alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suffragist Riots. Charges Against Police. Cruelty and Indecency. London, February 22
It has been resolved by the Parliamentary Suffrage Committee to ask the Home Secretary (Mr. Churchill) to order a public inquiry into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Divorce Court. Clergyman As Co-respondent. London, Feb. 24
In the divorce division of the High Court to-day the case of Kemp Welch and Crymes was concluded, petitioner obtaining a decree nisi, with £1000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Lost Waratah. Court of Inquiry's Decision. Pertinent Press Criticism. the Owners Censured. London, Feb. 24
The "Globe," commenting on the decision of the Court of Inquiry into the loss of the Waratah, says the fault must have lain in a hidden…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plucky Prisoner. Rescues Constable From Drowning. After Breaking Gaol. Sydney
A prisoner, named Charles Pilley, sentenced at Tamworth on Friday on a charge of obscenity, escaped from the lock-up yesterday, and ran…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court
Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, P.M. DRUNKS. William Kelly pleaded not guilty to a charge of drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dark Doings. Alleged Assault
AT the police court on Saturday, before Mr. Bruce, J.P., two half-caste aboriginals, named John McGuiness and Eric McGuiness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Police Court. Monday, February 27, 1911. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.m.) Publican Charged. on Premises During Prohibited Hours
William Gancer, licensee of the Squatters' Hotel, Fitzmaurice-street, pleaded not guilty to permitting persons other than the hotel staff or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germanton Police Court. (Before Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M.)
Carrying Firearms on Sunday.—W. G Poison was charged with having been found with fircarms in his possession on Sunday, February 5. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ella Caspers's Marriage. Husband Charged with Bigamy. an Alleged Adventurer
Fellx Ogilvie, a German, was on Friday committed for trial at the Marylebone Police Courton a charge of bigamously marrying Eleanor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Police Indicted
Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M., and formerly P.M. at Wagga for some year's, caused something of a sensation at Newcastle last week by comment from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Confession. the Bourke Murder. Newspapers Prosecuted. Sydney
An application was made to the Full Court for a rule absolute, calling upon the printer and publisher of the "Sun" newspaper to show cause…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Born a Criminal. Life Story of an Habitual. Anxious to Be Better, But Sees No Hope.—pathetic Narration to a Supreme Court Judge
"My soul is hungry to know what home is, and to mix with respectable people." It is with these tragic words that Charles Ronald Macpherson, an habitual criminal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wagga Police Court
Before Mr. J. D. Walker, J.P., at the Wagga court house yesterday, John Johnson pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, in Baylis-st.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder of a Jew
A true bill was returned by the Grand Jury against Morrison, a Sydney man, on trial at the Old Bailey on the charge of murdering an old…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Stealing. a Grazier Convicted. Accused's Dastardly Act. Sydney
Thomas Ryan, a grazier, was sentenced to four years' penal servitude at Bathurst Sessions to-day for sheep stealing. Ms Honor said he had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder of Constable Jury Disagree. Melbourne
The jury disagreed in the trial of James M'Cormack, charged with the alleged murder of Constable Jones at Bacchus Marsh…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court
Before Messrs. J. J. Leahy and F. Pinkstone, J.P., on Wednesday Patrick Curran was ordered to be sent to Kenmore, he having given himself…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gundagai Police Court
On Saturday last, at above court, before Mr. Bruce, J.P., two half-caste aboriginals, named John McGuiness and Eric McGuiness, were charged…
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