Charged with Murder Petty Officer Arrested Wellington (N.z.)
Eric Matthews, aged 30 years, a petty officer on the warship Diomedes, has been arrested and charged with the murder of John Stevens, who was…
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Coolamon Police Court. Alleged Detention of Property
Phillip Frederick Kelly Produced against Ernest August Oshms for the detention of property—a bay gelding (aged), dray and harness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boarder “Borrowed” a Coat, Convicted of Stealing
Llewellyn Edwards (24) on Wednesday last found that his coat was not sufficiently respectable to attend the Ambulance dance at Marrar Time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Timber Dispute Workers Assaulted Five Men Sentenced Appeals to be Lodged SYDNEY
WHEN THE case in which five men were charged with attacks on a number of volunteer timber workers at Liechhardt was resumed at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Timber Trouble Workers Assaulted Five Men Sentenced Appeals to be Lodged SYDNEY
When the case in which five men were charged with attacks on a number of volunteer timber workers at Leichhardt was resumed at the Balmain Police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in Timber Yards Police on Guard Melbourne
Two fires in Livay's timber yards, Prahran, were discovered tonight. They were extinguished quickly, very little damage being done. The police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Old Woman's Death Mysterious Circumstances Police Baffled Sydney
The death of Selina Stanley, an old woman, who is believed to have been murdered at Erskineville on Tuesday, is still surrounded in mystery. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crime Outbreak Adequate Police Attorney-general's Statement Sydney
Referring to the outbreak of crime in the metropolitan area, the State Attorney-General, Mr. Boyce, said to night that the Government was not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The King Health Greatly Improved Court Moving to Windsor Suggested Welcome Discouraged LONDON
The Court will move from Craigweil House, Bognor, for Windsor, on May 15. The King and Queen will drive from Bognor in a motor car, in which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Assault on Timber Worker Clash with Police Three Men Sentenced Sydney
At the Newtown Police Court to-day John Cable, aged 27 years, sawyer; Frederick Perkins, aged 30 years, laborer, and Cecil Jonson, aged 23 years,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Murder Conviction Alister Clark Appeal "Accused Wished for Wife's Death" Sydney
Alister Jenner Clark, who was sentenced to death at the Central Criminal Court in March last, on a charge of having murdered his wife, appealed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queen Holds Court First Since Queen Victoria a Brilliant Spectacle London
The first Court this season was unique, because it is the first time since the reign of Queen Victoria that it has been held hy the Queen of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court To-day Before Mr. Harrison, P.M. Indecent Language
Robert Roberts was charged with using indecent language in Wallendoon street. Defentant said he was drunk, and Frederick Thomas Whiter pleaded guilty to a charge of falling to renew the registration of his factory. Inspector Wallace appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murdered Her Servant Octogenarian Sentenced Five Years' Imprisonment Nice
Madame Louise Portoil, the octogenarian millionaire, who confessed to the murder of her servant on December 12, 1927, after having previously stated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drunken Man Thrown Out of Shop Alleged Assault Sydney
Allegations of an unusual nature were made by Sergeant Toole at the Central Police Court on Saturday, when Jack Edelman, aged 25 years, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' Row Peace After Court Case JUNEE
Lengthy evidence was heard at the local court in the case in which Charles L. Turner allaged he was assaulted by O. S. Smith…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Crimes Police Baffled Circumstances Shrouded in Mystery Sydney
Three recent Sydney crimes are still shrouded in mystery. Phillip Jeffs, who was shot as the outcome of an underworld vendetta at Kensington…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Exciting Raid Crowd Hampers Police Six Men and Woman Caught Sydney
Six men and a woman were arrested in a sensational police raid at Redfern on Friday night, and four of them were later charged before Mr. Wells,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Neighbors Quarrel Sequel in Police Court Contradictory Evidence Case Adjourned
A quarrel between two neighboring families in Norman street, Wagga, on May 6 had a sequel at the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stolen Sheep Wagga Butcher Charged WAGGA
Following evidence for the prosecution at Wagga Police Court yesterday, Ivan Stanley Beck, a Wagga butcher, was committed for trail on…
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