Suspended Sentences Theft and False Pretences Charges
James Hawkins, who was convicted at the Wagga Police Court on Monday on a charge of stealing and of obtaining £5 by means of false…
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Man Arrested at Coursing Meeting Charged With Intent to Steal Remanded Until Friday Next
There was a sensation at the' mooting of the Gundagai Coursing Club on Saturday night last, when a complaint was made to the police by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Urana Police Court
At the Urana Police Court on Monday, March 2, before Messrs. L. J. Fox and T. W. Young, J's.P., Arthur J. Towner and Arthur C…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wagga Police Court
At the Wagga Police Court on Friday, before Mr. V. H. Wells, P.M., Archie Frith was charged with having stolen £200, the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Burglary
The cheque for £377 thought to have been stolen from the railway station, was found among the debris, when the police made an inspection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Excuses for Murder
In several cases lately men charged with having committed murder have not denied the killing of their victims. They have admitted attempting robbery, or burglary, under arms. Their only excuse was that they "did not intend to kill." In one case the story was that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mount Austin Murder
The trial opened in the Criminal Court, Sydney, to-day of Roy Malcolm Souter (17), who is charged with the murder of Christopher James…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Allegations Against Police
The Cabinet decided on the appointment of a Royal Commission immediately to inquire into the allegations made in Parliament recently against…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Austin Murder Trial of Roy Malcolm Souter Sentenced to Death For Slaying of Christopher Bolger Jury's Recommendation to Mercy SYDNEY
Found guilty of the murder of Christopher James Bolger, aged 25 years, at Mount Austin, Wagga, on December 28, 1935, Roy Malcolm Souter, aged 17 years, was sentenced to death at the Central Criminal Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bolger Murder Death Sentence Sydney
Found guilty of the murder of Christopher James Bolger, aged 25, at Mount Austin, Wagga, on December 28. 1935, Roy Malcom Souter, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Leongatha Murder Death Sentence to Stand
The appeal of Arnold Sodeman against sentence of death imposed upon him recently on a charge of having murdered the six-year-old child…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Third Degree" Allegations Magistrate Convicts Defendants "Too Serious to Be Allowed to Rest"
Rejecting the "third degree" defence raised by two youths, Cecil Thomas Costello and William Ricketts, in the Young Court of Petty Sessions,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Disappears Intensive Police Search SYDNEY, Tuesday?
The disappearance of William Morris, aged 25 years, of Balmain, in the bush between Clontarf and Manly, is giving rise to anxiety. Morris, who had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Disappears Intensive Police Search Sydney
The disappearance of William Morris, aged 25 years, of Balmain, in the bush between Clontarf and Manly, is giving rise to anxiety, Morris, who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Espionage Trial German Sentenced to Prison London
Dr. Hermann Goertz was to-day found guilty of espionage at the Royal Manston Aerodrome, and sentenced to four years' penal servitude…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charges Against Police Starting Price Betting Cases Royal Commission Appointed Members Oppose and Demand Select Committee SYDNEY
The decision of the Government to appoint a Royal Commission to investigate the charges made against the police in connection with starting price betting prosecutions evoked a bitter debate in the Legislative Assembly this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Intent to Murder Sydney
At the Central Criminal Court to-day Norman Stanley Cordon Smith, 25, laborer, was charged with having wounded Joe Wignall with intent to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Speed Offenders Magistrate Threatens to Cancel Licenses Sydney
Mr. Fairington, S.M., at the Traffic Court to-day issued a warning that in speed cases he would cancel the licenses of offenders who came before…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder Charge Widow and Man Committed Perth
Adam John Graham and Mrs. Rose Marie M'Donnell were committed for trial to-day on the charge of murder at the conclusion of the inquest at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sentenced to Three Months’ Hard Labor Regarded as Inter-State Pickpocket and Thief
Before Messrs. W. C. Stribley and F. W. D. Martin, J.’sP., at the local Police Court on Wednesday last, William Thompson, aged 48, alias…
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