Degrees of Murder
Juries would be able to bring in verdicts of murder in the first, second or third degree if legislation being considered by the Chief Secretary (Mr…
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Assault on Mother Serious Charge Against Salesman Sydney
The allegation that he had partly torn out his mother's tongue was made against Nicola Romeo Truda, aged 21 years, salesman, at the Central Police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Slept Comfortably on Railway Packing Pads Received Eight Days Gaol
WHEN THE police visited an old packing shed near the Leeton railway station at midnight on Friday last, they found two men asleep…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Surprise Resignation Prominent Police Inspector Sydney
The resignation of Inspector A. W. Lendrum, head of the police barracks and mounted troopers, has come as a surprise in police circles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Led Police a Chase Fine for Offensive Behaviour
"In front of the police station he ran away and was chased by Constable Pike to a lane between the Wade Hotel and the Trocadero…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor-van Murder Dead Man Carried Large Sums of Money Coroner's Finding Melbourne
The statement that Leslie Richard M'Alister, aged 38 years, a butcher, of Monbulk, who was murdered in his motor van on January 13, always…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Legislative Assembly Move For Higher Food Relief Scale Country Police Patrols Sydney
The casting vote of the Speaker (Mr Weaver) following the usual practice when the voting is equal, enabled Mr Booth (Lab.) to brine More the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wagga Police Court
At the Wagga Police Court on Monday before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M., John Fleming was fined £5 for hazing taken and used a [?]ycie with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sentenced to Death for Murder of Girl Near Armidale Armidale
Found guilty of having murdered Gwendoline Ruby Murray, aged 15 years, on the bank of the Macdonald River on February 10, Fabian Fogarty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wagga Police Ball
The annual ball sponsored by the Wagga Police in aid of the Wagga Base Hospital, Lewisham Hospital and District Ambulance, will be held at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man and Woman Sent to Gaol Newcastle
Allan Campbell, aged 38 years, was sentenced to five years and Mary Holt, aged 34 years, to 18 months' imprisonment at the Quarter Sessions to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Under House Lived There for Days Police Discovery Sydney
Lillian May Fowler, or Farlow, aged 50 years, of Ashfield, who had been posted by the police as missing since April 12, when she disappeared from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death in Court Sudden Passing of Mr. Justice Milner Stephen Member of Distinguished Legal Family SYDNEY
While summing up in a case in the Supreme Court this afternoon Mr. Justice Milner Stephen, aged 69 years, collapsed and died within a few…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Junee Police Court Negligent Driving Alleged
Arthur Daniel Breasley of Junee, was charged at the Junee Police Court before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M., with having driven a motor vehicle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court (Today.) Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Language
Allan Barrett was fined £2, on a charge of using indecent language in Albert Park on April 15. Cyclist Prosecuted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Widow Fatally Injured Leeton District Man Charged
While crossing Alfred-street. North Sydney, on Friday night. Mrs. Ada Hawton, aged 79 years, widow, of Alfred-street, was fatally injured when…
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The application of James James, the owner in possession to the exclusion of the licensee or the Terminus Hotel, Cootamundra, for issue of publican's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fewer Go to Gaol. Official Report Continuous Decrease
The number of persons committed to New South Wales prisons has fallen during the last five years, notwithstanding the increase in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£52 in Fines Fifteen Months' Gaol Dangerous Driving and Assault Wollongong
Fines totalling £52, and gaol sentences aggregating 15 months, were imposed on Douglas Barr, aged 20 years, at the police court to-day. He was fined £50…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Leeton Man Charged
While crossing Alfred street, North Sydney, on Friday night, Mrs. Ada Hawton, 79, widow, of Alfred street, was knocked down by a motor car…
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