Spanish War Echo 30 Years' Gaol for "Rebellion" Madrid
A former speaker of the Cortes, Senor Besteiro, has been sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment by a court martial on a charge of rebellion. This case…
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Youth and Crime Police Commissioner Blames Unemployment Evidence at Inquiry Sydney
Giving evidence before the Parliamentary Select Committee to-day, the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay) traced his theory as to the cause of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court Sheep Stealing
At the Hillston Police Court this morning, John Patrick McNamara and Eric Vincent Horne were each charged that on 4th. July, 1939, they…
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At the Quarter Sessions today Judge Curlewis, in sentencing Walter White, farm laborer, to three years' imprisonment, and declaring him an habitual…
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Sentenced to one month imprisonment and declared habitual criminals by Judge Curlewis, at the Darlinghurst Sessions a fortnight ago, three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boy Killed Car Drives Charged Sydney
Francis Albert Simms, 17, of Concord, was fatally injured when struck by a car at Fairland to-night. Later a man was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Savage Assault Youths Attack Aged Woman Sydney
Mrs. Elzabeth Griffen, 62, proprietress of a smallgoods shop in Paddington was savagely attacked by two youths armed with an Iron bar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One-day Strike Suggested Unionists Prefer Gaol SYDNEY
The view is held in industrial circles in Sydney that the first direct action in support of the A.C.T.U. policy will likely be on the northern and southern…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tumut Men Go to Court Fight Over Ownership Of Cattle Judge Upholds Appeal
Much time & money have been spent by two well-known Tumut men in an effort to determine the ownership of two heifers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agisted Stock Far-reaching Court Decision
Not long ago it was reported in the "Farmer and Settler" that Mr. Justice Bavin had held that a man who took certain cows on agistment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shooting Charge Crown Witness Missing Stir in Court Proceedings Sydney
There was a stir at the Campbelltown Police Court to-day during the hearing of a charge against Edwin Charles Howlett, aged 46 years, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Tobacco Theft Sydney
Tobacco valued at nearly £750 was stolen last night from a warehouse af Darling Harbor. It was one of the largest tobacco robberies ever effected…
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A search throughout yesterday for Timothy John Corbett, aged 69 years, a pensioner, of Alfred-street, Woolwich, ended at 1 am. to-day when…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court (Today.) Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Traffic Cases
In the adjourned case, in which Horace Victor Duckworth was charged with failing to drive a motor vehicle so as to keep a traffic dome oh his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →True Stories of French Secret Police
Seeking to recapture Latouche the Jackal, infamous apache leader, who has escaped from gaol, Captain de Beck and Louis Lemoine, noted French undercover agent, disguise themselves and their men as apaches and join…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sports Meeting Stopped by Police Newcastle
A sports meeting arranged by the Newcastle Motorcycle Club in a paddock near Caves Beach, was broken up by the police yesterday. Officials were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →STRIKERS v. Police Pitched Battle in U.S.A. MINNEAPOLIS
A series of riots arising out of the W.P.A. (relief works) strike culminated in a pitched battle in a city street, in which police with armored cars, large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Human Riddles That Have Vexed the World (Copyright by Watkins Syndicate, inc.) the Murder of Ada Dennis
The most baffling mystery that ever vexed the police of Washington was presented by the murder of Ada Gilbert Dennis, in 1902. Mrs. Dennis, a well-known dressmaker, counted her clientele among the most exclusive families of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Years' Gaol Housebreaking Charge Police Vigil in Home Sydney
Arthur Lovering, aged 26 years, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, and Jack Albert Webb, aged 26 years, to 12 months' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Theft of Calves Man Bound Over for Year Sydney
Herbert Mayer, who was said to be known by the police to be "a man of exceptional character and for 15 years a minister of religion." pleaded not…
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