Manual of Burglary
A burglars manual, which has been picked up by the police on a country road in the Vosges Department, near a house where its owner had been putting its precepts into…
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7,627 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250
Suicide in Gaol
The City Coroner has received information from the Deputy-Governor of Darlinghurst Gaol that a prisoner named Edward Wilkins was found hanging' in his cell shortly after 6…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Year's Eve Revellers Some Offenders at the Police Court
Bearing out the statements of the police as to the orderliness of night's crowds, there were very few accused persons at the central police court this morning whose…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Stipendiary Magistrate. Mr. King Congratulated
Upon taking his seat upon the Bench at the Redfern Police Court yesterday, Mr.John L. King, who has been acting stipendiary magistrate for some time, received the…
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Superintendent Sherwood said last night that the evening had been, like Christmas Eve, a remarkably quiet and orderly one. There was not much to differentiate it from an ordinary…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--There are no further developments in connection with the Rush worth mine murders although occasionally some portion of wearing apparel is brought up…
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In the city proper there were 800 uniformed police, to say nothing of the plainclothes constables, who mingled everywhere with the crowds that packed the footpaths, The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Dangerous Prisoner. Gaol Warder Stabbed in the Jaw
MELBOURNE, Friday.—William King, a negro convict, who was recently sentenced to 15 years for burglary with violence at South Yarra, and who was ordered to be detained at…
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David Marshall (38), laborer, was charged at the Central Police Court with stealing a watch and chain and two pendants, valued at £8,the property of one George Coleback, at Sydney, on December 29…
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David Marshall,38 labourer, was charged yesterday at the Central Police Court with having stolen a witch, chain, and two pendants, the property of George Colebaeh, on December 20. Senior-constable…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Burns and the Police Intervention
LONDON, Thursday.—T. Burns cables to the "Sporting Life" that Johnson's seconds infinenced police interventon. He (Burns) was strong, and always had a chance, as Johnson…
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BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--Fifty police from Sydney were to-night marched to the Proprietary Mine, Inspector Roche at their head The men were in uniform, and proceeded from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Death of a Chinese. Charge of Murder. Adelaide
At an inquest held on the body of Ah Wong, a Chinese cabinetmaker, aged 42, who died at the Adelaide Hospital on December 20, as the result of injuries received in an affray in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Year's Eve. Exemplary Crowds. Excellent Police Supervision
Sydney may congratulate itself on the good behaviour of the crowds which thrust themselves through the main thoroughfares of the city last night. The crowds, perhaps, should…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Never So Quiet Before." the Work of the Police
Shortly after midnight, when asked his opinion of the operation of the now Act, Mr. Garvin. Inspector-General of Police said it was perfect. "Never in my experience," he added, " have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rumour of More Police. Nine Elevens and an Emergency
Our Broken Hill correspondent telegraphed last night:— "Another hundred police are coming from Sydney to assist in checking a possible outburst…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →What the Police Have to Say. Suggestion Ridiculous and Absolutely Untrue
Superintendent Sherwood, in charge of the metropolitan police force, who was present at the fight, when informed of Burns's allegation, simply said. "It is too ridiculous for comment."…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Philosophic Magistrate
A police constable giving evidence at the North London Police Court recently again[?] a young French polisher who was charged w[?]h being drunk and disorderly said the prisoner at…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Vitrol-Thrower Sentenced
Mabel Truelove, the Heading vitrol-thrower, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude at Berks Assizes (England) recently. It will be recalled that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Romance in the Police Court
A romantic marriage, the sequel to an abduction case, was celebrated in the Moss Vale Police Court on New Year's Day by Rev. Craig. The circumstances are that Henry William…
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