Hanged Himself in Gaol
Tommy Hoy, 32, a Chinese fruiterer, who was under committal for trial on a charge of maliciously wounding Lois Dagmar Mathews, aged 20, hanged himself in a cell in Albury Gaol early on…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Courts & crime, 1911
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Killing No Murder
Francois Medaille, an artist, who shot his wife outside the Palace of Justice after the Court had granted his wife custody of their daughter, has been acquitted of the charge of murder, but has…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Wood's-lane Assault Mundy Again Before the Court. the Victim Mentally Affected
Edgar Mundy was again before Mr. King, at the. Water Police Court, on Wednesday last, when he was charged with having inflicted grievous bodily harm on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canada's Unsolved Murder Mysteries. Is the Police Force to Blame ?—Poorly-paid Detectives. Montreal, November 28
Unsolved murder mysteries which the Montreal authorities have started to investigate during the last five years now form such a lengthy list that serious…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Kubelik in Court
During his visit to Australia, Jan Kubelik, the famous violinist, was sued in New Zealand by Hugo Goerlitz, who obtained a verdict for breach of contract. On Nov…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Parricide Keeps Police at Bay
A terrible parricide was committed at Macon, capital of the Department of Saone-et-Loire. Jean Tallemard wounded his wife and murdered his father, aged 77 years, on Christmas Eve. He…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Assaulting a Constable. John Slattery Charged. and Is Committed for Trial
At the Central Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Barnett, S.M., a young man named John Slattery was charged with unlawfully assaulting Consulting Constable John…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Terrible Tylius. Plucked by the Police. a Seditious Star-spangled Bannerite. London
The police to-day arrested one Edward Tylius, an American, on a charge of sedition, the outcome of an article published in a newspaper called the "Liberator," which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"I Am a Dead Man." Sensation in Court. Vancouver, Saturday Morning
Mr. Robin, a bank president, swallowed hyocine on entering a court in New York, exclaiming as he did so, "I am a dead man."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Five Days' Siege. Murderer Keeps Police at Bay. Dead When Entrance Forced Paris, Saturday Morning
Jean Tallemard, who wounded his wife and murdered his father on Christmas Eve, and then barricaded himself in a hayloft, and with a rifle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Welsh Miner Rioters and Police. Five Hundred Strikers Injured. Three Hours Battle. London, November 26
What practically amounted to a pitched battle was fought in the Mid-Rhondda area on Monday night between the police and many rioters. The strife was raged…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →A Collapsed Bank. The President Collapses Before a Criminal Court. After Atte[?] Suicide by Hy[?] New York
While stepping from his [?] car before the Criminal Court where he was called upon to answer a charge of grand larceny in connection with the failure of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Paddington Police Court. a Year's Business
The Clerk of Petty" seasions and Chamber Magistrate at Paddington supplies the following particulars of the business transacted at that Court for the year 1910:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Died in Gaol
Heart disease was the cause of the death of a laborer, James Douglas, in Darlinghurst Gaol last night. Douglas was convicted at Camden Haven on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Complimented
At the conclusion of a case on Friday at the Water Police Court, in which two young men were convicted of stealing articles from the Grand Central Hotel, the prosecutor, Mr. J. D. Norman, an officer of the Lands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police and Hatpins
The Berlin police [?] Herrvon Jagow has opened a camp [?] inst ladies who wear long hatpins He [?] gated an official degree on November [?] forth that hatpins…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Report a Record
The police authorities, who had adopted the most complete precautions to prevent damage or unseemly behaviour on New Year's Eve, report that so far as the demeanor of the crowds was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court Accommodation. New Buildings Required
It is to be hoped that the Government during the present year will give some consideration to the question of proceeding with the erection of new Supreme Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Adviser of Murder. Death Sentence Commuted. Paris, Jan.1
The sentence of death passed on Durand, a trade-union secretary, for advision the murder of a non-unionist, who was subsequently assassinated, has been commuted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cholera Riot. Police Use Revolvers. Rome, Jan. 1
A cholera not broke out at Taranto, in the south, yesterday. The police, who were stoned, retaliated with their revolvers, and killed three people…
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