Magistrate Protects Detective in Box Rose Walsh's Tongue Gets Her Into Trouble, and Out of It Again
The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 6
"You're a Bar." said Rose Walsh at the Central Police Court yesterday when Detective Royal was giving evidence against her on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Quarter Sessions. No. 1 COURT,. (Before Judge Cohen.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 14
Crown Prosecutor, Mr. L. J. McKean. SENTENCES. Persons who had pleaded guilty, or had been convicted, were sentenced or otherwise…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Goulburn Hunt Desperado Disappears Expert Bushman Police Still Search GOULBURN
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 7
The unknown armed man, who has been terrorising Goulburn district, was still at large at a late hour to-night. Although he has stolen a sulky, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District Court. (Before Mr. Acting Judge Sheridan). BROWN v ASHLEY
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 14
The plaintiff in this case, Alfred John Brown, of Hurstville, labourer, sued Enoch Ashley, to recover £200. The first count of the declaration alleged fraudulent…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Gives Up Batson Beaten by Hunger Fugitive's Story Police Jealousy JINGELLIC
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 7
It was a gaunt, haggard, half-starved Claude Batson who crawled up to Alec Drummond's dairy to-day in the hope of getting food and drink…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lost Jewels Found in Fruit Jar Bargain with Police New York
The Sun · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 1
The police are recovering a quantity of stolen jewels by a method, and on a scale unique in the crime annals of this city…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Beaten and Broken Batson's Awful Struggle with Bush No Fight Left Murder Charge to be Laid in N.S.W.
The Sun · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 6
Trembling, barefooted and broken-spirited, Batson was beaten by the bush he had so long mastered. The charge of murder to be laid against him in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Saw Her Mother Done to Death Little Girl's Evidence in Carlton Murder Trial-- Screams in the Night. Sentence of Death
The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Friday.--Charles Sydney Johnson was found guilty to-night of the murder of Katherina Elizabeth Price, at Carlton, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italian Desperado Pleads Insanity But Gets Three Years' Penal Servitude -- Live Bomb Produced in Court
The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 6
The exploits of an italian immigrant who arrived in this country less than three years ago stamp him as a most dangerous criminal who should never…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Raid the Ambassadors' and Make Arrests Diners and Dancers Surprised by Police Sortie--illegal Sale of Liquor Alleged--interested Crowd Watch Officers Commandeer Many Bottles. Major Stewart Dawson and a Waiter on a "Sly Grog" Charge
The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 1
Sydney's newest pleasure house, the "Ambassadors," was raided by the police early last night, and Major Norman Stewart Dawson, manager, and Francis Mooney, waiter, were arrested and charged at the Central Police Station with "sly grog" selling…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Day of False Alarms Goulburn Gunman Baffles the Police--Everybody Sees the Wrong Man Rain Covers Tracks
The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 1
GOULBURN, Friday.--The search far the gunman, incendiaries and petty robber was continued to-day without success…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Goulburn Terror Quietly Surrenders Police Beckon and He Walks Over to Their Car with Double-barrelled Gun Marulan
Evening News · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 6
THE Goulburn terror was captured at 2.15 p.m. to-day. He surrendered quietly to a party of police on the Bungarara-road, about seven miles from Marulan. At the time of his capture he had a double-barrelled gun,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mustard, the Racehorse Stealing Charge Fails
Sunday Times · Sunday 17 February 1924 · page 3
GRAFTON, Saturday.— The dispute over the racehorse Mustard was decided before Judge Bevan at the local sessions, when Charles Byrne charted Walter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Policeman Charged With Accepting a Bribe
Truth · Sunday 17 February 1924 · page 11
Superintendent Park, Chief of Metropolitan Police, has another Departmental inquiry on his hands, and it concerns an allegation of bribery against a plain-clothes constable of Regent-street police division…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Ghastly Crime" Story of Cocaine Habit Man Sentenced to Death
Sunday Times · Sunday 17 February 1924 · page 7
MELBOURNE, Saturday.— The State Cabinet will, at its meeting next week, give consideration to the case of Charles Sydney Johnson, a middle-aged man…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gaol Episode Amateur "Barrister" Gruelling Cross-Examination BRISBANE
The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1924 · page 5
At the Criminal Sittings of the Supreme Court yesterday. George Turner, aged 85, with a long list of convictions, elected to defend himself…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Station Struck Bathurst
The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1924 · page 2
During a thunderstorm at O'Connell, lightning struck and shattered a chimney of the police station. No one was in the station at the time, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maintenance of Insane Mother Albert Blake Demurs at 2/6 a Week, But Magistrate Orders Him to Pay. Curious Case at Glebe Court
Truth · Sunday 17 February 1924 · page 10
There was some curious evidence at the Glebe Court on Tuesday in [?]conection with the examination of Albert Black, of Lilyfied, as to his means…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Week of Terror the Shooting of Alfred Smith Man Arrested and Charged
Sunday Times · Sunday 17 February 1924 · page 24
GOULBURN, Saturday.— Goulburn district's exciting week ended this afternoon, when Robert John Fenwick was, at the local lock-up, charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Would Not Surrender Police Fire on Three Men
Sunday Times · Sunday 17 February 1924 · page 1
GRAFTON, Saturday.— A message from Coff's Harbor states that Sergeant Sproule and Constable Buttsworth saw three men behaving in a suspicious manner in…
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