Dismal Cells Unfit for Gaol Modern Humanity Judge's Outburst Young
"THIS OLD type of gaol, with its dark [?]ns, dismal [?] and huge stone walla, is out-of-date and wholly unsuitable for putting into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Courts & crime, 1926
8,105 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 250
Court As School Campbelltown's Request
Mr. Mutch, Minister for Education, has informed Mr. Lysaght, M.L.A., that the question of establishing a high school at Campbelltown is receiving…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Crown Prosecutor: Mr. W. T. Coyle, K.C. (Before Judge Rolin.) Indecent Assault
Guiseppi Lombardo, for whom Mr. Kidston (instructed by Mr. C. R. Penny) appeared, was convicted of indecent assault, and sentenced to two…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Law Report. in Chambers. (Before Mr. Justice Owen.) 44-Hour Working Week. Magistrate's Decision Challenged
Mr. Kenneth Street (instructed by Messrs. Salwey and Primrose), appearing on behalf of the Clyde Engineering Company, Ltd., applied, ex parte, for a rule nisi for prohibition…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Law Notices. Monday, February 15. Supreme Court
Term List.—In the Banco court.—At 10 a.m.—Continuation of orders.—McNamars v McNamara, divorce appeal; Halloran v Firth, special case; Simpson v fitilayson, District Court Appeal…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Car Chase Police in Pursuit Man Arrested Parkes
The Parkes police received word that a man wanted in Peak Hill on a charge of false pretences was motoring in the direction of Parkes. A man…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Fickle Polly" He Killed the Girl He Loved Sentenced to Death May Escape Gallows Because of "Provocation" London, Friday Night
Eugene de Vere, 25, has been found guilty of the murder of Polly Walker, 17, with whom he had been keeping company, and who was found dead on her bed in her mother's home at Camden Town on New Year's Eve, having been strangled with one of her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Outback Mystery Trapper Disappears Police Search of Arid Country Wilcannia
Police have returned after searching 400 miles of arid outback country for William Oliver, who disappeared mysteriously…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →How He Got Her to Court S.m. and Milady
It is as difficult to drag a woman to court against her will as to make a horse drink after he has been led to water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →44 HOURS The Recent Decision Appeal Referred to High Court
The recent decision of Mr. A. R. Perry, S.M., delivered at Burwood, in the case heard at Parramatta, of John William Cowburn…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Issues Hours Act Cases to High Court Constitutional Aspect
MR. JUSTICE OWEN yesterday A refused to deal with an application made by the employers challenging the validity of the 44…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →District Court. (Before Judge Cohen.) WATT v Kuring-ga[?] Shire Council
This appeal stands part heard A SAWMILL ACCIDENT. PERRINGTON v DOEBEL This was an application under the Work…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Quarter Sessions. No. 1 COURT. (Before Judge Edwards) Crown Prosecutor, Mr. L. J. McKean. Remanded for Sentence
Goorge Windsor, 28, clork, pleaded guilty to having in his possession housebreaking implements, including a torch, jemmy, and a knife. He was remanded for sentence…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Ex-senator Charged Adelaide
A former Senator, Benjamin Bonny, was arrested this morning and charged in the police court with having between August 7, 1925, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Christie's Crash Told Implicating Tale, But Went to Gaol Alone
A BASIC fact about a conspiracy charge, where two persons are involved, it that it is quite impossible to find one guilty and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Good Record Broken Bathurst Police Raid Bathurst
Three squads of police, under Sergeants Daley, Brody, and O'Brien, made simultaneous raids on three local shops, and arrested 33 men for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peculiar Happenings in Police Force If the alleged happenings at the Police Depot, Bourke-street, have a solid basis in fact, there is urgent need for inquiry by the N.S.W. Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mitchell
POLITICAL intimidation, unfairness, and victimisation are some of the accusations made and it seems that only an official inquiry will satisfy the rank and file of the force, and the taxpayers who provide for police protection…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Duke of Argyle and Minister in row over church font. Peer's Caustic Denial of Theft Charge Brings Sarcastic Reply from Clergyman
The Duke of Argyle, Hereditary land, and the Rev. J. S. Thomson, Pre verchnolain, are engaged in a spirited The quarrel revolves around a fon…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Illicit Gold Buyer Walks Into Trap Bribery Attempt Leads to Police Action MELBOURNE
Recent developments at the Ajax Goldmine, at Daylesford, have evidently been followed by persons other than shareholders. Three or four weeks ago, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Faded Glory That Was Greece Archbishop Knetes in Conflict With Hellenic Flock Sordid Story Told in Court
ANCIENT Greece, famous in song and story as the birthplace of culture, knew also the troublous times of internecine strife. But civic differences were conducted on a grand scale then, and concerned no less illustrious personages than Pericles, and such like giants of the past…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →