Police Not Ready All in the "Dom" Rush to Metters' Lessons of Sunday's Fire
AN amusing police story Ilea behind the big fire which gutted Metiers' Building in Elizabeth Street on Sunday evening,…
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Gave the Betting Ring a Nasty Knock Tiny's Court Lands a Plunge
YOU can't beat the Judgment of the "books." Before the field had gone a furlong in the first division of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charged with Murder of Boy East Sydney Shooting French Chef Remanded
THE SEQUEL to the shooter afray in East Sydney on Monday afternoon, when a boy was shot dead, was commenced at Central Police Court…
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At the Central Police Court yesterday, Alexander Williams McLeory, aged 23 years, and Richard John Wilson, aged 22 years, were charged with having broken and entered the…
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Before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, S.M. at the Glebe Police Court yesterday, Richard Augustus Kelly, 28, was charged with having unlawfully assaulted Arthur Leslie Shaw, at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Just A Word Stealing England
AMERICAN millionaires are buying up old England bodily. They are grabbing its ancient landmarks and setting them up on their own soil. Its antique…
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Arthur Rogers, aged 27 years, described as a dealer, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with having broken and entered the warehouse of Samuel Bowen, Ltd., on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Drunken Motorist. Rebuked by Magistrate
"It is enough to have experienced drivers getting drunk, let alone learners." remarked Mr. Camphin, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday, to Herbert Campbell, aged 23 years,…
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"Drunkenness is always the excuse you people advance when these offences are committed," said Mr. M. J. M'Mahon, S.M., at the Central Police…
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A man giving the name of Robert Geldy, was arrested by the police in the act of stealing two cabbages from the hospital gardens. He was sentenced to three month's imprisonment…
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"I did not see it coming: I could not say where it came from; I got the punch in the mouth and woke up the following day in the Balmain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forged Notes. Police Investigating
Detectives Geldart and Matthews, of the C.I. Branch, are making inquiries regarding the passing of forged £1 notes at Victoria Park races on Monday…
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"I do not intend to take any action to amend the existing law regarding the hearing of Children's Court cases in camera." said the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Assault Married Woman's Story "I'll Shoot" Perth
A dishevelled and agitated woman called at the Central Police Station shortly before midnight last night, and alleged that she had been assaulted at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sobbed in Dock Frenchman on Murder Charge Bail Allowed
Pierro Adrien Mousset (52), cook, appeared before Mr. M. J. M'Mahon, S.M., at the Contral Police Court yesterday, on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Darlinghuest Tragedy. Frenchman in Court
Pierre Altrien Mousset, aged 52, years, described as a cook, appeared at the Central Police Court yesterday to answer a charge of having murdered George Dunne…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bargain Hunters at Burdekin House Police Called
Such a large crowd collected outside Burdekin House yesterday morning when the Jumble Sale organised by the Country Women's…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Untrue" Judge's Strong Comment Court Vacation
"It is to be regretted that statements of this kind are made in the public press, apparently without a proper sense of responsibility for the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Father and Sons Court Coincidence BRISBANE
There was a strange coincidence in the police court yesterday when one of the principal Crown witnesses was Sergeant John O'Connor, of Windsor. He…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Arson Charge Five Fires m Building Police Make Arrest
Five fires were found by firemen at an outbreak in the premises of Laffin and Co.. printers. Oakes Building. Bathurst Street, late on Monday night…
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