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This was an application by Mr. F. A. Dwyer (instructed by Messrs. Rosendahl, and Co.) on behalf of Robert Norman Urquhart, who had been committed for trial at the Coroner's…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A REMARKABLE story of jealousy between two factions of local Chinese was told in the police court today. when Willie Chong, a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WHEN Arthur Rawdon Webb joined up during the war, fought in Flanders, and almost lost his hearing in the service of his country, he little thought that an Act passed in 1737 would be used to send him to gaol for the heinous offence of getting behind…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A MELBOURNE artisan has solved the problem of obtaining the money to buy expensive scientific books. In his snare time he manufactures jazz garters…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Sydney finished the year with many unsolved crimes, including several murders. Much criticism has been levelled at the Criminal Investigation Branch, but, according to Superintendent Mankey,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →One could not but feel sorry for the three of them as they faced the magistrate at Parramatta on Friday, charged with breaking, entering and stealing from shops in the Guildford district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN the city of Melbourne, with a population of 800,000, a man held on a charge of murder must be in gaol for at least three weeks because the Coroner is on holidays, and the inquest cannot be held until he returns, there being no one to take his place. THIS is the position of Ernest Kleinert, the son of a well-known Mitchara orchardist, following the alleged murder…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →THOUGH she was testifying against a well-known public man charged with an offence which, if proved, would make him a social outcast, a young woman in Central Court during the week continued to smile at some friends in the body of the Court, and to treat the affair with a flippancy…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →CLAUDE RILEY, tram conductor, came into Mr. Cates' Court at Central during the week with his left arm in a sling, a lump…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →DON JUAN—the lover of the ages, whose amours have been sung in almost every language—has been knocked flat by the meanderings of none other than a round-shouldered, unprepossessing gentleman who owns to the name of Stewart Young, the age of 52, and the occupation of engineer. WITHIN recent months no less than…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Los Angeles police passed an exciting day trying to solve the kidnapping of Trueman Forrest, the 14-year-old son of wealthy parents. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →There were high jinks in a taxicab on the Parramatta Road on January 4—so high, in fact, that the Parramatta police had to take a hand. The dramatis personae were—:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Under tho auspices of the council, citizens, Red police, a public tendered, etc., is to be tendered to Mr. J. Develin at Newtown Town Hall on Wednesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →THOSE who make it a practice in their hours of leisure to foregather in the back of the Police Courts, were severely disappointed on Wednesday last when Mr. Perry, S.M., ordered them out of the court for the hearing of a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →LAUGHING and joking in Court, cheerfully chatting to one another and displaying amusement while their alleged victim related…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →How the Liverpool police chiefs employed a detective to entrap detectives suspected of taking street bookmakers' bribes was described at the further…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DOES the disappearance of Inez Ada Rosser indicate another of those mystery crimes of which Melbourne has had such a plethora in recent years? IN the meantime, Mrs. Hannan…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →ADELAIDE, Sunday.--In connection with the discovery of the body, in the sea off Semaphore last Tuesday, of Mrs. Stella Mary Hamilton, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Walter Davidge, 40, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having stolen 60 feet of hose and other goods, valued in all at £10, the property of Bon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WALTER Tilton Cunningham, 34, motor driver, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having caused grievous bodily harm to Frederick Lionel…
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