Posed As Capt. Hood's Brother Lived "On Sympathy" In Fashionable Hotels Is Sent to Gaol
Going under the name of Robin Gamble Hood, a young man led people to believe that he was a brother to Captain Hood, the lost…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Courts & crime, 1928
10,960 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250
Bomb Explosion Echo in Court Concord Sensation
A SENSATIONAL and mysterious bomb explosion, which occurred in a shop occupied by Frederick John Clarke, at 183 Parramatta—road,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →60 Stitches Husband Before Court Lidcombe Case
Edmund James Hallett, aged 31, an electrician, was charged at the Parramatta Court to- day with having inflicted grievous bodily harm…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Baby's Birthday But the Police Didn't Know It
When police paid a visit to a house in Dowling Street, Darlinghurst, on the night of December 7 they found 40 bottles of beer, a few flasks of whisky,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Law Notices. Wednesday, January l8. Commonwealth Arbitration Court
At Darlinghurst Courthouse, in No. 2 High Court, at 10 a.m., before his Honor Mr. Justice Beeby:- Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia v Commonwealth Steamship Owners' Association and others,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Terrified Man. Seeks Police Protection. Alleged Visit From Razor Gang
A man, who appeared to be in a state of extreme terror, ran into the Bondi police station about 8 o'clock last night, and informed Constable Ashton that he had just…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Air Secrets Court Is Guarded Lawyers Excluded London
The espionage trial was continued to- day behind guarded doors in the Central Criminal Court, and the utmost secrecy was observed throughout, to prevent disclosures prejudicial to the safety of Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Danced on Him" Pensioner's Death Police Will Report Broken Hill
Alfred Edwards, 73, an old age pensioner, died in hospital this morning. He was admitted on Christmas eve suffering from a fractured leg…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commonwealth Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Beeby.) Warterside Workers' Award
When the hearing was resumed of the application by the Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia for a new award, Mr. J. Morris, for the applicant organisation, informed His…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Price Cutting Car Dealer "Fined" Court Awards Damages London
An attempt by the Motor Trade Association to enforce the observance by motor traders of the agreed list of prices of cars, broke down in a legal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Drapery Shop Missing Girl Found Companion in Court Adelaide
A charge of having left his wife without adequate means of support against Harold Nelson, 35, was the sequel to the disappearance of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mother Slashed by Razor 7-Year-Old Daughter's Piteous Cries Greet Police Husband Arrested
The deadly razor was again in action last night when Elsie May Hallett (29), of Eglington Street, Lidcombe,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Manager Draws Revolver Men Threatened an Alleged "Blackleg" Police Action Likely Cessnock
SO serious did things become at Hebburn No.2 Colliery this morning, that the manager drew a revolver and threatened certain of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Try Again Tin Hare Betting to High Court Seeking Leave to Appeal
The decision of Mr. Justice Campbell, on October 4 last, declaring that tin- hare coursing was coursing within the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Big Legal Point Prohibited Chinese May Be High Court Appeal Wagga
Considerable interest has been taken in this district in the decision of Mr. T. W. Cohen, in the Wagga Police Court on Friday,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Vicar's Wife Dead; Police Suspicions Aroused Detective Wants Doctor to be Interviewed in Melbourne Sensation Expected
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--On January 2 Ethel Constance Briggs (22), wife of the local vicar, Rev. E. Briggs died at Omeo, a small town in a remote…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court Is Closed in Soviet Spy Case Safeguarding Nation Secret Documents for Jury London
TO prevent disclosures prejudicial to the safety of Great Britain, the courtroom at the Old Bailey, in which charges of espionage are' being heard against James M'Cartney, a British Communist, and Paul Hansen, a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spies Sentenced
The trial of James McCartney and Paul Hansen for espionage has concluded. Each was sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before Mr. G. C. Addison, Chief Industrial Magistrate.) Union Secretary's Complaint
This was a complaint by Charles Lynch, secretary of the N.S.W, branch of the Saddle. Leather, Sail, and Canvas Workers' Federation, that Tilden Fennell did not, after the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Magistrate's Reason Judge Wants Meaning
The [?] proof that a [?] sate was [?] of Clarke's wine and [?]…
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