Brawl in the Bar Gaol Warder Says He Was "Knocked Silly" "Very Aggressive in the Police Station"
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 4
Exactly what happened to Raymond John Comerford in the bar of Tattersall's Hotel, Parramatta, on New Year's Eve? Was he kicked? If so, who kicked him? What was the fate of Edward Silas Bellamy at the same time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Systematic Theft From City Shops 18 Months' Sentence
Evening News · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 7
"APPARENTLY you have been guilty of a series of systematic thefts from firms in the city." said Mr. Laldlaw, S.M. to Frederick…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Murder Suspected. Victorian Mystery. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 12
The police are now more inclined to the view that Mrs. Iolene Mary Sampson, wife of Mr. Edward Augustus Sampson, of Mitcham, Who was found dying on the road near her home…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Axe Wounds Kill Woman Husband Is Charged Melbourne
The Labor Daily · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 5
Having hern struck several times on the head with an axe, Florence Murphy, who was admitted to Ballarat Hospital on Monday, died this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Missing Car Five Men Charged "Cheques As Bail?" Gundagai
Evening News · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 7
WHEN five young men were re[?]anded to-day to appear at Bowral next Wednesday, in connection with the alleged [?]tonal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Not Fit to Live" Old Man's Serious Offence Indignant Magistrate Toowoomba
The Sun · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 11
When William Wilmot, aged 70, pleaded guilty in the police court yesterday to having committed a serious offence, a detective said that a number…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Law Notices. Friday, January 5. Supreme Court
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 6
Court of Marine Inquiry.—Before his Honor Mr. Justice Campbell and Marine Assessors.—In the Banco Court. —At 10 a.m.: In the matter of the collision between the S.S. Tahiti and the Sydney ferry steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Not Concerned" Al. Smith and Reprieve Snyder-gray Murder New York
The Sun · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 1
The Governor of New York (Al. Smith) declined to interfere with the electrocution of Judd Gray and Ruth Snyder, who killed the letter's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Native Way Lubra and Her Lover The Murder in the Bush
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 16
Aboriginals have their own way of administering justice when inter-lopers disturb the serenity of their domestic affairs. An aboriginal named…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Crime on the Increase Southern Police Area Goulburn
The Labor Daily · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 4
Crime is steadily increasing in the south. Returns made available to-day by the Police Department at Goulburn disclose that the gross 'total…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Misconduct with Evangelist Ruth Eder Charged on Old Warrant Says It Is Blackmail New York
The Labor Daily · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 1
RUTH ELDER (Mrs. Lyle Womack), the pretty Transatiantic flyer, has been charged at Atlanta (Georgia) on a four-years' old…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Surrenders to Police Alleged to Have Posed As Sydney Detective
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2
MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- A man, who gave his name as Edward Carlyle, surrendered himself at police headquarters to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agistment Fees Unpaid. a Case for the Small Debts Court
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 18
Copmanhurst has a horse on his property on agistment, the owner of which has not paid any of the fees owing and he has ignored a demand…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Woman at Brink of Gap Had Row with Husband Struggles with Police
The Labor Daily · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 1
Because she had a row with her husband, a young woman attempted to throw herself over the Gap late yesterday afternoon. [?] took…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Morrissey in Court Snake Charmer's Indecency Age Saves Him from Goal
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 11
James Morrissey, known far and wide as Morrissey the snake charmer, appeared at the Parramatta Police Court on Friday, of last week when against him…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Capture Burglar "Don't Shoot!" He Cries Hole Cut in Roof Wollongong
The Labor Daily · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 1
A sensational capture of a burglar took place at 3.30 a.m. to-day in the drapery establishment of J. T. Sykes, Crown Street…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Mrs. Sampson Was Killed for Her Money" New Police Theory Dam to Be Dragged Melbourne
The Labor Daily · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 6
Abandoning the theories of malpractice and accident, the detectives inquiring into the death of Mrs. Sampson, of Mitcham, are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Greycliffe Disaster Report To-morrow in Open Court Judge's Announcement Close of Long Inquiry Final Points in Addresses
Evening News · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 1
MR. Justice Campbell to-day intimated at the Marine Court, which it inquiring into the Greydiffe disaster, that he would read he report and reasons in open court at 10 a.m. to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Fight Desperately with Woman on Edge of Gap Three Constables Nearly Dragged Over Punched, Kicked, Bit; Rescuers Pulled Within Foot of Cliff's Brink; Rocks Give Way "I Tell You; I'm Going Over"
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2
Three Vaucluse constables, endeavoring to stop a young married woman from throwing herself over The Gap yesterday afternoon, nearly lost their own lives. The woman fought furiously, biting, kicking, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 10
Queen's-square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10.30 a.m.—For hearing: S[?]right v Sydney Sailors' Home; Lyndsell v same; Milne v same; Eaton v same; Redwood v Maloney; Trotman…
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