Two Men Shot in Strange Newtown Case Bullet Wound in Stomach Puzzle for Police
Puzzled by many conflicting stories, a big party of detectives worked into the early hours of this morning trying to find a man who…
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Boy Husband to Face Murder Charge "They're Off!" —To Long Bay Pickpockets Pick the Flat But Not Flats
"THEY'RE OFF!" When the familiar old cry rent the air at Randwick Racecourse on December 20, it…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ghost of Moonlight Hoard of Crime Relics £12,000 Worth of Evil in Police Museum
MEET Captain Moonlight! His ghost -- or, to be accurate, the plaster bust of him -- is a wan affair, with a moonlight effect in its…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bold S.p. Men Police Swoop on 20 No One Ran 1500 Crowd in Outer
Plain-clothes police yesterday visited the "outer" at Canterbury Racecourse and saw 20 S.P. bookies calling the odds to about…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gagged with Stocking Legs of Victim Were Tied Ormond Scene of Third Sex Killing Talking to Youth Police Get Description Melbourne
The police have a description of the youth seen last night talking to Adeline Hazel Wilson, 16,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Al Capone. Millionaire [?] C[?] Criminal Startling Close-up of Gangster Chief, Murderer, Controller of Police and Judges. the "Big Shot" of Chicago's Bootleg War
AFTER two years of forgetfulness of his own dignity, the United States Federal Court has invited Al Capone to face the contempt proceedings…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →"She Was Lying on the Lawn and Screaming Loudly" Boarding-house Row at Bondi Wife Goes to Hospital, But Declines to Give Evidence Police Persist in Charge
THE fact that Eileen Mary Lesina refuted to give evidence against husband Leslie John Lesina, did not deter Magistrate Shepherd from committing Lesina for trial, at Paddington last week. LESINA will have to face the jury on a charge of having inflicted…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Little Wife Who Watched, Prayed and Fainted in Court Two Families Plunged into Depths of Despair Boxing Day at Alexandria Ended in Tragedy of Revolver's Bark
WEDNESDAY'S thick heat! A million people weltered in it; men pulled glueing collars away from clammy necks and shifted in their seats in peevish exasperation. . . Sydney's spot of tragedy and death, the tiny City Coroner's Court was crowded to overflowing with gaping, curious residents of Alexandria. They hung over the rail,…
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Queen's-square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.: For hearing: Shield v Korol, Croucher v Quailey, Sutton v Kelly. Miller v Tyrell. Borro v same. Batiste v same…
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This picture was taken in the court room during the trail at Moscow of the eight Russian professors and engineer accused of treasonable activities against the Soviet. The three accused shown here, Laritcheff, Raman, and Fedotoff, with two others, were sentenced to death, but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adelaide Riot. Twelve Men Charged. Court Strongly Guarded. Adelaide
The sequel to riots in the city on Friday was the appearance of 12 men at the police court yesterday morning. The doors of the court were strongly guarded by constables…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Barrowman Fined. Magistrate's Advice
"People would not get the fruit and the fruitgrower would not get the little return he does get for his fruit If these men did not sell It In the city streets," said Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Contemptible Theft" Said S.M.
"IT was a contemptible action," said Mr Nott, S.M., at Parramatta court to-day, when he sentenced Alfred Collins, 38, laborer, to three months'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rage As Motive of Melbourne Girl Murder Police Suspect Elderly Man Arrest Soon
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Detectives are satisfied that their investigations into Melbourne's latest girl murder…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Not Sex Crime Say Police Melb. Girl Murder Died From Suffocation Melbourne
In connection with the murder of Adeline Hazel Wilson, whose dead body was found in a paddock between two houses in [?]leigh Road Ormond on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Girl Murder Sex Theory Discarded Barefoot Clue Police Make Vital Discoveries Melbourne
Police investigating the murder of Adeline Hazel Wilson, 16, whose body was found on a vacant allotment near her home at Ormond on Saturday afternoon, are now convinced that the crime was not committed by a sex…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Car Theft and Accident. Warren, Saturday. d
At me police court, Arthur Bland, 19, and Robert Henry McKenzie, 22, were convicted of stealing and damaging a motor car, the property of Francis W. Todhunter, grazier, of…
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NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--For a few breath-taking seconds, tragedy loomed last night in the last race at the Sports Ground…
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Before the Deputy Registrar.—At 10.15 am Wi1son ats Lynn. At 10.35 am Jeffrey v Jeffrey. At 10.55 a.m.: McDowell v Gilford At 11.15 a.m.: Bradley Bros., Ltd., v Paddison…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Caught Tuncurry Escapees Back to Gaol Forster
wm. Tansey and James. Jeffrey, the two prisoners who yesterday escaped from the Tuncurry prison camp, were re-arrested to-day at…
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