Clues in Murder Useless Police Baffled By Victorian Girl Horror No Headway Melbourne, Thurs
THE police are temporarily baffled in their investigations of the death of Ethel Belshaw, 12, whose body was found in the scrub…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Courts & crime, 1935
9,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250
Reported Theft of Wrist Watch Maitland
Mr. J. M. 'Ribee. a saddler, of West Maitland, reported to the police that after he had reaired a piece of harness for two boys he missed a gold wrist watch…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Men Sent to Gaol Constable Assaulted
Having-occasion to speak to a woman and two men who were drinking wine in Green's Park, Darling' hurst, on December 18, Constable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Theory On Vic. Murder
MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Detectives have a new theory of the manner in which Ethel Belshaw, 12, met her…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Old Family Bible Woman Charged with Detention
The wrongful detention of a largo family Bible was alleged against Florence Murphy, of Balfour Road, Kensington, in the Central Summons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Solicitor Praises Police
At the conclusion of a traffic case at Ryde Court yesterday, Mr. Mervyn Finlay said he could not help admiring the honesty of the police witnesses. It made one proud of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →His Night Out Xmas Eve 2 Years' Gaol
CHARLES GRIFFITHS had a real night out on Christmas Eve and as a result he was convicted on eight…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Courts. Bound Over
At the Central Police Court, Ernest Nesbitt, 38, salesman, was charged with obtaining cheques for £50 and £56/18/ respectively, from Alexander Robertson McDonald, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →33 to 1 Profit Month's Gaol for Cheating on Racecourse
A spinning wheel on Randwick racecourse on December 22, spinning, in some circumstances, a sure thirty-three and a third per cent, profit for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Scrubland Murder In Victoria Finding Of Schoolgirl's Body
BLACKTRACKERS on the spot.--Thick foliage amidst which the body of Ethel Belshaw was found. Above: DENSE scrubland. This…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Man Hunt Followed Shooting Bullet Lodged In Shoulder Of Worker Youth Charged
WHILE William James Pentecost, 26, of Chatswood, was engaged on relief work with other men near an incinerator off Willoutrhby…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Work. Modern Methods. Crime in 1934
The year 1934 was an unusually difficult one for the New South Wcles police. Although there was a decrease in organised crime, the Criminal Investigation Bureau was called upon…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Garage Death Police Seek to Identify Victim
The identity of the man who collapsed and died in a garage in Canterbury Road. Belmore, on Wednesday night has not yet been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bets in Suburbs Police Allegation at Kogarah
"Well-known criminals are coming out to the suburbs and taking bets from strangers," Police Prosecutor F. Harper told Mr. Gibson, S.M.,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Inverloch Crime. Murder of Girl. Insane Man Suspected. Melbourne
Investigations made by detectives and black trackers to-day into the murder of Ethel Belshaw, aged 12 years, of Tarwin Meadows, whose body was found in the scrub near…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →No Finger Prints S.A. Murder Of Five ADELAIDE
No fingerprints were found on the handle of the axe which was believed to have been used in the murder of Mrs. Dora Annie Figg and her four…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Law Notices. Friday, January 4. Supreme Court
In Chambers.—Before Mr. Justice Long Innes, in No. 1 Equity Court, at 10,30 a.m.: Mellck v ahornar, to set aside Judgment; Rural Bank of New South Wales v Cooper, to strike out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Knowing Dog Carried Master's Hat Into Court
A hat trick was performed by a dog in Ryde Court yesterday. When the name of a man was called, the man walked in, closely…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →For Trial On Murder Count Fatal Shooting Xmas Eve Tragedy Dramatic Evidence
"IF a man was shot I suppose I did it," declared a statement tendered to the City Coroner (Mr. Farrington) to-day, when he inquired into the fatal shooting, at Yarra Bay, on Christmas Eve, of William John…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Died After Insult, Is Story to Police Melbourne
IT was revealed by a postmortem examination today that Mrs. Gladys Bunting, 40. of Moonee Ponds, who…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →