A Mystery Hut Murder After Cash?
THOUGH they are faced with a complete mystery, the police hope for an early arrest for the murder…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Courts & crime, 1936
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Central Cumberland Hard Court Group Tennis Association
The annual meeting of the group will be held on 4th February…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hard Work for the Police. Clearing Up a Mystery
Until an early hour yesterday morning a number of detectives and police were engaged investigating a sensational murder report…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Paid for Funeral Beforeend Man's Death From The Harbor Bridge Police View
IF the line of investigation followed by the police is correct, the funeral expenses of the elderly man who hurtled to his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Loss of Memory. After Attack by Thieves. Man's Story to Police. West Maitland
Leslie White, 51, of High-street, West Maitland, told a remarkable story to the police when he was found last night, apparently in a dazed condition, at the rear of a picture…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Tiny Home in Police Court with Furniture Trees & Gardens
A HOUSE in miniature, replete with pictures, furniture and fittings, and surrounded by trees, gardens…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Traffic Cases. 22,208 in a Year. at Water Police Court
No fewer than 22,208 cases, involving alleged breaches of the Motor Traffic Act, were heard during 1935 at the Water Police Court the principal traffic court in the metropolitan…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Intervened in Row; Blamed Magistrate Gave Witness No Expenses
Arthur William Carruthers, an employee of a complainant in an assault charge, admitted having intervened on his employer's behalf in an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gambling on Pin Machines Magistrate Says Illegal In Hotels
THAT gaming on pin machines on licensed premises was illegal was the decision of Mr. Laidlaw, Chairman of the Metropolitan Licensing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Identification. Problem for Police
A problem in identification has been set the police in connection with the death of a man which occurred as the result of injuries received through a fall from a tram in New South…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Armed Assault Alleged. Man Committed for Trial. Newcastle
Wallace Sydney Reid, 21, was committed for trial from the Newcastle Police Court this afternoon on charges of having, while armed with a rifle, assaulted Kirk Robinson with…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →White Men Sentenced. Crimes in New Guinea. Rabaul, Jan. 20
In the Supreme Court, before Chief Judge Wanliss, this morning, John Joshua Arthur King, who was found guilty on November 28 of having fired at a native, was sentenced to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Murder Victim Was One of Long-lived Family
GILGANDRA, Monday.--John Hewett, old-age pensioner and cripple, who was murdered, was one of a family of five…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder Charge Pensioner Remanded Bail Request Fails Gilgandra
JAMES EARSMAN, 67, a pensioner, appeared in court to-day, charged with having, on or about January 19, murdered John Hewett, 92. Earsman made no reply when the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Messages Sent From the Races Wireless Telegraphy Act Breaches Charged Four Fined
AFTER months of legal argument, involving a decision ' of the High Court, charges against four men of breathes of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Door Blown Off Allegation In Court
The back-door of an outbuilding belonging to Sampson Johnson, in Alexandria-avenue, Taren Point, was blown 150ft. away by an explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pin Machines. Crown Prosecute a Licensee. Police Warning
The first prosecution by the Crown of a hotel licensee for suffering persons on the premises to play at pin-game, was heard at the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Youngest Ace Arrives Held by Police! on Trip Darwin
HAVING celebrated his 20th birthday on the trip at Bagdad, Mr. R. W. Gropler, a resident of Adelaide, who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Angry Women Harass Relief Worker. Police Called In. Corrimal
The police were called to Corrimal on Friday to protect a ganger from 15 women. who were endeavouring to persuade him to give up his employment. The women were…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Says Was Robbed Girl's Report to Police of Being Waylaid
Early to-day the police, were investigating a Hurstville girl's story that a man had lured her to a vacant allotment and grabbed her handbag…
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