Hang for Double Murder
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Thomas William Johnson, 40, will hang at Pentridge Jail at 8 a.m. on January 23. The Executive Council, at a meeting this afternoon,…
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Police Hunt Safebreakers
Safebreakers are at present receiving particular attention from the C.I.B. The discovery yesterday that a strongroom door and then a safe door had…
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SOLICITOR (to woman witness at Paddington Police Court): How far were you from the place where the assault took place?…
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Before the Deputy Registrar.—At 10.15 a.m. S. and N. Meyer Pty. Ltd. v. Sedmond and [?]rs. At 10.30 a.m.: Ba[?]dakoff v Newell, At 11 a.m.: Baidakoff v Newell…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Country News Theft From Timber Yard. Albury
John Edward Doughty, 27, was bound over to be of good behaviour for 12 months at Albury Police Court to-day, after pleading guilty to a charge of having stolen a garden…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Johnny Tarpot Prefers Gaol to Bush. Darwin
Johnny Tarpot, an aboriginal, escaped from custody yesterday, while being driven to Fannie Bay gaol, to serve, a sentence for illegal possession of a £1 note. Police and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Arson, Theft Charges Sequel to £15,000 City Fire
A sequel to the £15,000 fire, to Sydney Arcade on Sunday, when 10 shops were gutted, was the appearance at Central Police Court yesterday of Harry…
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State Cabinet today decided to appoint 50 additional police for traffic work in Sydney and in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Armed Robbery Charge. Two Youths for Trial. Alleged Assault. Cootamundra
When Raymond Taber, 19, and Edward Faunt, 18, were charged in the Cootamundra Police Court to-day with having assaulted James Keogh and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Victorian Murder. Man to be Hanged. MELBOURNE
The State Executive Council decided to-day not to commute the sentence of death passed on Thomas William Johnson, 40, who was found guilty of the murder of Robert McCour…
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SP. bettors with previous convictions for street betting are to be charged as second offenders. Constable Walker told Mr. Atkinson,…
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A solicitor in the summons Court yesterday held that the dyeing of prawns was not an offence. James Fowler, Cecily Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Inquiry Into Bashing Of Watersiders WOLLONGONG
FOLLOWING an official inquiry into the police bashing of watersiders here it was reported to-night that police officers are taking a serious view of the affair. The assaulted men who attended the inquiry alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Murder of Brother. Quarrel Over Girl. Man Committed for Trial. Adelaide
At an inquest at Peterborough to-day on Robert Vilifred Batis, 40, farmer's labourer, of Natabibbie, the Coroner, Mr. R. H. Koch, found that the dead man had been fatally shot…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Police Will Break Redfern "Push" Memories Of Bygone Days Are Recalled
Determined to break the "push" which last night fought with some Redfern youths in Redfern Park, where a shot was fired at a woman, detectives today are making a systematic search of the district for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners' Advocate In Court Bill Orr Rips Into Coal Barons
BILL ORR IS ON A JOB THAT IS NEW FOR HIM. HE THE MINERS' ADVOCATE IN THE COURT HEARING ON HOURS AND OTHER OF THE CLAIMS FOLLOWING LAST YEAR'S STRIKE…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brother On Murder Charge Sister's Story of Quarrel About a Girl "Blow Struck After Men Shook Hands" ADELAIDE
John Henry Batis, 58, single, was committed for trial today by the Peterborough Coroner (Mr. H. Koch), on a charge of haying on Saturday murdered his brother, Robert Wilfred Batis, 40, single, farmer, at Nantabibbie…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →40 New Traffic Police Likely Cabinet Today Considers Safety Report Big Holiday Death-Roll Causes Speed-Up
A draft of from 40 to 50 new policemen may be added to the force. They would immediately be put on the road to discipline and if necessary to take action against offending…
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Three traffic charges against a police sergeant were heard in the Kogarah Police Court yesterday. The defendant was Sergeant Percy Abraham…
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Police-Sergeant P. A. Weidemfer was before Kogarah Court again yesterday on the charge of having driven a car while under the influence of liquor…
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