Mine Shaft Murder Body Unidentified 300 Men Traced. Melbourne
Last Saturday and again during the week detectives returned to the Wedderburn district to make formal inquiries about letters that had been sent…
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Courts & crime, 1939
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Murder Charge Italian Found Shot In Bush Near Mackay Bloodstained Motor Truck, Mackay
A post-mortem examination, showing that Domenico Palumbo, married, 38, had been shot in the body, chest and face, the discovery of signs of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Knighted High Court Judge Solicitor-General New Year Honors List Canberra
Knighthoods for Mr. Justice Starke, of the High Court, Mr. Reginald Marcus Clark, of Sydney, Mr. G. S. Knowles, the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Farmer Charged with Murder Brother-In-Law Shot Tragedy Near Narrandera Narrandera
Ernest Hough, 44, dairy farmer, was remanded at a special sitting of the Narrandera Court to-day on charge of having murdered his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Withdrawn Charge of Car Stealing. Melbourne
A charge of car stealing ar Parkville on July 6 against Herbert Jenner, 23 was withdrawn by the police in the City Court this morning, it being stated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Supreme Court Sittings
Sittings of the Supreme Court will be held at Grafton on Tuesday, March 14. 1939, and at Lismore on Tuesday, September 5, 1939…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Italian Arrested Wilful Murder Alleged Compatriot's Body Found. Brisbane
Michele Fresina, 40, an Italian, was remanded to January 10 at Mackay Police Court to-day, on a charge of having wilfully murdered Domenico…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youth Charged Use Of Motor Car Case at Lismore Police Court. Lismore
Walter George Noble (20), pleaded not guilty at the Lismore Police Court to-day to a charge of having taken, and used a motor car, the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Remanded on Assault Charge
Harry James Smith (27) appeared in the Lismore Police Court on Monday, Before Mr. E. H. Kelly, J.P., on a charge of occasioning actual bodily harm to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bag Theft Britisher And Wife Arrested in Spain. London
A message from Burgos states that Nationalist military police arrested Ernest Golding, British pro-consul at San Sebastian, and his wife. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boy's Death Youthful Car Driver Charged with Manslaughter. Sydney
Charles Henry Reid, 20, described as a junior laborer at the Homebush abattoirs, was committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter by the City…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nineteen Charges Systematic Offences Alleged Lismore Court Case. Lismore
Nineteen charges of stealing and receiving, offences alleged to have been committed between January 1, 1938, and December 18, were preferred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tom Mooney Not Released From Gaol. New York
A false report has been circulated that Tom Mooney has been pardoned after 22 years in gaol. The Governor of California promised…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Knife Wounds Death Of Girl Aged 19 Laborer on Murder Charge. Brisbane. Wednesdays
Evidence of terrible wounds suffered by a girl in a tent at Seaforth, was given in the Mackay Court to-day when Mervyn August Leach, 24. laborer was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grog and Tobacco Theft From Ref. Rooms Three Men Arrested
Just prior to Christmas Coffs Harbour Police received word that some money bad been stolen from a letter box on the roadside at Moonee. When…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mackay Murder Girl Stabbed 17 Times Man Committed for Trial. Brisbane
The hearing of the charge against Mervyn Augustus Leach, 24, of having wilfully murdered Dorothy Elsie Duncan, at Seaforth, near Mackay, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Found Dead Discovery by Police at Coolangatta. Murwillumbah
The Coolangatta police to-day broke into a room at the seaside home of Mr. Theo Jensen (73), of Morningside, Brisbane, and found him dead in bed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warm Reception for Police. Melbourne
A fine, of £5 on each of two charges of having assaulted police and having used indecent language was imposed on Lance Conlan, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prisoner Escapes Wearing Handcuffs Police: Fire Shots. Condobolin
The police revealed to-day that man whom they had handcuffed broke away from custody early last Sunday morning, and has not yet been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smart Work Traveller's Missing Suitcase Recovered by Grafton Police
Three men were arrested at South Grafton last night following upon investigations made by the police at Grafton after the disappearance of a suitcase…
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