Police Dogs Fail in Victoria. Melbourne
The Victorian Police Department does not share the enthusiasm of the New South Wales police for trained dogs to assist in crime detection…
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Courts & crime, 1939
1,129 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 57
Farm Murder Niece of N.S.W. M.L.C. Brother Also Battered Truck Taken From Farm Shocking Tragedy at Tenterfield. Tenterfield
Battered with an axe which was found nearby, Miss Constance Sommerlad was found murdered about 8 o'clock yesterday morning at her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Debts Court Verdicts for Plaintiffs
In the Grafton Small Debts Court, before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., yesterday, an order for the payment of £5176 to the judgment creditor was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EXPLOSIVES Seized By Police Policeman's Face Slashed. London
A police raid at Ilford resulted in the seizure of 15 stick sof gelignite. Two bombs are reported to have been discovered near the hangars and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"DISTURBANCES'' South Grafton Youths Three Fined in Court
Allegations that a youth named Athol McCooey, Who was not in court, but against whom a fresh summons was ordered to be issued, was one of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Axe Murder Man on Three Charges Arrested In Queensland Remanded to Tenterfield Tenterfield
John Trevor Kelly, who was remanded at Brisbane Police Court this morning, on a charge of having stolen a Studebaker utility truck,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bail Refused Tumut Murder Charge Tumut
Norman Niddrie, 23, laborer, appeared at Tumut Court to-day, on a charge of having murdered Michael Joseph Downing. He was remanded until…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inquest Opened Tenterfield Murder Adjourned Until March 7. TENTERFIELD
The inquest on Marjorie Constance Sommerlad, 38, of Hillcrest farm, Tenterfield, was opened to-day and immediately adjourned until March 7…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vogwell Case "War To The Death" Bankruptcy Court Proceedings. Sydney
Despite suggestions made by Mr. Justice Lukin and counsel, Lily Jane Vogwell, in the Bankruptcy Court to-day, declared that she was determined…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PAY £100 Or Blow Up Homes Evidence at Hornsby Court. Sydney
Detective Sergeant Barber gave evidence at Hornsby Police Court to-day that Stanley Raymond Shepherd, 25, had admitted having written letters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrorist Plot Amazing Revelations London Bombing Outrages I.R.A. Sabotage Plan Disclosures in Court. London
Astounding revelations of a terrorist plot, involving incendiarism and the bombing of public buildings and utilities throughout Britain, were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Guard for Japanese Consul Phone Murder Threat Dalfram to "Blow Up" Sydney
Police are guarding the Japanese Consul-General, Mr. Wakamatsu, following mysterious threats against his life…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol for Wife Assaulted Her Husband Attacked Him with Axe. Melbourne
Mrs. Violet Annie Longmuir, 24. mother of four children, was sentenced at Brunswick Court to two months' imprisonment. for having assaulted her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drunken Drivers Police Tests Banned. Sydney
The police had received definite instructions that they had no authority to put a person to a test to determine the extent of intoxication, said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murdered in Redfern Hotel Seaman's Shocking Injuries Police Without Clues Sydney
Suffering from shocking head injuries the body of Eric Carlson, 50. a Swedish fireman on the Interstate freighter, Caledon, was found at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Charged with Murder at Hotel. Sydney
Timothy Ryan, 45, laborer, of St. Peters, was charged to-night with the murder of Eric Carlson, 51, seaman. Carlson was found at the rear of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Cattle Stealing Case From Tyringham Information Dismissed
In the Grafton Police Court, last week, Mervyn Blicks Freeman appeared to answer the charge that between September 1 and November…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Years' Gaol Attempted To Burn House Warialda Case
Harold Ernest Glen, 24, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment by Judge Edwards at the Moree Quarter Sessions on a charge of arson, arising…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Radio Aid for Police Dog
Orders given by wireless were carried, out by the police Alsatian dog. Zoe, in Sydney, on Monday. A small radio set and loud speaker were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Second "Wife" Sent "Husband" Birthday Call Real Wife Sent for Police. Sydney
A birthday call sent over the air led to the appearance of Thomas Percy Waddell, 32, motor mechanic at the Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of…
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