Gaol Strike After Gambling School Raid. Sydney
Prisoners of the Bathurst gaol yesterday staged a strike which lasted for 90 minutes. The Governor of the gaol Mr. Phemister, was informed by the…
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Courts & crime, 1940
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Wool Committee High Court Judge As Chairman. Canberra
The appointment of Mr. Justice Owen Dixon, of the High Court Bench, as chairman of the Central Wool Committee, was announced by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Solicitor's Frauds Three Year's Gaol £9000 Involved. Sydney
Pleading guilty at the Quarter Sessions to 14 charges of having fraudulently omitted to account for money received, John Williamson, 34, solicitor,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shots Fired Man Found Dying Police Hunt for Killer Cyclist Seen Riding Away. Sydney
Acquitted on a charge of murder nearly 20 years ago, Harry Slater, 55, relief worker, married, was himself slain at Yarra Bay, near his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Licensing Court
In the Grafton Licensing Court today, before Mr. A. J. Bryant, Licensing Magistrate, Henry Michael Quinn applied for permission to carry out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Not German" Smith's Counsel's Statement Supreme Court Action Hubert Ralfe's Claim. Sydney
Mr. Cassidy, K.C. (for W. J. Smith, managing director of Consolidated Industries and director of gun ammunition), said in the Supreme Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pigs' Escapades Ends In Shooting Actions at Law Result Grafton Court of Petty Sessions
The Court of Petty Sessions, held before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., at the Grafton Courthouse yesterday, was concerned with the interpretation of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Glass Machine Alleged Theft Of Invention Claim for £3125. SYDNEY
William John Smith, director of gun ammunition, denied in the Supreme Court to-day that he had stolen an invention by a workman of an improved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sent to Gaol For Evading Military Duty Another Man Fined £10. SYDNEY
A sentence of three months' imprisonment was imposed on Albert G. Olsen, 21. of Homebush, at Burwood Court to-day when he was convicted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MRS. E. F. ISAACS Security For Costs for Court Proceedings. Melbourne
Mr. Justice Lowe to-day made an order that unless Mrs. Edna Frances Isaacs, sister-in-law of the former Governor-General, Sir Isaac Isaacs…
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At the Maclean Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M. Clarence Clark pleaded guilty to having in his possession undersized fish, to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tobacco Theft From Traveller's Car
Between 1 p.m. and 2.20 p.m. on Monday a quantity of tobacco cigarette papers and holders was stolen from a motor lorry which was parked in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trouble Over Pigs Camper Shoots One Police Court Action
The story of hpw neighboring pigs raided a road worker's camp and ate his supplies, and of how the road worker shot one…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£5000 in Notes Hidden in Ceiling Charge Of Stealing Father Versus Daughter Sydney
Robert Ross, bootmaker, of Lilyfield, kept £5000 in the ceiling of his home for six months before lodging it in the safe deposit in a bank…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assaulted Son-in-Law Ill-feeling Over Cattle "Pity the Case Came Before the Court"
Following is the evidence in the rase (Rees v. Hourigan) referred to in a recent issue:— Roland W. Rees deposed that he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Years' Gaol Australian In London Forgery, Uttering, Perjury. London
Keith Ley, after a fortnight's trial, was sentenced to three years' gaol for perjury, and forging and uttering a photostatic copy of a receipt for £5500…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tears in Court Woman Acquitted. Sydney
Tears flowed freely after Alice Ross. 26, was acquitted at the Quarter Sessions to-day of the theft of £5000 from her father. Several women met her in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder Charge Young Woman Strangled Father To Stand Trial Detective's Allegations Sydney
The City Coroner, Mr. Oram, today committed Harold James Richards, 47, for trial on a charge of having murdered his adopted daughter,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Charge Search For Firearm Snake Infested Bushland Notorious Gangster's Death. Sydney
Police to-night charged J. Shaw, also known as Ransom, aged 45, of Yarra Bay, with having murdered Henry Slater, 55, of Yarra Bay, last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Beau Vite Under Police Guard El Golea Improving. Melbourne
All necessary precautions are being taken to ensure that the Melbourne Cup favorite. Beau Vite meets with no injury, and that no further attacks are made to ma[?] or kill…
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