MANSLAUGHTER Wollongong Shooting Two Youths Sentenced. Sydney
In a dramatic statement from the dock of the Central Criminal Court to day Russell George O'Brien, 20, declared that, following the revelation…
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Courts & crime, 1940
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Lismore Police Fund
The Lismore police patriotic appeal fund now totals £2450 and will close at the end of the month, but the police are hopeful of reaching the £2500…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Harry Solomons Pleads Guilty To Theft Former Radio Announcer. Wellington (N.z.)
Harry William Solomons, radio announcer, was ordered to-day to come up for sentence if called upon within six months on a charge of theft, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Guns Drawn Escapee Recaptured Overpowered By Police Lurking Near Night Club Sydney
With guns drawn, and prepared for any emergency, a squad of detectives at Rushcutters Bay to-night effected a dramatic recapture of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sentenced to Death Englishwoman In Paris Americans Intervene. London
It is authoritatively stated that the Government it aware that the Germans have sentenced to death an Englishwoman, Winifred Harle, proprietress of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tommy Ryan Aboriginal Bushranger Notorious Gaol Breaker Adventures on Clarence
Tommy Ryan first saw the light in the camp at the top of Ryan street, South Grafton, and his boyhood days were spent about South Grafton,…
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In the Grafton Court of Petty sessions on Monday, Mr. D. W. Macpherson appeared for George Ahrens, one of the defendants in the unlicensed…
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John Douglas McInerney (19), and Keith Peck (18), appeared before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., at Grafton Police Court yesterday, on charges that, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Missing Jewellery Man Charged With Theft
At Winghani Police Court last Friday Thomas Tom, of Elands, near Wingham, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen a white…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Refused Bond Woman Went to Gaol Sydney Sessions Appeal. Police Feared Demonstration Sydney
Police occupied many public seals at the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court to-day and several plain cothes constables were in attendance to prevent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clerk Charged R.A.A.F. Court Martial Wrote Letter to W. M. Hughes Sydney
Aircraftsman (first class) Reed appeared before a R.A.A.F. Court-Martial at Woolloomooloo to-day, on a charge of writing a letter to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MRS. E. F. Isaacs Another Court Action. Melbourne
Mrs. Edna Frances Isaccs was the central figure to-day, in yet another court case. She appeared in the County Court…
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Before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., at the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Keith Peck (18), and John Douglas McInerney (19), both of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pieces of Bone Found In Bore Cunnamulla Murder Charge. Brisbane
James Callaghan, 60, boring engineer, was charged in Cunnamulla Court to-day with murdering William John Groves…
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Two Gypsies, who gave their names as Tom Stewart and Michael Stewart, were charged at Coffs Harbour Police Court yesterday with having driven…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →POLICEMEN Fortnightly Day Off Police Authorities Criticised Sydney
A charge that policemen had been "put on the spot," was made by the secretary of the Police Association, Mr. Cosgrove, to-day, when referring to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Too Severe Dismissal Of McRae Police Chief's Evidence. Sydney
William James Mackay, Commissioner of Police, to-day appeared before the Police Appeal Board and supported the appeal of Detective-Sergt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COURT-MARTIAL Minister In Dark No Knowledge of Charge. Canberra
Investigations are being made to ascertain why the inquiry which originated with the Office of the Minister for Air had resulted in a charge being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nudists Raid by Police Photographs Taken Men and Women Charged Sydney
A constable of police described at the Central Court to-day how he photographed members of a nudist party at Heathcote Creek on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Daring Theft From Workmen's Tents. South Arm
On Monday last, whilst workmen engaged upon the reconstruction work on the Pacific highway at Tyndare thieves entered their tents and took…
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