"Severe" Husband Chased Wife With Axe FINED £2 by Magistrate
Frank Randall,, a colored man from Jackadgery, apparently, has his own methods of exacting obedience from his wife. Because she would not…
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Courts & crime, 1940
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Not Proved Assault Charge Fails Thrown Into Creek Alleged Defendants Discharged
When Roy Clement Thorley was thrown into the creek near the road construction camp at Jackadgery by his workmates on January 17 the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →King's Medal for Police Inspector. Sydney
The bravery exhibited by Inspector S. W. R. Marsden, of the Straits Settlement police, in saving 139 Chinese convicts aboard the steamer Sirdhana,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fraud Charges Conspiracy Alleged Four Men in Court. Sydney
An application on behalf of Patrick Brady, 47, for a reduction of the ball fixed at £100 was rejected by the Magistrate at the Central Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Puzzled Sydney Warehouse Fire Damage Will Not Exceed £70.000. SYDNEY
It is now believed that the damage caused by the fire at Nicholson's buildings early on Sunday morning will not exceed £70,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Walked Out Arbitration Court Surprise Union Leader Alleges Bias. Sydney
Declaring that Chief Judge Sir George Beeby was biased, Mr.. Hugh Sutherland, representative of the Federated Engine Drivers and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Acquitted Alleged Theft of Brooch. Sydney
Without calling upon the defence a jury at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day acquitted George Cecil Stuart, 30, who had been charged with having stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →RECAPTURED Brisbane Gaol Escapee Extensive Man Hunt. Brisbane
Arthur Halliday, who escaped from Boggo Road gaol on January 28, was recaptured near Daguilar this afternoon. His capture was a culmination of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drug Addicts Two Youths Sent To Gaol Drugs Stolen From Hospitals. Sydney
Peter Plavin, 19, and his, brother. Edward Plavin, 18. were sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment at the Quarter Sessions to-day for breaking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Hunt for German Internee Missing From Liverpool Police Search with Dogs' Sydney
Australia's greatest man hunt for many years is being conducted by police and military authorities for a German named Alfred Fritz Yackels…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Belfast Riots Police Use Batons Demonstrations by I.R.A. LONDON
Police at Belfast, after baton charges, lasting two hours, suppressed I.R.A demonstrations of sympathy in connection with the Birmingham…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fine of £20 Missing Lorry Sequel Maclean Police Court
Before local justices, in the Maclean Police Court yesterday morning, Clement Walter Harris as charged that, between January 24 and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girl's Death Young Man on Murder Charge. Rockhampton
That Edward Roy Weldon, 26, had admitted having killed Alice Katherine Dyer, was alleged by Constable D. J. Egan, in the Supreme Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maritime Unions War Risk Allowances Granted by Arbitration Court Sydney
In the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day Chief Judge Sir George Beeby granted increased allowances because of war risks to members of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Native Police for Northern Territory. Canberra
The constitution of the native constabulary for the Northern Territory was provided by the publication of an ordinarice in the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fair Rents Court Coffs' First Case
The first case in Colls Harbour under the Fair Rente Act came before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., at the Courthouse to-day, when Sampson…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Conspiracy Case "Anti-Submarine Device" Two Men Charged in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)
"While outlining the steps taken to safeguard British trade routes, the British Minister for Co-ordination of Defence, Lord Chatfield, last year said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Not Reasonable" Police Dept.'s Reply Visit of Cycle Squad C.P. AND A. Society's Meeting
At the monthly meeting of the C.P. and A. Society, held at the Grafton Town Hall yesterday, afternoon, the secretary, Mr. L. C. Lawson, reported…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Murder Charge Jury Disagrees. Melbourne
The jury to-night disagreed in the Criminal Court in the trial of James Simpson, 33, waterside worker, of North Melbourne, who was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Months Gaol Bogus Naval Officer Masquerade at Woy Woy. Sydney
Anthony Campbell Dreyer, 40, ship's engineer, was at Paddington Police Court to-day, sentenced to six months imprisonment for having impersonated…
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