Defendant Sentenced Three Charges of Stealing
Before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., at the Grafton Court House yesterday, Colin Richard Bradford, who was remanded for sentence on three charges of…
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Courts & crime, 1941
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Assault on Ship
As the result of an assault on the chief steward of an interstate ship in port at Coffs Harbour on Christmas Day, John William Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bardia Assault British Preparing No Move by Garrison. London
It is authoritatively stated in military circles in London that, while there is no particular reason for thinking that Bardia will fall or the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Promotions Sergt. Druitt Included. Sydney
The following police promotions were announced to-day:-Sergeant second-class, to sergeant first-class, S. H. G. Druitt, of Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hotel Thefts Young Man Charged Fines Imposed
Before Mr. A. J. Byrant, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning Mervyn Bertie McLeod pleaded guilty to charges of having on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Pyjama Girl" Burial After Six Years an Unsolved Murder
The "pyjama girl" is to be buried soon by the police--after having been kept for six years in a formalin bath in a zinc-lined coffin under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Months' Gaol Jehovah's Witness Refused to Enlist for Training. Sydney
The maximum sentence of six months' imprisonment was imposed on Arthur Johnson, 23, in the Burwood Court to-day, for refusing to take the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Constable's Fingers Broken in Police Raid
A police raid in North Lismore on Tuesday afternoon resulted in 10 men being charged at the Lismore police station with playing an unlawful game…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Liquor Trade Hotel Closing Hour "Police Must Exercise Discretion." Sydney
Cabinet, in deciding to enforce more strictly the 6 p.m. closing regulations never intended that the bars should be absolutely empty at that hour, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Petrol Rations Hundreds Of Forged Tickets Recovered by Police. Sydney
Hundreds of forged petrol ration tickets which have been passed in Sydney and suburbs have been recovered by detectives in the past few days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Burglary Maclean Police Court Accused Committed for Trial
Before Messrs. L. McDonald and W. J. Rolph, J's.P., at the Maclean Police Court on Wednesday morning James Lawson was charged with breaking and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Caesar Divorce Police Documents Statement by Premier. Sydney
The Premier, Mr. Mair, said to-day that the Cabinet, after consideration of the remarks of Mr. Justice Street on the conclusion of the recent Caesar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MURDER--SUICIDE Man Shoots Father-in-Law "Demanded to See Wife." Brisbane
Alfred Edgar Kluver, 37, to-day fatally shot his father-in-law, Edwin John Ansell, 61, and then committed suicide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Raid S.A. Wireless Station Jehovah's Witnesses, 5Ka Radio Manager's Comment Adelaide
Literature and documents were ransacked, and certain documents were examined to-day. when military officers, soldiers, plainclothes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Protection Town Improvements South Grafton Council Last Night's Meeting
South Grafton Municipal Council, at its meeting last night, carried a motion, sponsored by Ald. Lane, asking for the appointment of four polite officers at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Interned Aliens Hundreds Are Appealing Armed Police on Guard. Sydney
Hundreds of interned aliens who are appealing to three tribunals against their internment filled the corridors of large Government buildings in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loss of Suitcase Aboriginals Charged Maclean Police Court
On December 22 a commercial traveller named Reginald Aubrey Sinnott reported to the Maclean police the loss of a suitcase containing wearing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maclean Police Court
On Monday morning before Mr. S. A. J. Small and Mr. W. J. Rolph, J.sP., at Maclean Police Court, Chester Morris Glackens was charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Charged Three Counts of Alleged Stealing. Sydney
A man aged 25 was charged to-night on three counts of stealing. The value of the goods involved is estimated at £1400. It is alleged that the goods…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fined Five Pounds Former Grafton Man Theft of Bicycle
Norman Buchanan, of Lismore, and formerly of Grafton, was fined £5, with 8 costs, in the Lismore Police Court on Monday for theft of a bicycle from…
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