Two Women Collapse In Court SYDNEY
THE collapse of two women at the Quarter Sessions today caused a dramatic interruption to the trial of a man and three women on a charge…
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Courts & crime, 1939
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Butcher Gains Court Verdict Dairyman To Pay £12/7/-Value and Costs
WHEN a dispute between a butcher and a dairyman over the alleged milk yield and sale of a cow was heard in the Small Debts Court before Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M., yesterday, the verdict was given in favor of the…
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ALBURY. Wednesday.—Detectives examining the clothing and other articles found in the lagoon near Howling-road are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Maltese On Spurious Coin Charge Police Officers' Story of Arrest
EVIDENCE of the alleged offering and uttering of counterfeit coins by two Maltese at a number of shops in Oxide-street and Chapple-street on the night of January 27 was given in the Circuit Court before Mr…
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BEFORE Mr. Justice Milner Stephen in the Circuit Court yesterday Jimmie Lenytt pleaded not guilty to a charge of having at Wilcannia on March 3 carnally known a girl aged 14 years and 4 months. He was also charged…
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EIGHTEEN months imprisonment was imposed on Percy Pearce by Mr. Justice Milner Stephen in the Circuit…
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To enable the parties to discuss the case, Mr. Justice Milner Stephen granted an adjournment until 10 o'clock tomorrow…
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JIMMY LENYTT, a 21-year-old half-caste, who was found guilty of an offence against a 14-year-old girl at the sittings of the Circuit Court, will be released on Sunday. Mr. Justice Milner Stephen today sentenced him to one…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Joan Crawford To Appear In Court HOLLYWOOD, March 29
STATING that California looked unfavorably on "mail order" divorces, Judge Scheinmann refused to grant Joan Crawford a divorce from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →McKAY and Talbot Remanded Court Room Crowded Wellington (N.Z.), March 30
HUNDREDS of people Were unable to gain admission to the Auckland Police Court today when Gordon…
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Two members of the local police force have been notified of promotions. They are:— First-Class Constable J. Flanagan,…
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At the request of the parties. Mr. Justice Milner Stephen in the Equity Court this afternoon dismissed the suit in which William James Edes…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—An announcement that two pages of a police diary had been pasted togethter and sealed was made by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Was Murder Victim Seller Of Magazines? MELBOURNE, Friday. Local Man Killed In Sydney?
DETECTIVES think that an itinerant magazine vendor, who was in the Wycheproof district between March 15 and 20, may have been the…
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A fine of 10/- was imposed on a woman who interrupted proceedings in the Divorce Court to-day. The woman, who was at…
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A SUGGESTION that an Italian had intentionally driven a motor truck into a motor-cycle ridden by another Italian, whose…
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SYDNEY, Monday.— Harry Lindsay (34) was charged at Katoomba yesterday, with having fired a shot with intent to murder. Police alleged…
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ONE month's imprisonment was imposed on John Oswald Harding (22), laborer, by Mr. A. B…
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Police witnesses gave evidence in the Police Court yesterday before Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M., that after hearing a report they had seen a man kneeling in Oxidestreet with a gun pointed toward the Imperial Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fired Rifle In Street; Man To Pay £15/5/ Magistrate Takes Serious View
TELLING 22-year-old Malcolm Claude Patrick Shepley that it was by a fortunate occurrence that he had not appeared on a more serious charge, Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M., in the Police Court today imposed fines and costs…
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