Police Have Firm's Papers
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Detectives today declined to make any statement in regard to police inquiries into matters involving John Woolcott…
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Courts & crime, 1939
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New Police Chief Takes Over
Inspector C. J. Homann who has succeeded Inspector Robinson as officer in charge of the Broken Hill police district is no stranger to the…
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The' Premier (Mr. Stevens), replying to Ministers, stated in the Legislative Assembly today that the police had no knowledge of money being…
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WENTWORTH, Saturday.—At the local Police Court yesterday Sergeant Lioyd Kirk and First-Class Constable John Theodore Rowland were charged…
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WARNING 22-year-old Usean Shah that if he kept on with his exploits he would be declared an habitual criminal, Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M., in the Police Court today sentenced him to four months imprisonment when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Franco Seeking Money Alleged Theft Of Securities (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON. May 12
GENERAL Franco's Spanish Government has sought an injunction in the Chancery Division to restrain dealings in a…
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SYDNEY, Monday.— Frank Allen, who was thought to have been the victim of the Dumosa Dam murder, was interviewed yesterday by detectives…
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WENTWORTH, Monday.— Sergeant Cecil Kirk and Constable John Rowland have been committed for trial on charges of, stealing £40, the property…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Worn an.Lives As ManFor Amazing Case For Sydney Police Much Secrecy Sydney
FOR 48 years a woman lived as a man, did a man's work, and is believed to have married another woman-and the deception was not discovered until Saturday, when she was admitted to a home for men…
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MELBOURNE, Monday—Paternal administration of Victorian Children's Courts will begin to replace, judicial methods within two or three weeks…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.— Following the death, of a 70-yrear-old Indian, Dooley Khan, at Reliance Creek, Habana, a man was charged with…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday,— The Commonwealth Government is expected to establish a Court of Air Inquiry to deal with R.A.A.F. crashes The…
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SYDNEY, Thursday—A message from Dubbo states that the police are still hopeful of collecting sufficient evidence shortly to enable them to…
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SYDNEY, Thursday—In the Central Police Court today Andrew Leckie (54), butcher, was charged with the murder of Laura Curidlhy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stain Put on Notes Watchman Sent To Gaol MELBOURNE
By treating pound notes with a preparation which would leave a red stain on the hands of anyone handling them, police were able to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Revenge Sweet" Letter Sent To Grazier; Man In Court SYDNEY
AT the Quarter Sessions today, Leonard Rawson Wootton (25), woolclasser, was charged with having maliciously sent a…
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WHEN the names of three person were read out at the Central Police Court today to face a charge of conspiracy, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ban on Interstate Lottery Tickets High Court Upholds N.S. W. Law MELBOURNE
NEW South Wales legislation, which prohibits within the State the sale of tickets in lotteries conducted in other States has been held by the Full High Court to be valid and not in contravention of the Commonwealth…
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BY treating pound notes with a preparation which would leave a red stain on the hands of anyone handling them, police were able to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Conspiracy Alleged One Accused Dead; Second Man Missing; Third in Court
SYDNEY, Thursday. WHEN the names of three persons were read out at the Central Police Court today to…
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