Faulty Lights Lead To. Court
The police had noticed an Increasing number of motorists whose lights, particularly tail lights, did not conorm with regulations, Traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1940
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Bail Allowed Youth Indecent Assault
BAIL of £100, with a surety of a like amount, or two of £50 each, was allowed a 20-year-old youth who appeared before Mr. M. S. Meagher,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warning About Grass Fires Police Inspector Gives Advice
THE necessity for people-going outback to observe every precaution against the extreme danger of grass fires was pointed out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Precautions At Appeal I.R.A. Members in Court London, January 22
EXTRAORDINARY precautions were taken at the Law Courts today, when the hearing of appeals by two members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agreement with Rumania German Forces to Police 200 Miles of Railway (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, January 22
GERMAN forces in Galicia, south-east Poland, now comprise several divisions, including at least two Infantry regiments at Lemberg. Motorised regiments are situated elsewhere, says the "Times" correspondent in Bucharest, and the troops act as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Earl Browder Sentenced U.S. Communist Chief
NEW YORK, January 23—Earl Browder, the American Communist leader, was sentenced to a total of four years imprisonment and. fined…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Court Judge Dies
SYDNEY, Wednesday—The death is announced of Judge Laurens Frederick Matthews Armstrong, who was State Censor in New South Wales in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Note Gives Police Clue of Death
TAMWORTH, Wednesday—After receiving a note by post police went to a house and found the body of Eric Gidley King with a bullet wound…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mother Sent To Gaol For Stealing SYDNEY
ESTHER ALLISON (34) was sentenced to two months' hard labor at the Paddington Police Court today for stealing, goods worth £37…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wife Charges Husband with Assault
On the undertaking of the husband to keep away from his wife until the case was heard oh February 1, an assault charge against William…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorist Asked to Call on Police
While riding a bicycle in Argent Street at about 10'clock yesterday, afternoon, Carl Lohmann, of 107 Gaffney Lane, came into collision with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warrant for Col. Mitchell Being Held by Police
MELBOURNE, Thursday—Although a warrant is in their, possesion the police have hot yet been officially notified to proceed with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Col. M Itchell Charged
MELBOURNE, Friday.— LieutColonel John Wesley Mitchell (48), who was arrested by detectives last night, was later charged that between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Warning to Townspeople
A police warning was issued to townspeople today not to cash cheques presented by anybody but those people with whom they were personally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rearlights for Police
POLICEMIN on point duty in darkest London—i.e., during black-out hour are to wear white mackintoshes with red rear…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Inspector Returns From Tour Of District
PEOPLE along the River Darling are making light fun of the possibility of a water shortage, said Inspector Homann, who yesterday returned from a tour of Menindee and Wilcannia. He said that residents stated that the River Darling bed would soon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Magistrate Disbelieves Defendant
A contract miner. Frederick Charles William, Whitbread, told Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M., in the Small Debts Court today that his average earn…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclists Beware! Warning By Magistrate
A WARNING that he would impose heavy penalties on cyclists who rode three abreast was given by Mr. A. B. Collins,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Men On Motor Cycle Two Fined in Police Court
HOW three men had ridden on a solo motor cycle in Bonanza Street on December 3 and the driver had allegedly given a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Neighbors for 17 YEARS Assault Charge Withdrawn
NEIGHBORS, who have lived side by sidefor 17 years, at Stephens Creek, appeared in the Police Court today when Marius Charles Lawson…
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