Victimisation Of Police Alleged
SYDNEY, Friday.—The secretary of the Police Association (Mr. C. J. Cosgrove) alleges that police officers are being transferred to different…
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Courts & crime, 1940
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Arbitration Court to Intervene New Development In Coal Strike Decision
THE Chief Judge of the Federal Arbitration Court (Sir George Beeby) has agreed to intervene in the coal dispute if requested by either…
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Detective Constable First-Class D. D.Truman, who is to succeed Detective Constable First-class A. H. Ramsey as officer-in-charge of the C.R.B…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Enginedriver on Three Chargers Lack Of Evidence Saves Gaol Term
AN enginedriver, who allegedly threatened to cut the throat of Mrs. M. McDonald, at the Central Dining Rooms, and who admitted in Court today that he was jealous about the woman, faced three charges when he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Open Season for DUCkS Police Chief Warns About Sancturaries
A WARN1NG that heavy penalties were provided by the Birds and Animals Protection Act for the killing or taking of…
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NEW YORK, March 13.— Ernie Hass, a former boxer, has been found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree following the death of Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nurse Edith Cavell The Countess Is Arrested By Military Police
THE STORY SO FAR: Nurse Edith Cavell is matron of the Berkendael Medical Institute in Brussels. Suddenly war breaks over Europe, and Brussels is the centre of German military actions. By accident Matron Cavell assists a friend, a prisoner of war, to escape into neutral Holland. We find her facing the possibility that through…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ben Bowyang It's Obviously Super-Charged Petrol!
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Continued on Trove, page 2 →Incendiarist Gets Six Months' Gaol
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A sentence of six months' imprisonment was imposed on James Henley (47), for having 1ft a fire which swept…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—Ball was not applied for when William Griffiths (88) was remanded unti March 29 when he appeared at the Central…
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Following the shooting of Frederick George Chambers in West Pendant Hills early today, a squad of police is scouring the country for…
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When Richard Robert Crimp (38) and Helen Mary Fear (35), appeared before Mr. A. B; Collins. S.M., in the Police Court today jointly charged…
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SYDNSY, Monday.— Last night detectives arrested a man at Woolahra and charged him with having shot at George White, aged 50, with intent…
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Appreciation of the services of Detective Arthur Ramsey was expressed In the Police Court today when Mr. A. B. Collins. S.M., and Mr. M. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Clear Up Swag Mystery Owner Found in Creek 40 Miles From B. Hill
SHOWING no Ill-effects and in perfectly good spirits, the man whose swag on the Wentworth Road had caused alarm since Friday, was found today by police and brought Into Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Assault On Girf; Man Charged
SYDNEY, Tuesday.— A 14-year-old girl reported to the police yesterday that she had been criminally assaulted by a man who dragged her into the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Allegedly Drove Car While Under Influence of Liquor Court Sequel to Blende Street Motor Accident
ALLEGATIONS that Harry Ko bert Kelly was so much under the influence of liquor that he could not give a coherent account of what had happened when a motor car which he was alleged to have been driving was concerned m an accident in Blende Street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drove Lorry with Load Over 8Ft. Wide Magistrate Issues General Warning
A WARNING to wood carters to see that their lorries were properly loaded and the loads securely fastened was given by Mr. A. B. Collins…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →9 Months' Gaol For Man Described by S.M. As Cowardly and Despicable Thief Robbed Man Of 51
STATING that he thought defendant a cowardly and despicable thief Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M., in the Police Court today sentenced Richard Robert Crimp (38) to nine months' imprisonment with hard labor. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike Govt. Unwise to Defend Court Warning By Miners' Secretary SYDNEY
The general secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. W. Orr) today expressed the opinion that the Government would be most unwise to make…
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