Daring Theft of Diamond Rings
SYDNEY.—Four single-stone diamond rings, valued at more than £400, were stolen on Saturday from the shop of Mr. Georges de Sandos…
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Courts & crime, 1943
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£100 Fine And 12 Months' Gaol
SYDNEY. — In the Central Criminal Court today John Piggott (41), a married car dealer of Haberfield, was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Argument In Bus Leads To £2 Fine In the Police Court
An argument in a bus which allegedly led to "indecent" words cost a man £2 when he appeared in the Police Court this morning…
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In the Warden's Court today tne Chief Warden (Mr. Solling, S.M.) heard an application by Ruby Of ivia Sessens for suspension of residence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fined for Theft of Shoes
In the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. R. Solling, S.M. Frederick Andrew Wyatt (26), a laborer, was charged with stealing a pair of shoes to the value of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Gaol Leave to Marry
LONDON, March 22.—Permission for a German to leave Brixton Prison to marry his British fiancee, who is about to have a child, was refused by the Home Secretary (Mr. Herbert Morrison) in the House of Commons. Colonel Cazalet pressed for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police News
Inspector C. J. Homann officer in charge Broken Hill Police District, left for wilcannia yesterday on official business business…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gaol Escapee Recaptured PERTH, March 22
After a short chase early on Saturday, a gaol escapee Harold George Throne 29 was recaptured. Escaping from Barton's Mill Goal about a week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Illegal Liquor Sales Police Report Sydney, March 22
The Premier, Mr. McKell stated tonight that he had received a report from police authorities regarding the illegal sale of liquor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder of Boy
Concerning the boy Crutcher. 11 years of age who was found foully murdered on March 6. the police have a rather detailed description of the man who was…
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SYDNEY.—Raymond Finn (26), engineer, and Reginald Stopp (25), laborer, appeared in the Central Court today on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Miners Protest Against Police Action Sydney, March 23
Protesting against police action last night in picking up five men from the Kelra Mine over unpaid fines imposed for absenteeism, 900 miners employed at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Men Charged with Murder Sydney, March 24
At the Central Police Court today Raymond Finn (26) and Reginald Stopp (25) were remanded on a change of having murdered Jose Marin, Russ, a Dutch…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Chief Back
Inspector C.-J. Homann, officer in charge of the Broken Hill police district, returned here last night. Inspector Homann left for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stop Press Theft of Diamonds
PERTH.—For a pair of trousers and a shirt a Chinese tailor obtained 460 diamonds worth £579 from a native boy in Broome, it was alleged…
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NNW YORK, March 28.—In a dual investigation of the Boston night club fire on November 28 in which nearly 500 people lost their lives,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →6 Months' Gaol for Vagrants; Lived in Filth
Evidence given by Sergt. J. Loy in the Police Court this morning, before Mr. R. Solling. S.M., against two men and two women who were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Association Secretary's Charge Sydney, March 30
According to the secretary of the Police Association of N.S.W., Mr. C. J. Cosgrove, only ten witnesses gave evidence on the 30 charges preferred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft of Petrol
Judging by the way the ground in the vicinity was churned up, thieves who entered a shed in the Silverton Tramway Co.'s yard at Railway Town…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unusual Prisoner at Police Station
The police have a prisoner at the Central Police Station who will not answer a charge before a magistrate. The prisoner was tied up for the night…
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