Youth with Unlicensed Pistol Sentenced to Six Months' Hard Labor
"It is just as well the police caught you when they did,", remarked Mr R. Soiling, P.M., at Dungog Police Court on Wednesday, when sentencing…
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Courts & crime, 1939
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£80,000,000 for Murder of Official
German Jews have completed the payment of 20 per cent. of their fortunes towards the fine of £80,000,000 levied for the murder of Dr. von…
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At five minutes before the hour, he reached the place himself, in company with Zelda Lansing. "Vallerie Wesst," read the boardings…
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Robert Branch, alias Jackson (31), and George Owen, alias Cave (34). labourers, charged with the murder of Guido Calletti, were again before the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →7½ Years' Gaol for Robbery Forced Man at Pistol Point to Drive Him Round
Sentence of 7 1/2 years' imprisonment was imposed at Melbourne on Wednesday in the General Sessions on Benjamin John McCubbin, laborer,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plans for Exhaustive Tests at Baerami Evidence at Warden's Court Plant Ordered From America
Evidence given at the Muswellbrook Warden's Court on Wednesday in support of applications for partial suspension of labor conditions on mineral…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Theft Charges £2000 involved SYDNEY
At the Central Police Court, Robert Doig Jack, 43, supervisor, and Harold James Durward, 42, accountant, were charged with having stolen £200, the…
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Percy Jones, Chicago raidlo announcer, comes late to Janice Hume's party with a scratched face. He says a pretty redhead kidnapped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Alsatian Town Hall Performance Orders by Radio Sydney
Zoe, the police Alsatian, was the star performer at the Chemical Industries Exposition at the Town Hall when her trainer, Constable Denholm…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gangster Stories Blamed Youthful Gunmen In Court SYDNEY
The influence of gangster stories was blamed by the police for the actions of two youths who appeared at the Quarter Sessions…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Charged with £200 Theft Accountant and Supervisor
Robert Doig Jack, supervisor,, and Harold Durward, accountant, were remanded at Central Police Court,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Assault Heavy Bail Sought NEWCASTLE
"We are asking for heavy bail in this case for reasons we can't disclose In public," said Constable Francis, in the Police Court to-day…
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Synopsis of preceding instalments: Percy Jones, Chicago radio announcer, conies late to Janice Hume's party with a scratched face. He says…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman for Trial Alleged Murder of Baby TAMWORTH
Following an inquest on the finding of a male infant's body in a sugar bag in a culvert on Moor Creek road, near Tamworth, on August 5, the Deputy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →COST £310,250 Police Traffic Work SYDNEY
During the year ended June 30, police traffic work cost the Department of Road Transport ,£295,000. An additional £15,250 was paid for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Solicitor's Appeal Dismissed Full Court Decision Sydney
The Full Court to-day dismissed an appeal of Arthur Charles-Kennedy, a solicitor, against his name being struck off the rolls…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Raid Hairdresser Charged Betting Act
Lengthy evidence was again given at the West Maitland Police Court to-day in the part-heard case in which James Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court Thursday's Cases
Before Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P.M., at the Muswellbrook Police Court on Thursday, Newbury Mark Jordan (22) was charged with, having an unlawful…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Theft Young Men Remanded
Henry Tully Maxstead (19) and Harold Oliver Shaw (22). were further remanded until August 29, when they appeared at the West Maitland Police…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Perjury Charge Girl Sent to Gaol HOBART
Jean Betty Lonergan, an attractive 23-year-old brunette, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for perjury. The charge, to which she pleaded…
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