Acquitted on Attempted Stealing Charge
After reviewing police evidence, Mr. J, Fleeman S.M. at the Bulli Court on Friday, stated that he would give a…
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Lodgers Charged for Amenities
At the Wollongong Court on Thursday and Austinmer Guest House proprietor stated that he had increased the fixed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cafe Assault. "Team of Hoodlums" Says S.M.
Four men whom Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., termed, "a team of hoodlums" were convicted of assaulting Harry Peters, a Wollongong cafe proprietor, and Chris Katelaris, one of Peters' employees, in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Allege Series Of Robberies, Including Wollongong Golf Club
Three men, two of whom allegedly took part in the robbery of the Wollongong Golf Club on February 13, were committed for trial at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions on May 20 by Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Years' Gaol for Fraud
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Judge Holden at the Quarter Sessions today told a man that, not only did public interest demand that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Foot Men Charged With Golf Club Robbery Police Story of Finding Stolen Poker Machines
One of four men charged at the Wollongong Police Court yesterday with breaking and entering the local golf club on February 13 and stealing a large quantity of liquor, cigarettes and three poker…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Jury Says "No" To Julia Phar Stealing Charge
After deliberating three hours and 15 minutes, the Quarter Sessions jury trying James Allen taker and Francis Donald McEnally on charges of stealing the greyhound bitch Julia Phar, returned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Assault on Cafe Owner Costs Four Men £57
At the Wollongong on Monday a total of £57/8/0 in fines and costs were imposed on four men for assaulting a Crown Street cafe proprietor and his assistant. Describing the assailants, Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Comic Court Scratched
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Latest scratchings: Doncaster, Denali and Comic Court. Sydney Cup, Comic Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Men Found Not Guilty of Greyhound Theft Unusual Case Before Quarter Sessions
Crown allegations of the theft of a well known greyhound were denied at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions this week when two Wollongong men appeared on trial on a charge of stealing the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Gaol Sentences For Theft From Golf Club
Heavy gaol sentences were meted out to three men who took part in the Wollongong Golf Club robbery, at the Wollongong Quarter Session yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →14 Days' Gaol for Vagrancy
Thomas Patrick Ward, 32, charged with vagrancy before Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., at the Wollongong Court of Petty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Just Fond of Slapping" Sent to Gaol
Robert Barnes, 40, labourer, of 84 Flinders Street, Wollongong, was sentenced to three months' hard labour on each of two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Australian Freed After 109 Days' Gaol
After 109 days in gaol, Wladinar Kaschuba, 26, a New Australian labourer, is a free man. A Wollongong Quarter Sessions jury acquitted him yesterday of a charge of assaulting and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suspended Sentences for Two, Gaol for Third; Corrimal Store Robbery
Two Corrimal youths were given 12 months' suspended sentences for their part in a robbery of the Corrimal branch of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accused of Stealing Overcoat
Detectives last night arrested a 33-years-old labourer and charged him with having stolen an overcoat valued at £10 from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Transport Workers' Ballot Validity Before Equity Court
SYDNEY, Friday.—A challenge was made in the Equity Court today to the validity of a ballot for election of officers of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Czechs Gaol Dutchmen For Espionage
PRAGUE, Sunday (A.A.P.).—Dutch businessman Johannes Louwers was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Arrested For Murder In Dawn Raid
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—In a raid on a suburban house at dawn today, senior homicide detectives arrested two men who were charged with the murder of Mervyn Batten, of Gold Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Pretended to Be Spy; Nine Years' Gaol: "Huge Joke"
LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.).—The only British woman to be sentenced to death for spying during the war, on her release…
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