Seven Years' Gaol For Manslaughter
SYDNEY, Mon.—A rabbiter who fatally shot his de facto wife at Werris Creek on December…
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'Stand Over' Methods Forced Cleaner To Steal, Court Told
"Stand over" methods of two men he owed money following betting transactions, forced him to steal from a Wollongong shop, a cleaner told a…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—A prisoner from Bathurst gaol was charged at Darlinghurst Criminal…
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SYDNEY, Tues. — Police told Central Court, today that a 20 years-old man had gone berserk…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Appeals On Murder Count Dismissed
BRISBANE. Tues. — A Court of Criminal Appeal today dismissed' appeal today a woman and two men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stole Purse To Maintain 4 Children, Court Told
Yesterday in the Wollongong Police Court a woman was placed on a £20 bond to be of good behaviour for 12 months when convicted of stealing a purse from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →RSL Secr. Commended In Court For Arresting 3 Men
The Manager-Secretary of the Port Kembla R.S.I. Club (Mr. Col. Warrington) was commended in the Wollongong Court yesterday, by Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., for arresting three men at Park Kembla on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Charged With Murder Of Baby Son
MELBOURNE, Wed.—Allegations that a young mother had placed her two months old son on a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prisoner Refuses Answers On Syndicate In Gaol
SYDNEY, Wed.—A Bathurst gaol prisoner told the Quarter sessions today he would not answer a question because it night place him in jeopardy among other prisoners. He had been asked if…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Woman Runs, Cries, Collapses In Son's Murder Trial
SYDNEY, Wed. — A woman ran screaming and crying from Central Criminal Court today while waiting for the jury's decision in her son's murder trial. The woman Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Woman Heard Killing Threat, Court Told
A woman told the Wollongong Court on Tuesday that she heard a man say to her husband, "Get up, you undefeated champion. I'll kill you. You're not the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Star Tells Court Husband Does Not Want Children
SANTA BARBARA (California), Wed. — Actress Corinne Calvert…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Stealing Charge Remand
When a New Australian was remanded on a charge of stealing in the Wollongong Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court Story Police Bashed Him, Artist Alleges
SYDNEY, Thurs.—A 52 years old commercial artist in Central Court today told of alleged ill treatment and bashing by police after his arrest on February 18. He told the court he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Taxi Driver Bashed by Police for Statement, Court Told
SYDNEY, Thurs.—A barrister in the Quarter Sessions today claimed police had obtained a statement from a taxi driver by a series of bashings…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kicked Front Door In Court Told: Fined
A man was ordered to pay £5 compensation and fined £5 with 12/- court costs and £3/3/- professional costs yesterday, when he was convicted of malicious damage. He kicked his landlady's front door in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hard Labour For Assault
A Woonona man was sentenced to six months hard labour at the Bulli Court yesterday when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three of Trial on Lorry Theft Charge
Three men were committed for trial [?] Bulli yesterday on a charge of stealing [?] unregistered lorry valued at £250 [?]m the South Bulli air shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth Acquitted Of Father's Murder
SYDNEY, Fri.—A Central Court jury today acquitted a [?]ea rold youth of the murder of his father without hearing [?]dresses by counsel or summing up by the Judge. "not guilty" verdict…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Constable Smelt Of Drink, Court Told
SYDNEY, Fri.—Alan Pierpont Rigby told Central Court today that a constable punched him across the nose three times in a cell at Phillip St. police station. 'BLOWS MADE NOSE BLEED PROFUSELY'…
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