Wanted To Catch Wild Horses, Court Told Fined
A man who appeared in the Bulli Police Court, yesterday, said he had established a camp in the…
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Driver Charged After Death of Passenger
Driver of a motor car in which a passenger was fatally injured on Thursday night has been charged with…
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A 46 years old labourer, with a long criminal record. was on Thursday sentenced at the Wollongong Court to nine months hard labour for stealing dress individual and in R.S.P.C.A. collection box…
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ADELAIDE, Sun.—A 58-years-old Adelaide City Council labourer who is a returned soldier pleaded guilty in the Adelaide Police Court yesterday to a…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—[?]Robert Alexander De Ca[?]tro Basto, a Macqua[?] St. specialist, had attem[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gaol Term for Man with Bad Record
A 58-year-old man, with a criminal record in Australia and England dating back to 1915, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Deputation Protests On Criticism Of Police
SYDNEY, Mon. — A deputation today protested to the Premier (Mr. Cahill) against Press…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Bashing Alleged: Royal Commission Opens Lied About Army Service Says Witness
SYDNEY, Mon.—David Edward Studley-Ruxton, 32, who had alleged he was beaten repeatedly and violently by police, today admitted to Royal Commissioner Mr. Justice Dovey that he had lied in the witness box…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—David Edward Studley-Ruxton, 32, told the Royal Commission today he had thought two detectives at Darlinghurst police station "would murder" him. He said when detectives…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—The Government tonight refused to appoint a Royal Commission to probe allegations of graft and corruption in the New South Wales Police Force. The allegations were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Probe Cause Of Warrawong Fires
Police are investigating fires which, in the last two days, have destroyed the Presbyterian Church and a house at Warrawong. The house, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barber Sentenced to Gaol For Assaulting Woman
At the Bulli Court on Friday, Albert Plunkett Clark, of Prince's Highway, Woonona, was sentenced to six months gaol after he had pleaded guilty to assaulting Mrs. Margaret McAlear, of Hopetoun Street, Woonona…
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Three men were committed for trial at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions on April 12, when they came before Bulli Court on Friday on a charge of stealing a lorry. The men were: Walter…
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BRISBANE, Wed. — A 35-year-old butcher, who stabbed his lover to death with a butcher's knife in a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Clerk Charged with Demanding Money From Horse Trainer
SYDNEY, Wed.—Two men had forced a well-known Sydney racehorse…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Court Commendation For Club Secretary
The action of the secretary of the Port Kembla Returned Soldiers' Club in arresting three men and bringing them before the court on a stealing charge, was commended last week at Wollongong Court…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Court Sequel to "Noisy Party"
What was described as a "very noisy drinking party" had a sequel at the Wollongong Court on Thursday when…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Year's Gaol For Montagu
LONDON, Thurs.—An all-male jury in Hampshire Assizes yesterday returned verdicts which led to 27 year old Lord Montagu and two other men being sentenced to gaol for homosexual offences with two R.A.F. servicemen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Large Money, Jewellery Theft Probe
Police are investigating the theft of a large amount, of money and jewellery from a…
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LONDON, Thurs.—An inquest jury last night decided that Ronald Chesney 45-year-old, bearded…
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