Chocolate Theft Costs £10
A man who was found hiding under a chocolate, van was later found to have 12/- worth of chocolates, seven pairs of stockings and a jumper in his possession…
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Remanded on Charges of Theft
Clive Walters, 29, a miner of Bassett St. Fairy Meadow was remanded yesterday at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gaol Penalty For Cruelty Wanted
SYDNEY, Tues.—The R.S.P.C.A. is seeking legislation making it an offence liable to a gaol term of five…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Couple Before Court on Morals Charge
SYDNEY, Tues.—A Chechoslovakian migrant and his Australian wife took a 15-years-old girl to Wollongong for the purposes of prostitution, the Quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Recollection of Stealing Chocolates
A man who said he had no recollection of stealing chocolates from a van and who had no explanation of how some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrest After Colliery Office Theft
Police yesterday arrested a man in connection with the theft of £90 from the Huntley Colliery recently…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Belgian Charged with Shooting at Policeman
SYDNEY, Wed.—A 26-year-old Belgian was remanded at Paddington Court this afternoon on a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →10 Years' Gaol for "Brutal and Disgusting Crime"
BRISBANE, Thurs.—Three young men, sentenced today to 10 years' gaol for rape, had been guilty of a "brutal and disgusting crime," Mr. Justice…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Counsel Contests Court's Jurisdiction
A witness in the District Court said yesterday that he had purchased a building on the understanding that it would not be used as a restaurant, fish shop or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Edrich "Very Talkative", Court Told
LONDON, Thurs.—English' Test cricketer Bill Edrich, 33, was "very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Allegations Against Police Rejected by Magistrate Court Was Told Tissue of Lies' a Story Told by a Defendant at Kiama Court on Wednesday That He Had Been Subjected to Violence From Two Police Officers Was Rejected by the Magistrate, Mr. J. Fleeman, As "A Complete Tissue of Lies."
Mr. Fleeman told the defendant, who claimed to have been beaten up in Kiama Police Station, that his behaviour at an Army camp at Gerroa had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Gives Child to Grazier and Wife
MELBOURNE, Fri.—A Warrak grazier and his wife today won the legal fight for possession of their 17 months old adopted daughter, named Susan Fry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Charged with Murder of Girl (6)
MELBOURNE, Sun.—A 24-years-old man of Newmarket was charged with the murder of six-years-old girl at Newmarket several hours after the girl died on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Check Pistols After Bondi Murder
SYDNEY, Sun.—Police have called in all licensed 32 calibre pistols in the Eastern Suburbs area. They made this move…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Building and in the Home Builder's Claim Fails in District Court
A builder's claim against a man who assisted in the construction of his own house failed in the Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mechanic Charged With Car Theft
The Police Prosecutor (Sgt. W. J. Smith) in the, Wollongong Court yesterday, alleged that a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charged with Murder of Drowned Man
MELBOURNE, Mon.—A youth was charged at the City Watchhouse this, afternoon with the murder of a man whose body was found floating in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Higher Theft Charge For Accountant
PERTH, Mon.— The amount alleged by police to have been stolen by an Australian National…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder Charge Remand
MELBOURNE, Mon.— Charged with having murdered six-year-eld Pamela Dale Walton, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Change Of Finding Saves Airmen 17 Years' Gaol
LONDON, Mon.— The United States Air Force in Britain has confirmed that a sentence of 20 years…
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