Arrest for Alleged Theft of Plane Drawings Los Angeles, Oct. 13
Edward McDonough, draughtsman of the Douglas Aircraft Company, has been arrested by the Federal authorities on a charge of having stolen…
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Remanded on Stealing Charge
In the Deniliquin Police Court yesterday Raymond Banuel Walher (38) was charged with staling £3/-/4, the property of the Deniliquin Motor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lavington Motorist in Court
Thomas Cameron Osborne aged 38 of Lavington appeared before Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on a charge of having driven a car while…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Warn Clubs About Gambling Sydney
Clubs permitting the use of punch boards Will be prosecuted, in future said the Metropolitan Police Superintendent (Mr. Collings) to-day. He…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Woman As Decoy" Crown's Allegations Refuted Two Men Stand Trial on Assault and Robbery Charge Sydney
Conflicting stories were given at Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions to-day when John Bromley aged 22. and Allan Roy Smith aged 36 stood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summer Is Here! White Helmets for Police Force Melbourne
Summer officially began yesterday in the public force when permission was given to wear white summer [?]elments, but this morning constables…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →to Visit Corowa Threat to Kill Mr. Menzies Anonymous Letters Received Police Protection Given
Extraordinary precautions were taken over the week-end to safeguard the life of the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies), following the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Company Owed £3033 in Income Tax. Court Told an Important Point Decided Sydney
The Full State Court to-day by a majority held that when a company goes into liquidation the Crown has precedence over ordinary creditors…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →B.H.P. at Variance with Union Officials Court to Decide Point at Issue Sydney
Mr. Justice Cantor to-day referred to the Full Bench of the Industrial Commission for decision the question whether the granting of certificates to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spies Sentenced in Turkey London, October 16
The Istanbul correspondent of the British United Press states that four spies have been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for having tried to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Spent 23 Years in Gaol on Perjured Evidence, Governor Asserts San Francisco, October 16
Warren Billing, who with Tom Mooney, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the San Francisco bombing of 1916, is to be freed immediately,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Typist Reads tetters To Court Taken in Shorthand SYDNEY
At the Central Police Court to-day Jean Lockhart Cowan, typist, read letters in shorthand which she said were dictated to her in 1937 by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →I.R.A. Terrorists Sentenced to 25 Years’ Gaol London, October 17
“Up with the Republic!” shouted John Evans, John Gibson, Daniel Jordan and James O' Regan, as they left the dock after being sentenced to 25…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Licensing Court
A special sitting of the Licensing Court was held at Jerilderie on Friday last before Mr. V. H. Wells, Licensing Magistrate, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Awarded Smallest Coin As Damages for Alleged Assault Sydney
Claiming £400 damages from Jack Duggan, a grocer, of Rozelle. for alleged assault. Neville Byron Bates, through his father, was awarded one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attempted Murder Alleged Heavy Bail Fixed Melbourne
Charged with having shot with intent to murder Ivy Thompson, at Red Hill Dromana, on October 12, Ewald Albert Lessing, aged 36, of Red Hill,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Albury Han and a Horse Strange Court Story What a Constable Saw
When he appealed to answer a charge of having allegedly illtreated an animal, Leslie James Stewart, lawn-mower repairer of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bail on Murder Charge
In the Wangaratta Police Court on Tuesday, George Albert Gormley and Ernest Smith, appeared on remand on a charge of murder in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Mair and Profiteers Gaol Term Suggested His Reply to Labor Interjection Sydney
The Premier (Air. Mair) emphasised In the Legislative Assembly today that the Government would action against any profiteers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Use of Language Costly; Man Ordered by Wodonga court to pay £4/9/6
Allegations that he had used bad language in the presence of a large number of people, including a women were made against Charles…
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