N.S.W. Police to Wage War on Communists Sydney
Expert shorthand writers of the Police Department will attend meetings of the Communist Party in the Domain each week-end. Their duty…
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Six Months’ Gaol For Racecourse Theft MELBOURNE
Found guilty of larceny from the person Carl Forrest Wolf, billposter, of Nelson street, Windsor, was sentenced in General Sessions to-day by Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Former Doctor Sentenced 12 Months’ Gaol Fob Serious Offence. Melbourne
Property crimes were, as Shakespeare described them, .“trash.” but those which interfered with the life and characters of individuals, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licensing Court
[?] the local Licensing Court yester[?] when reference was made to an [?]dication for certain improvements [?] Globe Hotel, Mr. F. L. Kelly (for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aboriginal Houdini Escapes From New Gaol Alice Springs
The new gaol which was completed here only recently at a cost of £18,000 Is not escape-proof. Tom, a Barrow Creek aborigine,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coroner Commits Man For Trial on Murder Charge SYDNEY
John Henry Moran, seaman, was committed for trial by the City Coroner to-day on a charge of murdering his wife, Florence Moran, at Glebe on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Motorists' Corner OFFICIAL R.A.C.A. Notes Court Anomalies
It seems to be fine in Court some mornings, and finer on others. Early this month a motorist appeared in a Sydney Traffic Court and was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Actions Adjourned Due to Solicitor’s Absence on Military Training
Because the solicitor who usually attended to defendant’s legal business was absent in camp on military duties, Mr. Beavers, PM., in Deniliquin Police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Policeman’s Risk Financial Ruin While Doing Duty Remarks of Chief Justice in Full Court Sydney
“In making statements as to whether persons were guilty of misconduct or not, a policeman ran the risk of financial rain while doing his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gaol for Joy-riders; Decision Pleases Melbourne
“Motorists will note with satisfaction the action of Mr. Jackson, P.M. in sending so-called joyriders to gaol. We agree with the police magistrate that…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bank Notes Mentioned When Men Charged Sydney
Allegations that all the equipment necessary for forging Commonwealth notes had been found in a room occupied by David Lindsay Goyd, aged 28,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman's Tears in Dock "Only a Pose" Detective Tells Court Sydney
Mrs. Elice Fennelly, aged 28, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment by Judge McGhie at Quarter Sessions to-day for thefts totalling £375…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court Chairman Critical Alleged Conditions in a Wodonga Hotel Licence Renewal Refused
When the Licensing Court for Benambra, sitting at Wodonga yesterday, was asked by Mr, J. Mahony, of Melbourne, to renew the licence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“Have to Come to Albury” Seekers of Accommodation Court Told at Wodonga Proposal That Half-way Hotel licence be Transferred
For five hours yesterday the Licensing Court for Benambra, sitting at Wodonga, heard evidence as to why the licence of the Half-way Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Find Firearms—“museum” in Suburban House Melbourne
In the bedroom of a house in Brunswick, police found an amazing collection of weapons, including a service revolver loaded in six chambers, an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Magistrate Lenient a Man And a Motor Car Lavington Resident Charged
“It would appear that if I suspend your licence I may be inflicting a great hardship on you,” the Police Magistrate at Albury (Mr. L Beavers) told Bert…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assault, Language. Injuries To Girls’s Throat
Incidents on Saturday night in Cressy street resulted in the appearance in Deniliquin Police Court yesterday of Frederick W. G…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Had “Mania for Stealing Antiques” Man Remanded for Sentence Sydney
A man who admitted he had a mania for stealing antiques pleaded guilty to six charges at Quarter Sessions today. He was Eric Noel Turner, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sent for Trial Man and Young Woman Charge of Murder Sydney
Arthur Ernest Stanton, aged 34, laborer, and Violet Muller, aged 33, domestic, were to-day committed for trial on a charge having murdered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Who Had no Money Before Albury Court
Charged with being a person with no visible means of support, Peter Hector McDonald, a stranger to the town, was sentenced to…
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