Man Must Stay in Gaol Until he Dies SYDNEY
William Finest McDonald, aped 40. a member of the AIF. who was sentenced [?] death on April 17 in the Central Criminal Court, today had his sentence commuted…
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Gaoled for Theft of Chocolates. Sydney
Stating that heavy fines imposed for thefts from wharves had proved ineffective, the magistrate at the Central Court today sentenced George…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Militiamen Court-Martialled SYDNEY
No decision was announced in any three courts-martial at Victoria Barracks today in which members of the Australian militia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sevastopol Fights As Gallantly As Ever German Assault on Kharkov Front Repelled LONDON, June 24
The gallant defenders of Sebastopol continue to history by their dogged defence of the Black Sea base, the capture of which would practically give the "open sesame" to the oil and other riches on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →175 Defendants Line Up in Court Sydney
The spectacle of 175 defendants lining up in a queue at North Sydney Court was witnessed today. In order to avoid, the police having to call the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Plonk Addict" Charged Woman Sentenced to Eight Years' Imprisonment Sydney
At the Central Criminal court. to-day, Peggy Turner. 38, described, as a vagrant and "plonk addict, was sentenced". to eight years imprisonment…
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In Albury Police Court yesterday Kenneth Andrew Clinton Green (described by the police as a simple type”) pleaded guilty to theft of goods…
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Convicted at Darlinghurst Session today on a charge of assault and robbery. George Flood Allwood, 19. was sentenced to three years' Imprisonment…
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In the Central Summons Court today, Leonard Thomas Van Dyne (37). laborer, an unlicensed driver who ran away after an accident on the Harbor…
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An order was sought by the owner (Mrs. Fitznead) and not the tenant in the case commenced in the Fair Rents Court, at Deniliquin last week, which…
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One of three young men being escorted today from Melbourne by two constables to Castlemaine for detention in the reformatory, escaped from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Driving Under the Influence "Pal" Again Before the Court
In the Court of Petty Sessions before the P.M., Mr. Doolan, yesterday, Reginald Arum Richards was convicted on a charge for that on 22nd…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Description of “Peeping Tom” Packer Remanded for Sentence Sydney. Thursday
Pleading guilty at the Central Criminal Court today to having assaulted a young woman at Mascot on May 15 Leslie Kenneth Blair, 33, packer, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Charged With Desertion SYDNEY
A militiaman, Ple Sydney Beashal, aged 18, charged with desertion at Victoria Barracks today, admitted, It was alleged, having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Uniform Tax Defended Commonwealth’s Court plea MELBOURNE
Mr Wilbur Ham, KC, leading counsel for the Commonwealth, Opened his argument before the Full High Court today in the case in which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers and Abuse of Police Sydney
Referring to cases in which magistrates had reproved soldiers for abusing police officers, the secretary of the NSW Police Association (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Injured Hotelkeeper in Hospital Alleged Early Morning Assault
Suffering severely from shock and bruises alleged to have been caused when he was assaulted on his licensed premises shortly after…
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Offering a party of li[?] police as much beer as the wanted at 2/ a bottle, outside an hotel In Port Melbourne on May 18, Henry Edward Mar[?] took them to his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft-Proof Army Petrol SYDNEY
It is now possible to detect with 100 per cent. efficiency that Government owned petrol has been stolen. Announcing this today, an Army…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Dream Backer” Stays in Gaol SYDNEY
Application for the release from gaol of Mrs Elizabeth Rebecca Boer, backer of “dream racehorses,” was reinsert by Mr Justice Lukin in the Bankruptcy…
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