Motor Driver in Court Denies Intoxication Charge
Horace Christopher Lansdown, aged 43, motor driver employed by the PMG Department, pleaded not guilty in Albury court…
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Clerk Given Bond on Stealing Charge
MELBOURNE, Tues.—Convicted of having stolen £75 from a woman schoolteacher in a car deal, a Repatriation Department clerk,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Allege Big Betting Fraud
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — A man remanded in Central Police Court today, on £100 bail, until March 9, was alleged by the police to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Fear Riot
SYDNEY, Wed.: Police arc taking precautions against rioting when the newly formed combined Women’s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'“Surprise” Find By Police
SYDNEY, Wed.: Police found two corpses in coffins In an “ordinary looking” car they stopped after it narrowly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmer Sent to Gaol Concealment Of Baby’s Birth
MELBOURNE, Wed.—A Ballarat Supreme Court jury, after [?] than an hour’s retirement today, found George Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman’s Roadside Death; Police Inquiring
PERTH, Wednesday. — A detective has been sent from Perth to Bencubbin, Where Beatrice Norah Thurston, 40, a widow, who had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Want County Court Sittings at Wodonga
Wodonga Council at its meeting yesterday decided, on a motion by Crs Hall and Snowden to request the Law Department to erect a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →300 Police To Watch Procession
SYDNEY, Thurs.: More than 300 police will be on duty in the city tomorrow when the new Housewives’ Association will stage a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Etiquette Incident at Richmond
"Put him out of court if he hasn't a coat. I won't have people in court without coats," remarked Mr. A. E. Stonham,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court of Petty Sessions Tuesday, March 2, 1948
At the Court of Petty Sessions of Corowa before Mr. A. V. Quiggan, PM, John Patrick Donoghue, Maxwell Donald Smith and John Maxwell…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Comparatively Well Off On Stealing Charge
SYDNEY, Fri.—A man who stole goods worth £5 from a textile factory had £3500 in cash and shares and owned a third share in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court To Decide Powers Of Housing Commission
SYDNEY, Fri. — Full bench of three Equity Court judges will decide whether the Housing Commission is bound by the Local…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Holbrook Garage Robbery Two Men Before Albury Court
Bail of £250 each was allowed two men in Albury court yesterday when they appeared on a breaking, “entering and stealing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sentenced to Die For Third Time
LAUREL (Mississippi), Sat.: Willie McGee, a young negro, last night was sentenced for the third time to die in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Inquiring Into Woman’s Death
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Found lying in a vacant allotment in Batman Avenue this morning, Mrs Frances Sellwood of Duke st., Richmond, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bare-footed Woman on Murder Charge
BRISBANE, Mon. — Mrs Pearl Garneau Delf, 60, appeared barefooted in the Townsville police court today charged with the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Assault on Police Alleged Man Fined £10 at Albury
A fine of £10, in default days’ imprisonment, was imposed on Harold James Marks, aged 27, when he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Theft of Cigarettes Brings Fine
Theft of four packets of cigarettes from the bar of the Globe Hotel on March 5 resulted in the appearance at Albury Police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy, 15, on Murder Charge
MELBOURNE, Tues.: A finding that he died from a shotgun wound wilfully inflicted by Stephen John Cox on February 18,…
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