Corowa Men in Wodonga Court
Two Corowa brothers were fined a total of £22 in Wodonga Court on Thursday last on charges of offensive behaviour and asaulting police at Wodonga football ground on August 25…
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Killer hangs himself in gaol
SYDNEY, Tues.: Lionel Charles Thomas 44-year-old convicted murderer of Mrs. Phyllis Mary Page, hanged himself early today in his cell at Long Bay gaol…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: John Frederick (“Chow”) Hayes, 43, who is charged with murder, was refused ball in the Supreme…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.: Albert Henry McPhillips, a 28-year-old carpenter of Storey st., Hampton, appeared in the City Court…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: A 23-year-old bricklayer was committed for trial by the City Coroner today on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman who refuses to speak or eat sets problem for court
PERTH, Tues.: A woman who has refused to eat or speak since she was found on the Italian liner Australia last Thursday was charged in Fremantle Court today with having stowed away in Melbourne…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: Henry Richard Bugg, a 37-year-old contractor, appeared in Wycheproof Court today charged with the murder of a man whose battered body was found in a dam 12…
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ADELAIDE, Thursday: A Polish carpenter who was among the mourners at the funeral of a murdered man…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.: William Francis Godwin, 34, of Adolph street, Richmond, was remanded at the City Court again today on a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged murder in 1939: man for trial
MELBOURNE, Thurs: Henry Richard Bugs, 37, contractor, of Separation St., Northcote, was today committed for trial by Mr. Downey, S.M., in Wycheproof Court on a charge of having…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: A young mother gave her baby daughter to police who went to her flat to investigate the child’s…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs: In the City Court today, charges against Noreen Gwendolin Piper, 27, medical student, of Latrobe Terrace,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Second “marriage” ends in gaol
MELBOURNE, Fri.: A former English merchant seaman who claimed that his legal marriage to an English girl broke up…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: Henry Richard Bugg, 37, of Separation street. Northcote, who was committed for trial by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trainers “at mercy” of the A.J.C. Committee-- Court Argument
SYDNEY, Fri.: The A.J.C. had power to revoke a trainer’s licence at any time without reason, Mr. Barwick, K.C. (for the A.J.C.), submitted in the Equity Court today. A trainer had no contractual or Statutory…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Another mass gaol escape
NEW YORK, Mon.: In the second mass gaol break in four-days, 12 prisoners yesterday escaped from the County Gaol at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →In Albury Court Yesterday Asked for “broadcaster’s [?] got six months” gaol
“I’m a bit of c broadcaster, Your Worship, and I only get info trouble when 1 get on the wine. I suffer from war neurosis and ask for a ’broadcaster’s chance.” Brian Alphonsus Nicholson, 31, self-styed ”…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Murder Trial Postponed
MELBOURNE, Mon.: The trial of former boxer, Stanley Henry Shaw, 31, for the murder of Sylvia Holmes, 22, at Filzroy…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: On a charge of having carried an of fensive weapon two years ago, Frederick William Harrism, 28,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Aust. Court Fines Jap. Poachers £600
PERTH, Mon.: The master and crew of the Japanese sampan, Kyoyo Maru, who were arrested last month for poaching in Manus Island waters, were fined a total of £600/10/- by a New Guinea court, the Minister for…
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