Gaol for men who stole car
SYDNEY, Mon.: Two men who were involved in an accident at Gosford while in a stolen car were sentenoed to gaol in…
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£24/12/- Fine And Costs For Assault
An altercation at North Deniliquin on March 15 led two men to the Court of Petty Sessions last week when Leslie…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bus tragedy: sequel in court
SYDNEY, Mon.: The 1949 bus tragedy at The Spit in which four persons were killed and 33 injured was described today in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Landowners lose £330,000 by court’s verdict
TAMWORTE, Mon.: Mr justice Sugerman today returned a verdict in favor of the Crown in the Gheolenda[?] estate case…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court swears to death of doctor who disappeared
SYDNEY, Mon.; In the Probate Court today, Mr. Justice Roper granted leave to swear to the death and distribute the estate of a doctor who disappeared at Kiama after having been arrested and released on bail…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reds’ pledge to abide by any order of the court
MELBOURNE, Mon.: The Federal secretary and Federal president of the Building Workers’ Industrial Union today gave the Arbitration Court an undertaking that the union would…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Brothers’ Clash with Police
GEELONG, Tues.: Two brothers were each fined £5 in the City Court today for having assaulted a policeman…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →14-year-old boy on trial: alleged double murder
BENDIGO, Tues.: A 14-year-old farm laborer, Walter George Atkins, is standing trial in the Bendigo Supreme Court on charges of having murdered Robert William Trewin, 40, grazier,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charged with Wife Murder
SCONE, Wed.: A 40-year-old laborer was remanded at Scone Court today on a charged of having murdered his wife…
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BENDIGO, Wed.: With a strong recommendation for mercy on the grounds of his youth and upbringing, a Supreme Court jury et Bendigo today found Walter George Atkins, 14, farm laborer, of Edenvale rd., Kew,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Given Bond on Stealing Charge
A woman charged with stealing a cake mixer from a Benalla guest house on Wednesday night was placed on a £25 good…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Auction Sale
Among articles to be auctioned in the yard of Albury police station at 10 o’clock this morning! are 12 men’s bicycles, a wrist…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →30 years’ gaol for bandit
NEW YORK, Sun.: Willie (“The Actor”) Sutton and his confederate, Thomas (“Mad Dog”) Kling, were sentenced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Legal battle over seizure of steel industry to go to the Supreme Court on May 12
WASHINGTON, Sun.: Appeals arising from the Government’s seizure of the steel industry have been set down for hearing on May 12. The Supreme Court, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man and Wife to Be Sentenced
SYDNEY, Mon.: A man and his wife extradited from America on fraud charges were today remanded for sentence in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gang Member Must Stay in Gaol
MELBOURNE, Mon.: The Court of Criminal Appeal today rejected a plea by a member of the “Bent Trey” gang that…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Licensing Court
Mr. Alfred John H. Lee was granted a transfer of the licence of the Rennie Hotel, from Rex Victor Roberts…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six months’ gaol for man who drove electric train under influence of liquor
SYDNEY, Mon.: In Campsie police court today an electric train driver was sentenced to six months’ hard labor for having driven a train while under the influence of liquor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court of Petty Sessions Thursday, May 1, 1952
At the Corowa Court on Thursday before Mr. Culggin, S.M. Bruce Robertson Johnstone was charged with street…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. J. J. Brown to Show Cause ; Court Application
MELBOURNE, Mon.: The State secretary of the Australian Railways Union (Mr. J. J. Brown) will show cause in the…
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