Court of Petty Sessions
At the Corowa Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Mr. A. S. McDonald, S.M., John Francis Spencer was charged with…
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Court House Hotel License Transferred
Mr. Joe Hetherington was last week at Barham granted the licence of the Court House Hotel, Deniliquin…
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The hearing of a charge of driving under the influence against a Corowa man was adjourned until July 29,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Petrov’s story of the workings of a police State
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Vladimir Petrov today gave the Royal Commission on Espionage on intimate close-up of the workings of a police State. His story mainly concerned the Soviet mercantile marine…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In Walbundrie Court “Man’s run of bad luck”
When Ernest M. Schultz, of Pleasant Hills, decided to sell his truck last year a run of bad luck commenced for him,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Corowa court yesterday Corowa man fined £15 on driving charges
A 35-year-old Corowa [?] was fined a total of £15 for driving without a licence and attempting to put a vehicle into…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: Horace James Stanton, photographer and overseer of printers at Pentridge Gaol, was today found…
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LAUNCESTON, Fri. Amelia Jetson, 40, also known as Mrs. Palmer, and her de facto husband, Leo Alfred Palmer, 53, were both found guilty of manslaughter in Launceston Criminal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Albury Court Yesterday Army captain’s story of collision: man for trial
A captain of the Australian Regular Army stationed at Bandiana told Albury Police Court yesterday that his arm had been partly and permanently disabled as a result of injuries received when his car collided with a…
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LAS VEGAS (Nevada) Sun.: An Air Force colonel who flew bombers over Europe and Japan and Survived 110 jet fighter…
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LAUNCESTON, Sun.: Sentence of 12 yearsâ gaol was imposed yesterday on Amelia Jetson, 40, also known as Palmer, for the manslaughter of a five-year-old girl left in her care…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Police escort for umpire after game at Rutherglen
A hostile section of a football crowd threatened an umpire at Rutherglen on Saturday. Police had to appeal to the demonstrators to…
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MELBOURNE, Mon. : A clerk was sentenced in General Sessions today to four yearsâ gaol for the larceny of £9303 as an…
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HOBART, Mon. : A woman and herb husband were given suspended sentences in the Criminal Court at Hobart today on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Albury Police Court Yesterday Driver involved in crash fined £20
The driver of a car which crashed on Union Bridge on Saturday night was find a total of £22 on three charges when he appeared before Albury Court yesterday…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: Charged with the murder of Allan David Cuthbertson, 33, male nurse, of Queenâs road, Melbourne. Albert…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: CIB poison experts. Det. Sgt. Don Fergusson and Det. Fred Krahe, are investigating the death of a German…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: State Cabinet today appointed Major-General S. H. Porter as Chief Commissioner of Police in Victoria. Major-general Porter, who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Judge Berne Cited at Local Court
Statements made by Judge F. Berne at Kempsey Quarter Sessions recently and reported in a Sydney newspaper were read in Deniliquin Court yesterday when a 20-year old aboriginal man was being charged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yarrawonga councillor suggests girls be employed in police stations
Cr. Keenan suggested at a meeting of Yarrawonga Shire Council yesterday that girls fee appointed to do office work in country police stations. Present at the meeting were Crs. F. F. Williams (President), W. A. Bott, S. W. Wright, J. C. Wilson, F. Keenan, L. Hargreaves, H. Prescott, W. J. Ryon, R. D…
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