Police Perturbed Number of Juvenile Offenders SYDNEY
Crimes reported in Sydney in 1940 totalled 13,000. against 14,700 in the previous year, although 150 more arrests were made…
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Guyra Police Court
John Leonard Johanson (41) pleaded guilty before Messrs A. A. Brown and H. Moss, J's.P., at Guyra Police Court on Monday, December 23, to a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Discovers Man's Charred Corpse Petrol Tin Beside Body Police Think Murder Possible MELBOURNE
Shortly after midnight a woman who was driving a car along the highway at Wantirna saw a car on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder Suspected Charred Body Found MELBOURNE
Early this morning the police found a chaired body in an abandoned car in the thick scrub at Wantirna, about 20 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Had Driving Lesson Then Stole Truck Audacious Gosford Theft SYDNEY
A young man entered a garage in the main street of Gosford last night and asked an employee to show him how to use the gears of a truck valued…
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Smart observation work on the part of a Narrabri police constable resulted in the solution of some missing money from a cafe in Narrabri during…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A.I.F. Casualties in Bardia Assault MELBOURNE
It is officially announced that the Australian casualties in the assault on Bardia did not exceed 500…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Search for Missing Child Police Comb 100 Square Miles SYDNEY
Constable Denholm, who took part in the unsuccessful search for the missing two-year-old boy, Desmond Clark, at Bugaldie, near Baradine,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mishap to Utility Police Court Investigation Driver Allegedly "Under the Influence" Police Magistrate Dismisses Information
Before Mr. F. T. Scroope, P.M., in the local Police Court yesterday. Sydney James Martin was charged with that on October 12, 1940, whilst under the influence of intoxicating liquor he did drive a utility track on a public highway—on the Shannon Vale Road, near the Beardy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Incident on Launch Laborer Charged SYDNEY
At the Hornsby Court to-day, William John Jones (25), labourer, was remanded to January 21 on a charge of having inflicted grievous bodily…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Would Rather Die Than Go To War" Jehovah's Witness Charged SYDNEY
Gordon Stewart Edwards, a Jehovah's Witness, said in Newcastle Police Court that he would not fight if Australia were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court Motor Traffic Breaches
Kevin Ross Whiteg, of Dumaresq-street, Armidale, was charged before the Police Magistrate (Mr. G. J. Johnstone), at Uralla Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Unsolved Murder Albury Pyjama Girl Burial Likely
After having been kept for six years in a formalin bath fn a zinc-lined coffin in a room at the Medical School at the Sydney University, the body of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tobruk Assault Opens Big Guns on Both Sides Roar (Australian Associated Press.) London
The British grip on Tobruk is lightening hourly as new forces are constantly arriving. The whole drama of Bardia's capture is being reenacted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Missing Man Police Dog Finds Body SYDNEY
The body of Michael Meehan. 24 who has been missing from the Boddington Convalescent Home. Went worth Falls, since early on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Missing Man's Body Found Police Dog Leads Constable to Cliff SYDNEY
The body of Michael Meehan (24), who had been missing from Bodington Convalescent Home, Wentworth Falls, since early Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When Tennyson Became Poet Laureate Had to Search For Court Suit
It is on record that England has had a Versifier Regis, a court poet, since Henry [?] day, and that is a chronological distance of more than 650…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Check on Enemy Alien Activity in N.S.W. Special Police Do Good Work SYDNEY
According to the Premier (Mr. Main, since the war began specially trained police have been investigating enemy alien activities in New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →C.P.S. ISSUED 33,900 Betting Tickets Consolidated Revenue Gained £88/13/9 Tax on Them Court House Year Reviewed
During 1940, the Clerk of Petty Sessions at Armidale issued 33,900 betting tickets. On these, £88/13/9 was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attempted Murder Husband Charged MELBOURNE
George Kelly. 54. laborer, has been charged with the attempted murder of his wife. Eduh Kelly. 52 The woman is in hospital suffering…
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