Youth Charged with Murder Wag[?]ga
Roy Maitland south 17, was shared at Wags police Course today with having murdered chifis[?] ther James [?] at Mo[?]unt Abstin…
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Courts & crime, 1936
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Wagga Tragedy Youth Charged with Murder WAGGA
Roy Malcolm Soutar, 17, who was detained yesterday, following the discovery of the death of Christopher James Bolger, 22, a grazier, on his Mt. Austin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shots Fired Man Wounded in Head Sequel in Police Court Sydney
Bail was refused Norman Stanley Gordon Smith, 25, a labourer, at the Redfern Court to-day, when he was remanded until January 11 on a charge of having shop…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court Tuesday, December 31 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Case Adjourned
Frederick Thomas Smith, 25, fibro plasterer, was charged with having committed an obscene act at the corner of Beaumont and Cleary Streets, Hamilton, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Theory Challenged Melbourne
In spite of the police theory, a brother and sister living in Melbourne of John Colville, better known in New South Wales as "Jack…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Licensing Court Applications Granted
The application of Harold C. Moran, of the Star Hotel, Newcastle, for a music permit, was granted. The following applications for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Debts Court Case Adjourned
The case in which the Estate of Peter McMahon proceeded against F. C. Goodchild was adjourned by consent to January 14…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Violence Death of Shearer's Cook Murder Theory Discounted Wagga
The police have practically abandoned the theory that Jack Conway, 59, whose body was found in an underground tank at the rear of the Matong Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Districts Reorganised Sweeping Changes Effected Sydney
Important reorganisation of country police districts incorporating some sweeping changes were to-day announced by the Commissioner (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Changes Country Reorganisation Announced by Mr. Chaffey Sydney
The Chief Secretary (Mr. F. A. Chaffey) stated to-day that there was no truth in the rumour that the headquarters of the Northern police district were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Few Grave Charges Annual Police Report More S.p. Cases
How Newcastle observed the law during 1935 provides interesting reading in the annual return of cases dealt with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Took Poison Counterfeiter Saw Police Verdict of Suicide Gosford
How the locating of a coining plant at Bennsville, 13 miles from Gosford, on Christmas Eve by three detectives was followed by the speedy death of a man…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Crime Report Police Activity in 1935 No Murder Charges
The Newcastle police crime report, a guide to the district's behaviour in 1935, shows that 17 persons were committed for trial for attempted murder, compared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scuffle with a Policeman Magistrate's Warning
"If ever you knock a constable about in a drunken fit you will go to Maitland for three months." Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., warned a man at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Remand Granted Youth on Murder Charge WAGGA
When Roy Malcolm Soutar, 17, appeared at the Wagga Police Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Christopher James Bolger, at Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bail Granted to Ex-policeman Charge of Murder Melbourne
Lachlan McLachian, formerly a police trainee at the police depot, St. Kllda-road, Melbourne, who was committed for trial by the Coroner on a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Murder Theory Matong Well Tragedy Opinion of Relatives Melbourne
The opinion of New South Wales detectives that John Conway, 59, of Matong, whose body was found in a well at the Matong Hotel, accidentally fell down the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Drag River for Missing Man Melbourne
Ernest Pilgrim, of Batman-street. North F[?]tzroy, left home late yesterday to go fishing for eels. When he had not returned to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Surf Champion in Court Charge Not Sustained Sydney
Charles Wallace Scott, 23, manager, who was stated to be the Australian surf belt champion, pleaded not guilty at Manly Court to-day to a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Areas Changed Effect in North-east District Mr. White's Territory
Changes in the administration of northern police districts, as announced by the Commissioner (Mr. Mackay) yesterday, mean that the…
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