Stole Betting Ticket Man Gets Year's Gaol SYDNEY
John William Gough, 34, labourer, was sentenced to imprisonment for 12 months, with hard labour, at the Central Court to-day, for having stolen a betting ticket,…
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Courts & crime, 1939
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Convicted for Theft Man Who Broadcast From Lion's Den SYDNEY
Thomas Howard McDonald Steele, 23, who was said to have broadcast recently from a lion's den in Brisbane, was convicted at North Sydney Police Court…
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In sentencing Sydney Roy Victor Short, 49, to three years' imprisonment. Mr. Acting Judge Herron, at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions to-day, said, that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Small Debts Court Verdict for Defendant
A verdict in favour of the defendant was returned in the case in which Arwed Walter Hall Maude-street, Belmont, sued Prudence Blight Pike, Walter-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Masked Men Alleged Attack at Mine Watchman's Evidence Two for Trial on Assault Charges
Allegations that two men wearing masks attacked him at the North Wallarah mine, near Swansea, about 9 p.m. on December 9, were made by Paul Bernard Klutz,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Newcastle Sun" Features Popeye, the Sailorman Police Description
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Continued on Trove, page 6 →Would Send Drunks To Doctor, Not Court SYDNEY
"It would pay the community to bring drunks before a doctor rather than before a magistrate," Canon Hammond said yesterday, when reviewing his 25 years as a Police Court Missioner…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Official Secrets Act Police Powers to be Curtailed LONDON, February 15
An amendment to the Official Secrets Act confining the special powers of police interrogation to cases of espionage was introduced in the House of Lords by the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Old Man Killed Struck by Police Motor-Cycle Accident at Casino Lismore
Alexander McDonald, 70, was killed when struck by a police motor-cycle on Showground Hill, South Casino, about 9.30 o'clock to-night…
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Unable to find a surely, Robert Ernest Lesslie, 24, seaman, was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment on a charge of having stolen, at Carrington, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Stolen Butter Charged with Death Montreal
In radio broadcasts by the police and newspaper advertisements, the authorities are warning the public to be on guard…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court Thursday, February 16 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Illegal Betting
John Reynolds, 21, labourer, was fined £20, in default 40 days' imprisonment, for having been in Patrick-street. Merewether, on February 5, for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Youths with Revolver Three Years' Gaol Sentence SYDNEY
Ronald Gordon Johnson, 18 and Arthur Edward Bartle, 17, who pleaded "Guilty" to attempted robbery while armed with a revolver, were sentenced at Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Remanded on Charge of Murder Sydney
Timothy Ryan (44), labor, appeared before Mr. Oram, S.M. at the Redfern Court to-day on a charge of having, at Redfern on February 8,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Industrial Court Fourth Adjournment
For the fourth time, a month's adjournment was granted in the cases against H. Wilkinson, of Nelson-street. Wallsend, and four employees in the firm's…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Verdict Against Policeman Charge of Assault Dog Meeting Incident Bathurst
Alleging wrongful imprisonment and assault, Charles Edward Langley, in the Bathurst District Court today, claimed £400 from Sergeant Reginald Dunn,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Maltese Gets 18 Months Gaol for Possessing Counterfeit Florins Sydney
Sentenced to 18 months to-day at the Quarter Sessions for having 59 counterfeit florins, Samuel Borg (38), a Maltese, said that 15 had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£25 Damages Against Police Officer Bathurst
A District Court jury yesterday awarded Charles Edward Langley, clerk, of Bathurst Council, £25 damages plus costs, in his claim against…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drivers Without Licences Police Checking Up SYDNEY
In a recent cheek of 68,268 drivers of motor-vehicles in New South Wales, police found that 170 were driving while unlicensed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Girl Gets Damages £500 for Assault and Slander Shop Detective's Questions About Hat Sydney
Lois Margaret Threlfe, 18, milk bar attendant, was awarded £500 damages in the Causes Court to-day against McDowell's Ltd. for assault and slander…
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