Police Arrest A.I.F. COLONEL Embezzlement Charge Made Released on £100 Bail Melbourne
Lieut.—Colonel John Wesley Mitchell, 48, was arrested by detectives to-night and was charged at the City Watchhouse…
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Courts & crime, 1940
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Arbitration and Coal-miners Hughes Insists on Court As Tribunal James, M.H.R., Intervenes for Settlement of Dispute SYDNEY
Willingness to meet representatives of the mining unions and to do everything in his power to bring the parties together with a view to a settlement of the questions in dispute in the coal mining industry, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Concert Party Visits Gaol
A concert party organised by Mr. Eric Parsons, of Kearsley, visited the East Maitland gaol and entertained the inmates. The assisting artists were Eric…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Boys' Farm Home Burglary Action Taken Against Officers SYDNEY
Grave laxity in certain sections of the administration of the Mittagong farm home for boys had been found by the Public Service Board, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Court Friday, January 26 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane. S.m.) Salesman Bound Over
Raymond Keith Shedden, 21, salesman, pleaded "Guilty" to having on January 26, stolen motor accessories to the value of £5. Under section 556A of the Crimes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gaol Best Cure, Says Doctor Woman Given Chance SYDNEY
A sentence would be the best means of correcting a woman who had pleaded "Guilty" to 24 charges of having obtained goods by false pretences, said a…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Thefts Reported to Newcastle Police
Edward Jenkins of Date-street, Adamstown, reported to Newcastle police yesterday that his home had been entered and £6 5s two wristlet…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Car "Tooters" to Face Court. Many Names Have Been Taken SYDNEY
Of nearly 300 motor car "tooters" who have been reported since Christmas Day, about 40 will be prosecuted within a few weeks at the City Traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Men on Stealing Charges
Rowland Randel Cowan, 04, and Thomas Little, 60, labourers, were charged at the Maitland Court on Saturday with having on January 26, at West Maitland, stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Prisoner Breaks Gaol His Second Attempt BRISBANE
Scaling a 24ft. wall by means of rope made from materials from the carpet weaving shop, Arthur Halliday, 30, made a daring escape from Boggo-road Gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Forged £5 Notes; Police Warning
Newcastle police to-day issued a warning to business people to closely examine £5 notes tendered in payment for any goods following a report by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Counterfeit Banknotes Alleged 11 Men and One Woman Charged Sydney
Eleven men and one woman appeared before Mr. Harrison, S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day on charges relating to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Threatened by Fire—being Probed by Police Launceston
A charred newspaper was found inside the main door of a store on Inspection Head wharf early yesterday. It had apparently been ignited and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wife's Appeal Upheld by English Court in Paternity Issue London
The limitation of a husband's right to give evidence in Divorce Court reflecting on the legitimacy of a child born to his wife in wedlock, was the subject of a judgment by the Court of Appeal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In the Courts Newcastle Police (Before Mr. A. R. Rashke, J.P.) Men Remanded
John Elston, 18, laborer, was remanded to to-morrow on charges of having refused to pay for meals and accommodation at the Star Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A.W.U. Seeks Shorter Working Week Wants Arbitration Court Abolished SYDNEY
Campaigns for reduction in working hours, abolition of the Federal Arbitration Court or alternatively its replacement of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Month's Gaol on Charge of Betting
"Under the section on which you are charged I have no option but to send you to gaol," said Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M.. to a man appearing on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To-day in the Courts Newcastle Police Sent To Gaol (Before Mr. M. E. Soane. S.M.)
Walter O'Brien (58), laborer, was charged with having, at Newcastle on January 26, stolen eight pairs of women's bloomers valued at £1, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licensing Court
The licence ol the Windsor Castle Hold, East Maitland. was transferred from Albert Ernest Skelhorn to Claude Henry Wright, of Cessnock, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assault Boats Ordered for Home Defence Sydney
One hundred assault boats are to be manufactured In Sydney shortly for the army. They arc for landing troops or for…
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