Council Clerk Sent to Gaol Melbourne
Pleading "Guilty" to a charge of having stolen £424 from Footscray City Council, by which he was employed, John Dawson, a clerk, of Footscray, to-day was sentenced…
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Courts & crime, 1940
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Police Court Monday, April 15. (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Betting Cases
Fines of £20, or 40 days' imprisonment, were imposed on Neil Watkins, 35, clerk, and Albert Clements, 40, barman, for street betting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gaol Sentence for M.L.C. Trautwein And His Taxes SYDNEY
Theodore Charles Trautwein, 72, hotel proprietor, was sentenced to one year's imprisonment' by Mr. Farrington, S.M., at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Less Selfishness on Roads Motorists Respond to Police Campaign
"I am confident the Police Department's road safety campaign, the introduction of the speed limits and similar anti-accident activities have played an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Benefits Police Mr. Tonking on Service Grade Pay SYDNEY
The Government's decision to introduce service grade pay in the police force was defended to-day by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Tonking)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Debts Court (Before Mr. M. E. Soane. S.M.)
An ex-parte verdict for £9, with 8s costs, was awarded in favor of Martha Langlands, of Percy-street, Lombton, against William Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A.C.T.U. and Strike Leaders Attitude to Court Approach SYDNEY
Efforts by the Australian Council of Trade unions, in association with the executive of the combined mining unions, for a settlement of the coal strike will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day in the COURTS (Before Mr. M. E. Soane. S.m.) Newcastle Police Division Stole Bed Clothes
"I am a victim of circumstances and don't want to say anything," said Leslie George Ferguson, 27, laborer, when asked why he had stolen three…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stealing Charges
Charles Augustus Bailey, 35, was charged with having, on March 23, stolen 12 fowls, valued at £3, the property of Walter Graham, on March 19 stolen 30…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fined for Stealing
Charged with having stolen a suitcase, two blankets, and other articles, valued at £2, the property of Bruce Henderson Francis Henry Clarke, 22, labourer, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alien Sent to Gaol Sydney
For not having notified the Aliens Registrar in Adelaide that he was coming to Sydney, Karl Heinz Schenck, 21, was sentenced to-day to three months'…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Three Months' Gaol Militiaman's Second Conviction
Convicted on March 19 of a theft at Rutherford Camp and bound over for 18 months. Peter Darcy Aldridge, 19, pleaded "Guilty" at the West Maitland Court…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Court (Before Mr. M. E. Sonae, S.M.) Vagrancy Charges
Colin Edward Rochford. 18, useful, and Reuben Cavendish Boyle, 20, waiter, who appeared on vagrane charges, were each sentenced to s[?]r months…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gaol Sentence for Two Men Sydney
Described as a professional footballer, John Elwin Jubb. 28, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment. A similar sentence was passed on Brian…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kurri Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M.) Left Fire Burning
Leslie John Beveridge, a farmer, of Black Hill, near Kuril, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having on March 16 left a fire he had lighted before…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court Tuesday, April 16 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Stole Bedclothes
For having stolen bedclothes from a verandah in Adamstown. Leslie George Ferguson, 27, labourer, was fined £2, in default four days' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder Victim's Wallet Missing Melbourne
James Edwards, 47, who was found battered to death in Burke-road, Camberwell, on Saturday, probably had more than £30 in his possession when murdered…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Militiaman Sent to Gaol Assaulted Policeman West Maitland Trouble
A militiaman was sentenced to 14 days imprisonment for having assaulted a constable, and was ordered to pay £10/4/, in default a further 21 days'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court As Way Out
Sir,—Travelling in many parts of Newcastle and the Coalfields, I have not met 50 men in favour of this general strike. Good solid workers have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Application to Court Melbourne
"No application has yet been filed in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court for a compulsory conference on the coal strike." said the industrial…
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