Missing Munition Worker. Police Unable to Trace Him
After having enlisted as a munition worker for England and his luggage had been entrained for Adelaide, Harold Hamsden, 42, employed as a telegraphist…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1918
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Boy Burglar. Sentenced to Nine Months' Gaol
James Brown, not yet 16, and still in knickerbockers, pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions to-day on charges of breaking and entering a dwelling house…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →JILTED. Returned Soldier's Excuse to Court Martial
Private Goodsell, a soldier, who saw service in Egypt and France, Was charged before the district court martial, with stealing a wristlet watch, the property…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Levy for Strike Distress. Court Dismisses Union Application
In the Melbourne District Court the Carters' and Drivers' Industrial Union proceeded against four of its members for the recovery of £15, said to be due…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Stealing. Bank Clerk Charged
Percy Chenery, a clerk in the Victorian State Savings Bank, was charged at the Police Court yesterday with stealing £80. It was alleged that he was handed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder at Sea
The British Admiralty would be well advised to publish full statistics of the ships which are missing " without trace." These have multiplied in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assault on a Chinaman. Sydney
A Chinese, George Sing, was passing dong a street in Surry Hills early this naming, when he was suddenly surrounded by a gang of rough-looking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Employees. Charges of Alleged Stealing
Two railway employees, Frederick Mcpstead and Joseph Walton, were committed for trial today on a charge of stealing property belonging to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court (Before Major Crane, P.m.) Saturday, January 19
Alfred Clarke (34) for being drunk in a lane off Albert Street on the previous day was fined 5s or 24 hours' cells…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prejudicing Recruiting. Anti-Speaker Sentenced to Six Months
Percy McDonald, an anti-conscription speaker, who described himself as secretary of the National Society of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barraba Police Officer Welcomed
Before the commencement of the Police Court business on the 17th inst., Mr. W. L. B. Brown, P.M., welcomed Sergeant McDonald on his promotion to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Larceny. Inverell Clerk Charged. INVERELL
a bookkeeper named Percy Lewis Short, 34 years of, age, who has been in the employ of Messrs. Ross, Limited, storekeepers, Inverell, for the past 19…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stolen False Teeth. Man Charged at Police Court
George Harris, 54, was remanded at the Police Court to-day on a charge of breaking and entering the shop of Vincent McAuley, George-street west, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Red Guards Murder Cadet Leaders. Deed Committed in Hospital
The "Times" correspondent states thai the Red Guards murdered Shingarie[?] and Kokoeshkien, former members of Kerensky's Government, while lying in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Public Service. Should he Free From Political Influence. Independent Court of Appeal Urged
Mr. S. A. Madodcks, Chairman of the Clerical Advisory Conference, giving evidence before the Public Service Commission to-day, dwelt upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sentenced to Six Months
At the Central Summons Court on Monday Mr. Macfarlano, C.S.M,, dealt with the adjourned case in which Percy McDonald, an anti-conscription…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charge of Wilful Murder
A report comes from Townsville that on Monday night a young woman, Gertrude Dilon, was found with a [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Revision Court
A court for the revision of ratepayers' lists of the Boomi, Boronga, and Welbondongoh Bore Water Trusts will be held at the Court House…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court (Before Mr. H. M. L. Pike, J.p.) Tuesday, January 22
William Watson (52) was charged with being drunk a Heber Street on the previous day. He pleaded guilty and was lined 23 6d. or the rising of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Court. Judge Edmunds Appointed President. SYDNEY
The Government has decided to appoint Mr. Justice Edmunds as President of the Coal Court, which is to be established for carrying out the Government…
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