Peer in Divorce Court Cites Former Chauffeur As Core
Lord Charlemont cites his former chauffeur, Frederick Ryan, as co-respondent in his divorce petition now before the Ulster High Court…
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Courts & crime, 1940
1,066 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 54
A.I.F. Man Found Dead Police Suicide Theory SYDNEY
Harry Brohn (24), a member of the A.I.F., was found dead on the roof ot a block of flats in Coogee this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Youths Sentenced to Death for Stealing
LONDON, Thursday:—"The Times" correspondent in Copenhagen says that a special court at Nuremberg sentenced to death a 19-years-old…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol Escape Prisoners Drive Away In Car GOULBURN
Two prisoners escaped from the Goulburn Reformatory by driving from it in a motor car. They were later recaptured, hiding…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ballina Court Figures No Committals Ballina
Although a total of 136 charges were heard in the Ballina Court of Petty Sessions during 1939 there wore no committals for trial. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Man Fined for Painting on Saturday Coolangatta Court
Harold Jones, of Kedron, was fined £4 and his employer, Reginald Arthur Moore, trading as Moore Signs, Brisbane, was fined £5 by Mr. Stanley…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Warning by Police Certain Types of Travelling Hawkers
The Lismore police have isssued a warning to the public to beware of the activities of certain types of travelling hawkers who tour country…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Indecent Language and Assault
James Mahlon Wilson (51), labourer, was charged before Mr. E. H. Kelly, J.P.. at the Lismore Police Court yesterday with having used indecent…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Search for Gaol Escapee
BRISBANE, Monday:—Fifty police are hunting Arthur Halliday, who escaped from Boggo Road gaol on Sunday afternoon—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Charged Goods in Possession
A sequel to a visit to North Lismore by Constables V. Scroope and R. Peterkin was the appearance in the Lismore Police Court yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Sequel to £5 Notes Sensation Sydney
Arising out of the distribution of forged £5 Commonwealth bank notes in the metropolitan area on Saturday, 11 men and one woman…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Investigating Fire Sydney
Police to-day commenced inquiries into the cause of a fire in the sugar elevator at the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's works at Pyrmont…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Rescue Starving Man in Flooded Country
PERTH, Tuesday:—Semi-conscious, sunburnt, starving and with blistered feet and wild boars waiting near by. Henry Cameron (47), was lying on a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Conviction After Direction by Full Court
BRISBANE, Tuesday:—At the direction of the Full Court, Mr. A. H. C'Kelly, P.M., to-day convicted and fined A. Stiffler £20, in default three…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleged Theft of Money
ATHERTON (Queensland), Wednesday:—Following the report of a robbery from a cottage occupied by Herbert Wilson, railway employee,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Chase at Coolangatta
An exciting police chase through the streets of Coolangatta yesterday afternoon, culminating in the arrest of a man, gave rise to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →12 Months' Gaol for Carrying Pistol at Night Sydney
In addition to being fined £50, Daniel Perry (25) was, at the Central Police Court, sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for having carried an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempted to Steal Petrol From Police Car Sydney, Wednesday
According to evidence at the Central Police Court, Thomas Sydney McAllister (18) and Ernest Robertson (18) attempted last Saturday to steal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →15 Persons Before Court Charges Relating to Uttering
SYDNEY, Wednesday: — Fifteen people, including a woman, appeared at the Central Court to-day on remand on charges relating to uttering…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stealing Charges
At the Coolangatta Court yesterday, before Messrs. G. E. Gregory and W. C. Dobson, J's.P., William Webb and Ben Doyle were charged with stealing…
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