Acquitted on Stealing Charges SYDNEY
Without calling upon the defence, a jury at the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions to-day acquitted George Cecil Stuart (30), who was charged with…
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Courts & crime, 1940
1,066 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 54
Passengers on Lorry "Dangerous," Says Magistrate
"It is a dangerous practice to carry passengers on the back of a motor lorry, and one which must stop," commented Mr. A. J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Better Conditions for Grafton Gaol Inmates
The prisoners in Grafton gaol, thanks largely to their own activities, are enjoying a varied menu these days. In their potato field this season they have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Passengers on Lorry "Dangerous Practice," Says Magistrate KYOGLE
Ernest T. Rochester was fined £3, with 8s costs, by Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., in Kyogle Police Court on a charge of having, on December 8,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Incredible Ferocity Murder and Rapine by Nazi Brutes
There have been fully 15,000 executions of Poles by Nazis, according to a report on German atrocities in Poland just issued. The victims have included…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kyogle Thirty Years Ago Police Changes
Snr.-Constable Mahoney, who has been promoted to the charge of Kyogle station, arrived on Monday. Snr.-Constable Selff has resigned from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Raid on Soviet Trade Bureau in Paris MOSCOW, Thursdavy
The Tass newsagency announces that the Soviet protested to France following a police raid on the Paris premises of the Soviet Trade Bureau…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fined for Contempt of Court Protestant Paper and Publisher
On the complaint of Salvatore Testa, an orchardist, of Pozieres, near Stanthorpe, the Clarion Press, Pty., Ltd., of Queen-st., Brisbane, propretor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brothers Plead Guilty to Stealing Drug Addicts, Declare Police
SYDNEY, Friday:—Two brothers who the police said were admitted drug addicts, Peter Plavin (19) and Edward Plavin (18)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Recapture of Gaol Escapee
BRISBANE, Friday:—Arthur Halliday, who escaped from Boggo Road Gaol on January 28, was recaptured in dense bush by the side…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gaoled for Stealing Drugs Sydney
Peter Plavin (19) and his brother, Edward Plavin (18), were sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment at the Quarter Sessions to-day for breaking…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Escapee From Boggo-road Gaol Recaptured Brisbane
Arthur Halliday, who escaped from the Boggo-road gaol on January 28, was recaptured near Diaguilar this afternoon…
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Back to his one-room-and-a-kitchen home in Hoxton walked Sam Harrison, saved from six months' hard labor by his 22-year-old wife…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Making Inquiries
For some weeks past the Lismore and district police have been seeking information about the whereabouts of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nazi Allegation of Murder by Poles
LONDON, Sunday:—Apparently in an attempt to offset the revelations of Nazi atrocities in Poland, the German Foreign Office has published a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To Practise for Police Carnival
Constable C. Langham, officer in charge of the Lismore police patrol, has left for Sydney to prepare for the annual police carnival which will be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Woman's Throat Gashed Man on Murder Charge BRISBANE
With her throat badly gashed, Lilian Agneta May (42), married, collapsed in Miles-street, Mount Isa, early this morning and died before an ambulance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Minister and Laborer Sentenced Sequel To Pacifist Meeting
AUCKLAND, Monday:—A sequel to an open air pacifist meeting at Wellington on Friday night, the Rev. Ormond Edward Burton,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"See What Liquor Brings to You" Magistrate's Admonition To Soldier SYDNEY, Monday.rnnrfa-i
Stanley Anzac McPherson, the second name being given to him because his father had fought in the 1914-8 World War, was severely…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Local and General Wedding Ring at Police Office
Murwillumbah police, have in their possess on a gold wedding ring which was handed in at the office recently It was found in South Murwillumbah…
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