Acerbity in Police Court
It is not often a magistrate cate[?]ises an inspector of police, Mr. J. J. S[?]llivan, J.P., was an exception to this rule at the Bathurst Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1916
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Military Imposter Sentenced
Private Norman Stacy-Duke, alias C. C. Morris, who was recently found guilty by Court Martial at Sydney of assertion and escaping from…
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Melbourne police are searching for a clue that will lead to the arrest of the murderer of William Haines, a chauffeur, employed by the Glubo…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shooting at Police
James Joseph McKnight was on Monday found guilty of shooting at Constable Priest at Fitzroy (Vic.) with intent to murder him. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. German Raider Moewe. Captured. The Assault on Verdun Waning. French Holds Positions Strongly. London, Thursday night
A rport from Washington states that press despatches assert that a British cruiser has captured the German raider Moewe in the South Atlantic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Wheat Stealing Case
A ease possessing some interesting features was before his Honor Judge Scholes and a jury at the Cowra Quarter Sessions last week, when Les…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Guilty of Theft
When we went to press on Friday, last Police Magistrate Robertson was engaged hearing a charge against Mass[?] Godden for, stealing goods of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court
At the Police Court on Tuesday morning. before Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M., Joseph Dougherty and Joseph Muir were charged with drunkenness, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Sheep Stealing
Early in February a number of sheep were stolen from Mr. J. W., Miller's farm near Yeoval. The miss animals included a long-tailed ra[?]…
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At the Dubbo Pohec Court on Friday last, before Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M., a middle-aged woman named Maude Godden was fined £3, with 6s costs of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ventilating the Court Room
As a result of remarks passed by his Honor Judge Bevan, when presiding at the recent sessions at Dubbo anent insufficient ventilation of Dubbo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General Police Court
Before Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M., to-day, a middle-aged woman named Nellie Davis was charged with being a person having insufficient lawful…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Wheat Stealing
A case possessing some interesting features was before his Honor Judge Scholes and a jury at the Cowra Quarter Sessions last week, when hes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alleged Wholesole Stealing
For some time past Messrs. Camphell and Co., storekeepers, of Muswell- brook, have been missing goods consigned to them, and police proceedings…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Melbourne Murder
Two men have been arrested on suspicion in a connection with the murder of chauffour Haynes, who was found dead in a motor in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Assault at Verdun. London, Tursaday night
The German press admits that [?] operations at Verdun are of vital importance to them. Mr. Hutin says the Germans will be unable to maintain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Motor Murder. Sydney
Two men have been arrested on suspicion in connection with the murder of the Victorian chauffeur, William Haines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returned Soldiers As Police
The Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Mahon) is inviting returned soldiers to apply for three vacancies in the Northern Territory police service. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sergeant-Major Court Martialled. Sydney
At the [?] by Court Martial of acting Sergeant Major Tanner, on a charge of joining in the recent mutiny, Tanner deposed that he had done all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Postal Officials in Trouble. Alleged Stealing of a Postal Note
At the police court on Thursday last George Alexander McNeice and Erle Thomas Lindsay, recently employed at Wellington, were charged on the…
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