Boy Charged With Stealing Before the Children's Court
A man named Norman John Giles, working at Weemebah Station, Dubbo, reported the loss of on Tuesday, and it was alleged…
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Courts & crime, 1939
646 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 33
Truck Driver Charged
At Dubbo this week, Constable J. Penny arrested a man who was in charge of a motor utility truck that had no number plates. Later,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dies in Gaol After Three Weeks' Imprisonment MELBOURNE
Clarence Curwen, aged 52 years a former member of the bankrupt firm of Ward and Co., stock share brokers, died in Pentridge gaol from…
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On a charge of having murdered Bruce Williamson, aged 10 years, Henry Brayged 52 years, a horticulturist, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Our New Sergeant Of Police
Gilgandra's new sergeant of police, Sergeant Cunningham, of Manly, took up duties this week, having succeeded Sergeant Taylor, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Died in Gaol After Serving Three Weeks Of Four Years' Sentence Melbourne
Clarence Royal Curwen (52), a former member of the bankrupt firm of Ward and Company, stock and sharebrokers, died from heart failure in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pickets at Stevedore's Home Dispersed by Police Sydney
A message from Port Kembla states that waterside workers to-day picketed the home of a foreman stevedore, Ben Sloan, in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Fire at Fleeing Thieves Stolen Goods Found Sydney
Several shots were fired by the Liverpool police last night at two men who abandoned a stolen car and escaped in the darkness by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Neon Sign Worries Occupants of Flats Judge Orders Switching Off During Certain Hours Unusual Court Case Sydney
Mr. Justice Boyce, who last night inspected a large Neon sign at King's Cross, to-day, in the Equity Court, said that [?] was satisfied it seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Remarkable Decision in Murder Case
A man acquitted of murder may be liable for damages for the "unlawful killing" of the victim. The decision was made by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire and Robbery Man Charged Sydney
There was a sequel to-day to the fire which occurred in the Sydney Arcade yesterday morning, when Harry Oleinikoff, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mooney Congratulated On Release from Gaol Sydney
The International Labor Defence and a number of other bodies have despatched a cable to Tom Mooney, expressing gratification at his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charged With Arson Man Alleged to Have Made Statement Insurance Money Warialda
At the Warialda Police Court Harold Glen was committed for trial on a charge of arson at the conclusion of an inquiry into a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Natives To Be Guillotined in Public Guilty of Murder Sydney
A cable message from Noumea states that a New Hebrides native, who killed five people, including three children, with an axe, and an escaped Javanese…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Shot Dead Brother on Murder Charge Quarrel Over Girl Adelaide
At an inquest on Robert Wilfred Batls (40), farmer's laborer, the Coroner found that the dead man had been fatally shot by his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Lies About Missing Money Many Stories to Police £56 Untraced
Several hours were occupied in the Children's Court, Dubbo, yesterday, before Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., in hearing evidence in a case…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coats Off in Court Considerate Police Magistrate
With a temperature ranging around the 110 mark, legal men, police officers, and members of the general public, not to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court Minor Cases
In addition to cases reported elsewhere, the following were dealt with by Mr. G. Cookson, P.M., at the Gilgandra Police Court on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaol Riot Warders Attacked Trouble at Bathurst
Two warders were badly injured in another serious disturbance in the Bathurst Gaol on Tuesday, and a serious riot was averted only…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further Trouble In Bathurst Gaol Warders Assaulted
Further trouble occurred at the Bathurst Gaol early yesterday morning, following two separate attacks on two warders on…
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