Loud Speakers for Police Cars
Loud speakers are to be used for receiving messages on Scotland Yard Flying Squad cars instead of headphones, which have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1939
646 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 4 of 33
German Charged Tells Story of III Treatment at Sea Wollongong
Harry Mathies, a German, who is under remand at Wollongong on a charge of being a prohibited immigrant, in an interview last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Stabbed Police Make Arrest Melbourne
John Pickhard (53) was stabbed during an argument in Church Street, South Richmond. last night, and was treated at a hospital for a stab wound…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Complimmted by Police Magistrate Prompt Action by Police Officers "Probably Saved Great Conflagration
At the conclusion of the fire inquiry at Gilgandra on Thurs day last. Mr. R. G. Ccokson, P.M., remarked that before…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Careless Use of Fire Ewers Sentenced to Two Months Gaol "Gould Have Co[?] Thousands of Pounds"
"It was the worst period of the year, and may have caused thousands of pounds worth of damage. It is an offence that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hospital Visitors Should They Be Charged
At the last meeting of the Dubbo Hospital Board the house committee reported that an investigation had been made ino the matter of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parramatta Gaol Escapee Williams Recaptured SYDNEY
John Williams, who escaped from the Parramatta Gaol on December 17th, was recaptured in a house at Redfern early…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Country Patrol Police To Watch Traffic Breaches
Sixty police attached to the Traffic Branch were praded at headquarters before the Superintendent of Traffic (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bourke Police Court
Quite a number of cases were heard during the past week before local Justice of the Peace, mainly being "drunks" and trespassing on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ex-taxi Driver Sentenced to Five Years Sydney, Friday night
At the Sydney Quarter Sessions today, Angus Barwick (25), a former taxi driver, was sentenced to live years' imprisonment on seven charges, six…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hospital Visitors Should They Be Charged?
At last meeting of Dubbo Hospital Board, the house committee reported that an investigation had been made into the matter of charging…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrorist Plot Revealed Astounding Court Revelations When Men Are Charged With Conspiracy London
An astounding terrorist plot, involving incendiarism and the bombing of public buildings and utilities in Britain, was revealed in documents produced at the Bow Street Court when 12 men were charged with conspiracy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Convicted Two Assault Charges River Bank Fracas
Two charges of assault were preferred against Edward Foster at Dubbo Police Court yesterday morning when Mr. S. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Charge Sequel to Man's Death Sydney
Detectives who have been investigating the death of John Browning, at Tumut, on January 28, yesterday arrested a man and charged him with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disgraceful Conditions. 10 People, 20 Dogs Under One Roof Council and Police to Investigate
Allegations to disgraceful living conditions were being experienced by certain families in Narromine were made by Ald…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Australian Girl Abroad. Mountain Ski-ing Indoors. Winter Cavalcade at Earls Court Leona Sees Breathtaking Scenes in Exhibition Hall
In her usual vivid and inimitable style, Leona Deane this week takes her reader's in imagination to the Winter Cavalcade at Earls Court. You'll enjoy reading every word of it. Well, we get cynical and cold and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Daylight Sheep Stealing
A particularly daring sheep robbery was reported from a property on the Taralga Road (near Goulburn) recently, when two men used…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Redfern Murder Police Confident of Solving Mystery SYDNEY
The murderer of Eric Carlson, the Swedish seaman, who was done to death on hotel premises, Redfern, yesterday, is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempted Suicide Young Man Before the Court Admonished and Sentenced to the Rising
A young, man, who came to Coonabarabran early in the year, and on 20th January attempted to commit suicide by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder Charge Tenterfield Tragedy. Mechanic Remanded
John Trevor Kelly, 24, motor mechanic, was charged at Tenterfleld police court on Monday night with having murdered Marjorle…
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