Maximum Gaol Term for Interference with Dead Body Wellington (N.z.), Friday
Found guilty by a jury after it had been out 90 minutes, Desmond Robert Perry, 24, single, was yesterday sentenced to the maximum term—two…
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Courts & crime, 1948
316 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 3 of 16
Police Court Prison Sentences for Theft
A man, with a cheque for £30 and £15 in banknotes in his pocket, unwisely became friendly with two…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Men Charged With King's Cross Murder SYDNEY, Tuesday
Twenty-six-year-old dealer, Arthur Edgar Wall, was stabbed to death in a King's Cross flat last night. He died soon after being admitted to hospital. Doctors found that Wall, who was [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Further Remand on Alleged Theft of £800
Appearing before the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Thursday, and charged with allegedly obtaining £800 by a trick from a Sydney gold buyer on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Brevities
The Court of Petty Sessions sat at Dubbo yesterday. Mr. R. A. Kearsley, S.M., presided on the Bench. Traffic Offences…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Is Dubbo Police Staff Below Strength
According to remarks passed at the meeting of the Dubbo Chamber of Commerce held last night, it would appear that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Willis, Honorary Magistrate (To the Editor)
Sir.—I, and many others I feel sure, read with interest a police court report in your last issue under the heading “Justices…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Tare Boots From Prisoner
In the Coonabarabran Court on Monday Senior Constable Kelly told Messrs. Holt and Murphy J.sP., that he took the boots…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Serial Story- Murder is Forgetful Character's of this story
JOHNNY SAXON, a Private Investigator in a business with MOE MARTIN his aged uncle are engaged on a case concerning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →C.i.o. Organisation Charged with Act Violation
The Federal Grand Jury has indicted the Congress of Industrial organisations and its President, Phillip Murray, on a charge of violation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Brevities Offensive Behaviour, Deemed Insane
Appearing before Mr. R. A. Kearsley, S.M., at the Court of Petty Sessions, yesterday, Robert Rendall McDonald, labourer, was changed with offensive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supreme Court Rejects Communist's Appeal WASHINGTON
The Supreme Court, by six to three, yesterday refused to hear an appeal by Leon Josephson, an admitted Communist, who was sentenced to a year's gaol for contempt of Congress when he refused to testify before the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →School Children Win Police Essay Prizes Bush Fire Prevention
Bush fire leave and the desolation of a burnt-out country-side, suggested the formation of volunteer bush fire brigades over 30 years ago, but it was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →15-Year-Old Boy Charged With Murder MELBOURNE
A fifteen-year-old schoolboy was charged with murder last night. His arrest followed inquiries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorised Police for Trangie
Senior Constable Weddock, of Trangie, has been advised by the Police Department that a motor cycle outfit will be made available to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →15 Year-old Boy on Murder Charge Melbourne, Thursday
A fifteen-year-old schoolboy was charged with murder last night. His arrest followed inquiries by the homicide squad into the death of William Harry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth Before Court Story of Car Chase at 60 m.p.h
Two Mendooran citizens in a car one recent Friday afternoon chased a stolen car at 60 miles an hour along the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Serial Story- Murder is Forgetful Characters of this story
JOHNNY SAXON, a Private Investigator in a business with MOE MARTIN his aged uncle are engaged on a case concerning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Petty Sessions. Eviction Case Generally Adjourned. Magistrate Considers that Landlord Permitted Tenant to Remain out of Kindness of Heart
CONCLUDING proceedings which began in December of last year, Mr. H. G. Cobley, Stipendiary Magistral, last Tuesday generally adjourned the case under the landlord and Tenant Act, in which Mrs. Selina Siggins asked for an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Months Gaol for Wheat Bag Theft
A 29-year-old wheat-carter was sentenced to three months' hard labour for the theft of 300 wheat bags from a Wongarbon farmer on or about November 1, 1947, when he appeared before Mr. R. A. Kersley, S.M., at the Court of…
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