Lost Property at Police Station
Wellington Police are seeking the owners of a pair of ear-rings and a string of pearls which were handed to…
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Courts & crime, 1951
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Bourke Police Court Charge of Stealing
Before local Justices on Wednesday last, Thomas Flynn, aged 21 years, was charged with stealing the sum of £31/18/3…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Race to Guard Fortune Sydney
Police raced to guard a fortune in gold and silver bars when a fire badly damaged a Surry Hills factory early today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hearing Resumed In Assault Case New Australian Gives Evidence Against Two Mumbil Men
AT the resumed hearing yesterday, of the charges against two Mumbil men of having assaulted two New Australians, Mr. F. A. Davidson, who appeared for the defendants, refused to make use of the services of the interpreter provided by the Crown and cross-examined one of the complainants in English…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Vehicle for Police Department’s Virtual Refusal
The Police Department has virtually rejected the request of the Coonabarabran Chamber of Commerce that a four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assault Case (contd)
The fight went on in the corridor and then into the room. He saw Scacou break the bottle and hold up the jagged top…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Assault On New Australians Proved Fines and Heavy Expenses and Compensation Imposed on Two Mumbil Men
IN the Wellington Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday last, Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. R. Palmer, convicted two Mumbil men on two charges of assault on two New Australians at Mumbil on July 8 last and fined each £6 with £51/13/- witnesses' expenses and compensation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Theft of Ring Brings Fine of £30
Thomas Peter West, of Peak Hill, was fined £30 by Mr. R. Palmer, S.M., at Dubbo Court on Friday when he pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Months' Gaol For Man Who Started Bosh Fire
A man who started a bush fire was yesterday sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Hunt For Nose-Biter SYDNEY
Judge Holden yesterday ordered the arrest of a young Hungarian waiter accused of biting off another man's nose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stole £5000 In Jewels, Police Say MELBOURNE
A man who is alleged to have stolen a tray of diamond rings worth more than £5000 in Sydney on November 3 has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Loses Trivial Buildings Case Fails to Prove It Has Power to Control Building Magistrate Orders £15/15/0 Costs to Be Paid or Complainant (Tester) Is to Serve 32 Days Hard Labour
A case which has occupied the attention of the Gilgandra Police Court for the past six months, was concluded on Monday, when the Magistrate (Mr. Palmer) dismissed a case against H. E. O. Campbell brought by the Gilgandra Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Safety Lectures by Police
Members of the Police School lecturing section, Police find Policewomen attached to the Police Traffic Office, under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police May Stress Bushfire Danger in Schools
A police officer may lecture Dubbo schoolchildren next week—Fire Prevention Week—on the danger of bushfires, said a member of the State Bushfire Committee (Mr. P. O. Beddoes) today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Men and Women Police to Attend Meeting
A party of men and women police from the school lecturing staff of the Police Traffic branch in Sydney will attend…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Slapped Wife In Court: Jail BRISBANE
A Polish migrant is now in jail after slapping his wife's face in court. He was sent to jail yesterday for contempt of court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"We Are Not Fire Conscious" Says Police Sergeant Newman
Sergeant Newman, in charge of the Gilgandra Station, and who for some time was stationed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bush Fire Organisation Shire Council Fell Down on Its Job Police Request Forestry Official to Take Charge Where Shire Should Have Been Active
One glaring fact stands out from the recent disastrous fires in this area and that is that there must be an overhaul of the present control of bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Break Into Lithgow Shop Lithgow
Lithgow police had to break into a small mixed-business stor to reach the body of the storekeeper. Mrs. Elizabeth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dean Wins Dance Court Action SYDNEY
Giving evidence in Newcastle Court yesterday, the Dean of Newcastle, Very Rev. W. A. Hardie, said he had gone to a…
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