Gaol for Bribery Aldermen’s Appeals Fail
In Sydney yesterday Acting Judge Student dismissed the appeals of Leslie Cohen, John William Nelson, and Ernest Navin against the prison…
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Courts & crime, 1940
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Tribute to Police Force
Speaking at the Police Association Conference in Sydney yesterday the Chief Secretary, Mr. Tonking, said that if there was a better police force…
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Our new C.P.S., Mr. Luff, is certainly living up to the high reputation which preceded him of not only being a capable officer but also a…
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At the Supreme Court in Canberra on Monday his Honour Mr. Justice Lukin reserved decision in an appeal by Francis Everard Maloney, of…
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MELBOURNE.— Following the discovery of the naked body of a man in a clay hole at Oakieigh this morning, detectives were rushed to the…
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A clash occurred between Chinese members of the crew of an overseas freighter and 20 police at a Sydney wharf last night. Heavy ingots of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fine’s for S.P. BETTING Police Raid at Goulburn
Fines totalling more than £50 were imposed at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday morning on three Goulburn men and a youth, who each pleaded…
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Mrs. Martha Miller (66), an old-age pensioner, was found murdered late last night in a email shack in which she lived alone at the back of…
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Jesse Toulett Newton, 48, a member of a religious sect, was charged at the Canberra Police Court on Saturday with carrying on business as a hawker…
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Jesse Toulett Newton, 48, a member of a religious sect, was charged at the Canberra Police Court on Saturday with carrying on business as a…
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NOW that the nine black-robed was notices of the Supreme Court of the United States have moved out of the Capitol in Washington to their…
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At the Central Criminal -Court, Sydney, on Wednesday, Patrick Gavin (17) was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment on a charge of having Killed his…
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COLONEL PRIMROSE often thought later of those last few minutes. He remembered glancing at the girl to his left and seeing that…
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THE Chief Justice and the associate justices were seated at the long table at the end of the narrow room. Colonel Primrose took the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Month’s Gaol for Girl Stole Diamond Ring From Rectory
At the Goulburn Police Court on Monday, Joan Thornwaite, 19, pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen a diamond ring. valued at £10. the…
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At the Goulburn Police Court on Monday, Wilfred McHugh, of “Myall” Balranald. whom the driver of the police patrol described as “quite a good…
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Two cases from Captain’s Flat were heard together before His Honor Judge Neild, and a jury of four; at the Queanbeyan district Court on Wednesday…
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A SLIM, lovely woman swept lightly into the room, and took the girl in her arms. "Oh, Anne, dear!" she said softly. For a moment Anne…
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KNOWING Brady, Colonel Primrose was quite prepared for the scene before him. Brady sat, tight lipped and iron-jawed, at a table…
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At the Goulburn Police Court yesterday John Patrick Ayan, 67, a stranger to Goulburn whose lengthy list of convictions include a sentence…
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