The Moore Park Murder
At the Central Court to-day William Fisher (65), a printer, was charged with having murdered Jeanette Irene Walsh, aged 3 or 4 years, whose…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1941
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Murder Charge Fails
Sarah Maude O’Brien, 29, domestic and Bruce Edward Plunkett, 24, carpenter’s improver, were discharged by Mr. Reed, C.S.M., at the Central Police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dog Disliked Police
Alleging that a certain dog was in the habit of threatening only policemen, Constable Harvey, at the Moss Vale Police Court, detailed an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Plonk" Party Brings a Man 21 Days' Gaol "Dicky" Dodd's Downfall
Two charges were preferred against a well-known Mongarlowe man at the Braidwood Police Court on Tuesday, one of them sufficiently serious to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canberra Supreme Court Compensation Claim £825 for Widow and Child
His Honour, Mr. Justice Lukin at the Canberra Supreme Court on Tuesday returned a verdict for £825 compensation for mother and daughter…
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Richard James Duckworth, aged 40, labourer, was charged, at the Central Criminal Court yesterday with having murdered his wife, Doris Irene…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Blitzed” Royal Autographs Made Readable Again by London’s Police Chemists
Signatures of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in a book reduced to ashes by Nazi incendiary bombs have been made legible again by a new…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Cattle Stealing Gundillion Case
At the Braidwood Police Court on Friday, before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M., Thomas Eugene Oliver was charged with, on the 6th May, 1941, that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegraphic News Murder Trial Adjourned
The trial of William Fisher (65), printer, who is charged with the murder of Jeanette Walsh, aged 4 years, on July 9, was stood over at the…
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The trial was commenced at the Central Criminal Court to-day of William Fisher (65), printer, who is charged with having murdered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Slap in the Face the Magistrate Agreed
A man was brought before a London magistrate (says "News of the world") for having slapped a woman in a bus. "What on earth made you…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canberra Police Court
At Canberra Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M, Ernest Robert Ridley, an attendant at Parliament House, charged Larry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General Burglary in Braidwood
A daring thief Entered two premises on Thursday last in Braidwood in broad daylight and removed a quantity of goods. The first place visited…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Captain's Flat Police Court Cases
At Captain's Flat Police Court on Friday last the undermentioned cases were dealt with:- John Gourlay, charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →M.P.’s Son Shot Dead Man Charged With Murder
William Thomas James, 22, fourth son of Mr. Rowley James, Labour M.P. for Hunter, was shot dead at South Maitland railway workshops yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Short Serial Story Owl-hoot Hostage Chapter I. Murder Meeting
THE tall stranger stood alert and silent in the smoky corner of the Last Canteen. Spare as a puma, with hair black as midnight tufting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man’s Body Burned Woman Charged With Murder
In the Lismore Police Court on Wednesday, Mrs. Constance Olga Davison was remanded to Grafton on a charge of maliciously murdering Stanley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Manly Murder Charge Man Remanded
Conald Donald Pagett, aged 47, telephone linesman, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with having at Manly, on December 1,…
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At the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, yesterday, the jury stopped the trail and acquitted Roy Randolph Hindle, 38, machinist, of the murder…
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