Transfer of Police Officers
Announcing that unofficial information had been received to-day by the secretary of the Police Association, Mr. C. J. Cosgrove, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1942
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Court House Fence
A letter from the Minister for Works in reply to Mr. Seiffert’s representations on behalf of the people of Queanbeyan re the Court House fence and need for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder Trial at Grafton Murder Trial at Grafton
The case for the Crown at the trial of Cecil Raymond Ellem, 21, and Constance Olga Davison, 24, on a charge of having murdered Stanley Edwin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bookmaker Charged Figures Altered in Book
Before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M., this morning, at the local Court of Petty Sessions, Percy Apps, bookmaker, was charged with altering certain figures…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Killed with Axe Culprit Sentenced to 10 Years
Cecil Raymond Ellem, 21, timber-getter, who was found guilty by a jury on a charge of manslaughter, was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licence Forged by Police Constable
Patrick Joseph Farley, police constable, was convicted yesterday in the Tamworth Police Court on two charges of being guilty of offences under the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Robbery at Foxlow Police Recover Jewellery and Goods Worth £500 Arrest on Train
Goulburn police early on Sunday morning recovered jewellery and other personal property worth more than £500 which disappeared the previous day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Help to Gaol Escapee
Three men were committed for trial by Mr. Rsed, C.S.M. at the Central Police Court on Wednesday, on charge of having helped Robert Sidney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pole Saved Sovereigns Magistrate Orders Forfeiture
Maurica Wessfield, watchmaker and jeweller, of Brighton Boulevarde, Bondi, was prosecuted in the Summons Court, Sydney, on Wednesday under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Assault and Insulting Words Man Fined £12/6/
Before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M., on Tuesday last at the local Court- of Petty Sessions most of the Court’s time was occupied with the hearing of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Harbour Murder McDade for Trail
An alleged admission by Bernard McDade, 21, labourer, that he had killed William Malcolm McLean in self-defence was read before the City…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Murder of the Greeks
LONDON.—According to the American Associated' Press correspondent between 150,000 and 200,000 Greeks perished as a result of the Axis…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Jap. Ships Suffer Allied Air Assault WASHINGTON, Wednesday
The Navy Department has announced that a Japanese invasion force concentrated near Salamoa and Lae has been smashed by American and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guilty of Murder In Second Degree
Catherine Mary Thompson, 41,. who was found guilty on Tuesday of the murder of her husband “in the second degree,” namely, that she aided and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Goodhope Tragedy Murder Charge
A human skull was one of the Crown’s chief exhibits in the case in which Thomas William Davis, [?] grazier, was charged in the Criminal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parcels to Prisoners of War Rifled? Are Germans Stealing Delicacies? What Do You Gather From These Letters Home?
Are the Germans filching delicacies from parcels sent to prisoners of war? It seems that they are, or what…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Germany, Murder Bomber, Is Now Bombed
Heavy bombs, some of them weighing up to 2000lbs., seen being loaded to the rack of a British bomber, before a raid over enemy territory. These are some of Britain's new "beautiful bombs," whose blasting power, five times greater than that of any previous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yass Murder Charge Accused Gives Evidence
In the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday the trial was continued of Thomas William Davis, 49, grazier, of Goodhope, near Yass, who is charged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder Charge Davis Acquitted
At the Central Criminal Court, Darlinghurst, on Friday, Thomas William Davis, 49, grazier of Good Hope near Yass, was acquitted on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yacht Tragedy Man Acquitted of Murder
Bernard McDade, 21., labourer, was acquited by a jury in the Central Criminal Court. Sydney, on Tuesday the murder Of William McLean, 31,…
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