Gaol for Eleven Men
Eleven young men of a religious sect were sentenced to terms in gaol, at Moss Vale police court on charges of having failed to register…
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Courts & crime, 1942
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Eight Years' Gaol for Peggy Turner
At the Central Criminal Court to-day Peggy Turner (38), described as a vagrant and a "plonk addict," was sentenced to eight years'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Wages Increased by 10/6 a Week
The Premier (Mr. McKell) announced that the Government has decided to increase the salaries of all police officers by 10/6 a week. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Batch of Men Go to Gaol for Defence Act Breaches
"Laws of the land have been established for the whole of the people, and not as a social code for a section of the people. This is a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegraphic News Serious Riot at Bathurst Gaol
BATHURST:—Prisoners lossed machinery and other equipment from the upper storeys of the industrial wing of Bathurst Gaol during a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wholesale Murder Terrible Stories From Poland
Over 700,000 Polish Jews have been slaughtered by the Germans in the greatest massacre in the world's history, states the report of an active…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Young Man’s Lapses Ends in Gaol Sentences
At Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. M. J. Ryan. P.M. on Tuesday afternoon, Henry David Seale was charged with stealing 12…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Captain’s Flat Police Court
At Captain’s Flat Police Court on 10th instant, William O'Connor was charged with dsunkennesr and using indecent language in Foxlow Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Captain's Flat Police Court Cases
At the above Court on 10th July be following cases were dealt with:—Waker L. Clarke, Hughie Duncan and George Bollen were charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gaol for Black Marketeers London, Monday (A.A.P.)
Seymour Sydney, a dealer, originally named Solomon Skylinski, has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment and fined £2,000 far…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegraphic News Another Murder
MELBOURNE.—The naked body of an unidentified woman, aged about 55, was found in the grounds of St. Vincent's Hospital late yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Young Soldier Sentenced to Seven Years Jail Girl Criminally Assaulted
At the Canberra Supreme Court yesterday Patrick Holger Sparre, a 20-year-old soldier was sentenced to seven yearsâ penal servitude at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leonski Sentenced to Death
The reason why Private Edward Joseph Leonski was sentenced to death by hanging instead of shooting, was explained on Saturday by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Braidwood District Hospital Free Treatment for Police
A meeting of the Board was held Thursday. Present: Messrs. W. Gordon (Chairman), J. L. Garvey Kain, Rev. Rose and Mr. A. G. Og…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Breaking, Entering and Stealing Two Young Men Charged
The story of how two young men broke into the premises of Robert Gillespie, second-hand dealer in Crawford Street, on or about…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court
Before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M., this morning at the local Police Court three defendants appeared to answer charges of drunkenness…
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A charge of wilfully and maliciously damaging a brickmaking machine, the property of the Commonwealth, at Canberra Brickyards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Not a "Policeman's Magistrate."
Counsel for the defence in a case of negligent driving, heard at Parker last week, suggested to Mr. R. Donaldson, P.M., that it was difficult for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Alleged Gaming House Police Visit Premises Twelve Men Fined
Following the recent visit by Sydney police, to an alleged gaming house in Crawford Street last month, local police,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Called in to Municipal Council Meeting Wrangling Aldermen
A deadlock in Ballina Municipal Council has held up all but routine business for more than three months. At a recent meeting discussion be…
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