Caught! Narrandera Escapee Found by Lock Hart Police
Sergt. Gallaher, officer in charge of Wagga Police District, received word last night that Harold Williams who escaped from the Narandera…
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Centennial Park Murder Culprit Still at Large All Efforts Prove Futile SYDNEY
The death br Constable Wolgast, who was shot by a runaway thief in Centennial Park, caused widespread regret throughout the force…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ireland. Cold-blooded Murder. Shot in Village Inn. Drastic Action in Tipperary. London
In an official statement a graphic account in given of the murder in Ireland of a policeman named Boyd. The unfortunate man was sitting in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prevalence of Shooting Affrays Opinion of Prominent Police Official "A Life-Not Woth Twopence!" SYDNEY
A prominent police official, referring to the prevalence of shooting affrays, expressed the opinion that the sooner the machinery of the Gun License Act…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Assault. Cootamundra
At the Cootamundra Children's Court on Thursday, before Messrs. Souter and Gardiner, J.'S.P., George Percival Clark was charged, on remand, with having…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another Ambush Several Police Killed
Sinn Feiners ambushed a police patrol at Glenwood and killed Inspactor Clarge, a Sergeant, and 4 constables, and wounded a sergeant and a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Clue the Wolgast Murder Great Police Activity. Sydney
The funeral of Constable Wolgast took place this morning. A squad of mounted police preceded the hearse, then followed more police on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder in the Alps Berine, Jan. 22
T[?] in the snow above Gignod and towards the Saint Bernard [?] [?] that men on [?] had [?] three [?] from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Business at the Court House
A return of business transacted by the Clerk of Petty Sessions, Wagga, for the year ending December 31, 1920, is as follows:—Number of cases…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Raid District Council Taken Military in Tipperary London, Jan. 22
The police auxilliaries raided the board room of the Macrooni District Council and arrested all the Councillors, the County Surveyor and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court. Saturday, January 22
George Jenkins, on a charge of stealing a tin of petrol, was remanded to appear at the Leeton police courted 26th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vandalism and Theft
The Wagga Civic authorities are filled with indignation at a piece of vandalism which has taken place at the bathing sheds on the Beach. On…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Theft of a Bicycle
Arthur Smith (27) appeared on remand in answer to a charge of having at Wagga on January 19, stolen a bicycle, valued at £8, the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Stolen Bicycle Encouragement to Thieves Young Man Sentenced
The Wagga police are setting their faces against the too common practice of leaving bicycles unattended in the streets. Not only, they say, is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stopping Gun Play. Gaol Without the Option. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day Leslie Wooderolt, aged 18 years, pleaded guilty to a charge of carrying a revolver last Saturday without…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gun Act Men Fined at Sydney Magistrate's Warning. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day (Leslie Woodcock, 18, pleaded guilty to a charge of carrying a revolver last Saturday without holding a licence…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Police Court. Monday, January 24, 1921. (Before Mr. G. Mecson, P.m.) Breach of Traffic Act
For having committed a breach of the Motor Traffic Act, Dr. Walter Wallace Martin, of Gurwood-street, was fined 1/, with 8/ costs of court. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attack on Police
Reuter's Allahabad correspondent states that a mob attacked an armed police guard at Sanghaon, one constable being killed and two seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Died in Gaol Life Sentence Ended Sydney
A man with [?]who was serving a life se[?] under the name of Altred [?] in Long [?] Prison yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wolcast Murder the Reward. Sydney
The matter of increasing the reward ward of £250 offered for information le[?]tding to the arrest of the man who shot Conatable Wolgast will be…
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