Spy Sentenced Washington
"Dodo" Farnsworth, ex-naval officer, charged and convicted of being a spy, was yesterday sentenced to 12 years gaol. The court, which castigated the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Courts & crime, 1937
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Gundagai District Court
Albert Gordon Wolff obtained a verdict for £14/14/6, being the full amount claimed as wages from Grace Catherine Herbert, of Hornsby, as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scriven Murder Condemned Men Appeal Melbourne
Declaring their innocence of the murder, that the trial judge (Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy), had misdirected the jury, had wrongly, admitted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Court Dress British Labor Decision LONDON
None of the Labor members of the House of Commons wore court dress at the speaker's levee, following the decision not to wear court dress at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Theft
George Limbom (41) was charged at the police court on Thursday, that on February 24, at Leeton, he stole a suit case containing three shirts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six Months' Gaol Activities of a Public Nuisance Sydney
Pleading guilty to the unusual charge of having effected a public nuisance by falsely reporting certain information to the Hurstville police…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Silo for Long Park? Mr. Anderson's Views Police Stop Silo Traffic
Mr. W. F. Anderson, J.P., of "Collaton," one of the district farmers with the lengthiest period of P. and S. A. service, expressed his views…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flour Agquisition Act Declared Void Important High Court Ruling Clash with Federal Powers Melbourne
The Full High Court in a judgment to-day unanimously declared that the provisions of the New South Wales Flour Acquisition Act…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Term in Gaol Served for Another Sydney
The allegation that Thomas Revelle, aged 35 years, fruit barrowman, had impersonated another man and served a term in gaol for him was made at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Sensation Serious Assault Charge Against Commissioner for Transport Mr. Maddocks Suspended Sydney
The Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. S. A. Maddocks) was to-day suspended from duty by the Executive Council. The chief traffic manager…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hillston Police Court
Mr. R. Donaldson presided at the Hillston Police Court yesterday afternoon when the following cases were heard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News Charge of Stealing and Receiving
At the Lockhart Court of Petty Sessions yesterday Cyril Grant, laborer, was remanded on two charges of stealing and receiving £65, the property…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sensational Raid on Alleged Opossum Skin Dealers Gundagai Police Make Early Arrest 687 Skins Said to Be Found
A sensational arrest by the Gundagai police early on Wednesday morning, was followed by three men being charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Young Man Acquitted On Betting Charge P.M. Upholds Mr. Sheahan’s Objection to Case Sequel to Gundagai Police Raid
THOUGH young Lancelet Holm, has seen nearly ninetean summers, the date, February 13th, 1937, will always remain the most vivid of his early days. On that day Sergeant Pyne, who was accompanied by Constables Jonas and Koch, swooped down on the Hotel Gresham. Men scattered in all directions; but Helm stood his ground. As a climax he finished at the Gundagai Police Station,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tumut Courts (Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.m.) Hides Theft
Maurice Vincent Jeffrey Allan Gow, on remand, were each charged with that, about 21st February at Tumut, they did break and enter the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Smart Police Work Stolen Articles Recovered
A SMART piece of work was carried out by Constable Price last week when he effected an arrest and recovered some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder of James Scriven Condemned Men Appeal Melbourne
On the main ground that the judge at their re-trial misdirected tye jury and wrongly admitted evidence. Rupert Davies, aged 28 years, and William…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →POLICE Order to Capture "Stayin" Monks CAIRO
A force of 250 police have been instructed to capture a monastery near Assult, in which Coptic monks have been carrying on a "stay-In" strike…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rings in Mouth Widow Charged with Stealing Man Offers Marriage Sydney
There was a stir in the Central Court to-day when a man stood up in the body of the court and declared that he was willing to marry a woman…
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