Complainant Missing in Assault Case
Arising out of an affray which was mentioned recently in these columns as being likely to be followed by legal action, the names of four…
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Wagga Police Ball
Sergeant Hill of the Wagga police, has advised that he has received a fur-ther £15. in three donations of £5 each, towards bis objective of £100 for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Both Leeton Gaol-Breaker Were Arrested—-Released! Picked. Up at Moss Vale As Train Jumpers Re-arrested Man Before Court
THAT the two men who escaped from the Leeton lock-up on March7 had scaled a train to Moss Vale, where they were arrested for trespassing on Government railway property, convicted, sentenced to 24 hours imprisonment and later released, 'was disclosed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Version Accepted From Mass of Evidence "No Doubt Under Influence" States Magistrate, Convicting for Drunken Driving "Accustomed to Alcohol," Defendant Says; Appeal Lodged
ALTHOUGH he had been told by the sergeant of police that a patient whom he treated for injuries received in a serious motor accident was drunk, he found that the man was not at all under the influence of alcohol, a medical witness told Police Magistrate Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Engagement Ring and £24 Theft Allegation Against Leeton Man Arrested at Temora
THE theft of a Leeton woman's diamond engagement ring, valued at £7/10/0 together with the sum of £24 in notes, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Boat Sinks Collision in Harbor Sydney
A 14-foot police patrol launch was holed and sunk following a collision with a 24-foot speedboat in the harbor off Point Piper to-night. No one was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Placed Baby In Channel Young Woman Committed For Trial on Charge of Murder
"AS the days came, I grew to love the child ...I would not put him in the welfare home, but I had heart enough to bring him to Griffith and put him in the channel." These words are alleged to have been used by Mary Turner (21)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mrs. Woolcott-forbes No Trace in London Court Asked to Vary Order Sydney
London agents for the solicitors of the Producers and General Finance Corporation Ltd., have failed to locate Mrs. Woolcott Forbes, wife of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gaol Escapee Sentenced for Vagrancy Leeton
Harold turner, who escaped from the Leeton lock-up on March 7 and who was subsequently rearrested in Sydney, appeared before Mr. J. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jeweller Charged Housebreaking and Theft Melbourne
Visiting the premises of a city Jeweller to-night the police took possession of £200 worth of jewellery, including some which had been broken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Started Fires Three Months' Gaol for Man Melbourne
Three months' imprisonment was imposed, in the Mitta Mitta Court to-day, on Jack Wilson, who had been convicted of having on March 9 left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder Charge Follows Basts Death at Griffith Griffith
At the close of the Inquest at Griffith yesterday on Douglas Boss Turner, a three weeks old child, whose body was found in the main canal at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soltary Confinement Counsel's Allegation in Sydney Court Sydney
A sentence of two years meant that for three months a prisoner was kept virtually languishing in solitary confinement with two hours exercise each…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Basic Wage Increase Refused by Court in Queensland Brisbane
The Full Bench of the Industrial Court to-day refused a union request for raising the basic wage from £4/4/ for males and £2/16/ for females. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Strike Is Early Settlement Likely? Mr. Holloway and the Court Compulsory Conference Possible MELBOURNT
Hope of an early settlement of the coal strike is held by Mr. Holloway. M.H.R. He has repeatedly suggested that the Arbitration Court should be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court (Today) Before Mr F. Gruggon, P.M. 14 Days for Assault
Cyril Charles McGunnerss was sentenced to 14 days hard labor on a charge of assaulting Leslle Winters On the same charge Robert…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gaol Escapee
Harold Furner, who escaped from the Leeton lockup on March 7, and who was subsequently rearrested in Sydney, appeared before Mr. J. A…
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The following cases have been dealt with at the Narandera court of petty sessions during the past week: CASES REMANDED…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Secretary Charged
At the Forbes police Court, Olga MayCowell, secretary of the Forbes P.P. Board who was recently suspended from office, was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Youth Sentenced for Manslaughter MELBOURNE
Convicted of the manslaughter of his father, whom he shot at their home a Frampton Park, on December 31, Geoffrey Keith Barker (16)…
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