Young Woman's Murder Charge
Mary Turner (21), who has been committed for trial on a charge of murder, left Griffith on Monday for Sydney. She was taken to Long…
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Gaol and Fines for Communists Paris
The 44 former deputies who had been accused of offences under the decree banning Communistic activities in France, were all found guilty by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court Thursday, 4th APRIL (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.m.) Selling Adulterated Sausages
Alfred George Madden was charged with selling adulterated sausages Mr. John Williams, an officer of the Board of Health, appeared to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tried to Cash Fiancee's Ring Six Months on Double Stealing Charge
YESTERDAY a sentence of six months was imposed on a defendant at the Leeton Court who pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing an engagement ring which he had previously given a Leeton woman, and at the same time robbing her mother of twenty-four one-pound notes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Minor Cases at Court
Among the minor cases dealt with at Leeton Court yesterday was that in which William Henry Nolan pleaded guilty to moving stock without a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder Allegation "Tapped Line" Conversation As Evidence Sydney
Evidence of how Arthur Charles Lampshire allegedly had been slain while lying on his back and pleading i with another man not to shoot him…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →S.P. Charge Brought About Brawl Rolled Into Gutter: Concussion Lurid Tales to Magistrate
ALMOST worthy of inclusion in the sordid annals of Chicago's underworld history was the incident unfolded in the Leeton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Combination of Circumstances Caused Truck-Cycle Collision Striking Statement by Magistrate, Dismisses Negligent Driving Charge
"I THINK the facts found are as fully consistent with the accident having been caused by a combination of circumstances— the bend in the road, absence of street lighting, the dazzling lights on an approaching car, and others—as a display of negligence on the part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poker Machine In Canal £34 Robbery: Furner Committed Gaol-break Charge to Be Heard at Same Time
YESTERDAY Harold Furner, one of the prisoners who escaped from the Leeton lock-up last month, was committed for trial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narandera Police Court £6 Fine for Assault
At the Narandera Police Court. Harold Arthur Rodgers, aged 28 years, was charged with unlawfully assaulting Edward Hanby on the evening of March 30. Defendant was convicted…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Leeton Police Court (Before Mr. 3. A. Harris, P.m.) Man Fined for Assault Leeton
Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M., at the Leeton Police Court, William Leonard Cherry was convicted on a charge of having assaulted Gerald Elrington and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Years' Gaol Much Married Man on Forgery Charge Sydney
That he had been "married" eight times since 1913 was alleged against David Stewart, aged 48 years, at the Quarter Sessions to-day when he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intent to Murder Alleged Man in Serious Condition Sydney
In the Central Court to-day Essau Curran, aged 59 years, a pensioner, was remanded on a charge of having shot at Michael O'Shea with intent to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Woman and Youth Murder Investigation in New Zealand Wellington (N.z.)
Detectives investigating the murder of Mrs. Alice Hamilton, aged 27 years, and Lloyd Moran, aged 16 years, of Waikano. found a bloodstained tyre…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charged with Murder Did Mother End Her Son's Life ? Naked Baby Found in Canal
“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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court (Today.) Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Further Remand
Herbert John Randell was charged with assaulting William Frederick Nash, inflicting grievous bodily harm. Sergeant Blackman: I regret to have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eleven-year-old Girl Charged with Four Murders Blames Mother Fob Three Los Angeles
The Los Angeles police have arrested Chloe Davis, aged 11, on suspicion of the most gruesome murder of her mother, Lolita Davis (40), her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan,P. M.) Convicted of Unlawful Assault
Walter George Madden (29) was charged with unlawfully assaulting Violet Myers, a female, at Narandera on 30th March…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stealing Cheque Form
Herbert William Owen (28) was charged with stealing a cheque form of the value of 26, the property of M. Rava and Co., at Yarralee Park…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wagga Police Court (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Monday, April 8, 1940
At the Wagga Police Court yesterday Robert A. Griffith was fined £2 on a charge of having used a car with inefficient brakes. There was no…
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