Police Court Thursday, 18th APRIL (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M.)
James H. Hornby was charged with not returning his expired number plate. Mr. Quirk appeared for defendant…
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Griffith Police Court (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Griffith
George Murray, licensee of the Hotel Victoria, pleaded guilty to a charge of having a person on his premises after lawful trading hours…
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Arrangements for the Wagga police ball, to be held on Wednesday, May l, are well in hand and donations have been of a very generous nature, said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accused Collapses Queensland Murder Trial Brisbane
Charged with the murder of his wife and two sons, Gustav Robert Martin, aged 52 years, an invalid pensioner, collapsed and fell when his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Garage Murder Reported Quarrel with Customer Melbourne
A heated argument between a customer and James Edwards, aged 47 years, who was murdered at his Hawthorn garage last Saturday night, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Magistrate Favours Speed Limit On Whole of Leeton-Yanco Road £15 Penalty on Dangerous Driving Conviction Circumstances of Cyclist's Death Again Probed
"UNFORTUNATELY the stretch of highway between Leeton and Yanco has been the scene of other recent accidents, and I think that as a safety measure, the authorities might give consideration to the question of applying there the 30 m.p.h. limit."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leeton Cases Out Made Narandera District Court One of the Shortest in History Re-establishment Here Justified
THE necessity for the re-established District Court at Leeton, the first sitting of which will be on May 22, was graphically…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Leeton Police Court (Befor Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Bequel to Fatal Accident Leeton
At the Leeton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. A. Harris. P.M. Thomas Botten, aged 26 years, was charged with having driven a motor car in a…
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When the conference held In Sydney last week ended the general secretary (Mr. C. J. Cosgrove) was presented with & child's A.B.C. book. During…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Loading Under Police Guard Cessnock
The loading of dutt coal at the Neath Colliery pithead was continued to-day. The extra men whose employment yesterday had created a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Adds to Work of Police
Extra work caused by war duties will j make 1940 an exceptionally busy year for the police force. The retiring pre-sident of the New South Wales Police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waterside Workers 251 Before Court SYDNEY
A remand until April 20 was granted when summonses against 251 members of the Waterside Workers' Federation, alleging breaches or the award…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Missing Girl Police Search Bondi Flats Suggested Kidnapping SYDNEY
The police search for Miss Lucy Brown Craig, the 19-year-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Brown Craig, of Wollahra, who has been missing for…
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Cases heard before the Narandera court of petty sessions during the week-end were:— Patrick McGuinness (55), was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horrifying Scene at Central Police Court SYDNEY
There was a horrifying scene in the Central Police Court to-day when Thomas Owen Drury (29), cut his throat from car to car and collapsed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court (Yesterday) Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Bee Box Case
Robert Mark Hussey (30) was charged that he did at Gunning steal twenty-six hives of bees, of the total value of £52, the property of Abraham…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Husband Charged Attack on Wife SYDNEY
John Cunningham, 76, was remanded at the Central Police Court today until May 7 on a charge of having, at Ultimo yesterday, maliciously inflicted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Charged Obtaining Money by Subterfuge Sydney
Mary Victoria Sawdon, aged 45 years, was charged at the Quarter Sessions to-day with stealing three sums of money—£185. £216. and £230—the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Moslem Clashes Police Fire on Rioters Lucknow
Three were killed and 35 injured in clashes between two Moslem sects. The injured included four policemen. The police twice made a charge and fired…
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