Murder Charge Quashed Former Tumut Resident
No bill will be filed by the Attorney General (Mr Martin) against Conald Donald Pagett, aged 47 yrs. linesman, who was committed for…
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Crime and the Police
Is there more crime in America than in Australia? This may seem to be a surprising question to ask, but if the question were gone into on a relative basis the probability is we should find that in proportion to population there is not a great deal of difference in the crime statistics of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pagett Murder Trial Off
Conald Donald Pagett, 47, linesman, will not stand his trial for the murder of Mrs. Vera Doris Watt, 36, of Kent-street, Collaroy, who died on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stealing Charges Alleged Breaking and Entering Man and Woman Remanded
NORMAN Ronald James Gates (32) labourer, faced a number of stealing charges, and one of goods in custody at the Leeton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court Friday, February 13. (Before Mr. J. S. Hart, J.P.) Drunk and Language
Albert James Webster (41) was charged with using indecent language on 12th February. Plea guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wagga Police Court Monday, February 16, 1942 (Before Sir. T. A. Doolan, P.m.) Defendant Faces Many Charges
At the Wagga Poilce Court, before Mr. T A. Doolan, P.M.. one defendant faced seven charges under the Motor Traffic Act and an adjournment was granted on an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder Charge Sequel of Recovery of body from Sydney Harbor
Bernard M'Dade, aged 21 years, laborer, appeared at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Friday, charged with the murder of William Malcolm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lunacy Court Man Sent to Kenmore
At the Lunacy Court in Leeton, on Friday, an order was made for William O'Brien to be conveyed to the mental hospital at Kemnore, after…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Employ Gaol Inmates
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Minister for Aircraft Production, Senator Cameron, suggested today that gaol inmates should be employed on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaol-birds to Make Planes. Need In Aircraft Industry Is Acute
The Minister for Aircraft Production, Mr. Cameron, suggested to-day that gaol inmates should be employed on aircraft production…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaol Workers Suggested Employment in Aircraft Production
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The employment of gaol workers on aircraft manufacture was to-day suggested by the Minister for Aircraft Production (Senator Cameron),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Guard’s Lapse Goods On Tumut Train Bound Over on Stealing Charge
Walter Joseph Starr, railway guard, pleaded guilty at the Cootamundra Police Court this week before Mr. F. Grugeon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stealing Charges
Norman Ronald James Gates (32) was convicted on the following charges of stealing at the Leeton police court on Wednesday before Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court Tuesday, February 17. (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M.) Charge Under Inebriates' Act
Albert James Webster (41) was charged with being found drunk in Larmer Street on 12th February. Plea guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lonely Farm Houses Must Be Protected, Says Magistrate Doolan Alleged Breaking and Entering at Gogeldrie
WHEN an application was made for a reduction of the £30 bail on which Norman Ronald James Gates (32) was committed for trial on Wednesday, on a charge of allegedly breaking and entering the dwelling house of Nicholas Sidney Ellis at Gogeldrie and stealing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →All Enemy Aliens Must Report Once Week at Police Station
THE police direct the attention of all enemy aliens, that is, unnaturalised Italians, Germans, and Japanese, must report at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Story of Hess Told in London Court Duke Libel Suit Unreserved Apology Tendered
LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.). The full story of the arrived of Rudolf Hess in Scotland last May was for the first time told in the High…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Commissioner Alleged Bitterness Association
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Police Association is to ask the State Government to hold an inquiry to ascertain the reasons why the Police…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Brawl in City Hall Police Called in
SYDNEY, Friday.—Police were called last night to quell one of the worst bra—is ever to occur in a Sydney public hall—at a meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leeton Court Forbidden Fruit on M.I.A. Man Fined £20
Forty dozen bananas done up in boxes, and a case of bananas in a cart standing outside the Hotel Yanco on November 21, cost William O'Brien,…
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