Theft From Hotel
A visitor to Jerilderie recently booked a room for the week-end at the Jerilderie Hotel. He was not there any time before the licensee,…
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Huge Tobacco Theft
SYDNEY, Sunday: About 484 pounds of tobacco and 1000 cigarettes, valued at £560, were stolen from the warehouse of Davies and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fined For Assault
Norman J. Ryan proceeded against Jack Dodge on a charge of assault at Oura on January 13. Mr. E. Fenn Lusher (Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bathurst Gaol Allegations Minister's Reply
SYDNEY, Monday: On Saturday about 60 or 70 prisoners of Bathurst Gaol listened to a radio programme in a hall, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Ward Charged; Alleged Failure to Honor Promises
CANBERRA, Monday: The possibility of stopwork meetings being held by officers of the public service in Papua and New Guinea as a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court Saturday, 2nd FEBRUARY (Before Messrs. H. G. Cobley and P V. Siddall, Js.P.) Drunk and Disorderly, Etc
Phillip James Bennett (36) was charged with being found drunk and disorderly on the railway platform at Narandera on 1st February; and also…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fierce Struggle in Court Man Finally Overpowered
SYDNEY, Monday: In a desperate bid to escape from the Central Police Court to-day Richard William Bernard, aged 25 years, laborer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →40-Hour Week Case Before Court Adjournment to Bring in Other Parties
MELBOURNE, Monday: To afford an opportunity for determination by the court of what is probably the most important industrial question before the public at present, the Federal Attorney-…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Military Court in Ratavia[?] Civilians Charged
BATAVTA, Tuesday: A Dutch military court to try civilians who are chanted with offences in Batavia will commence a sitting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leeton Police Court Smashing of Glass Door
A midnight chase and capture by Mr. Alan Washington after an incident at the Cabaret milk bar in Pine-avenue, Leeton, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sent Threatening Letters Twelve Months' Gaol
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Charged with demanding £500 from John Gicevich, an army deserter was sentenced to 12 months' gaol at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Releases From Gaol to be Inquired into
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The dangerous practice of remitting penalties after they have been fixed by courts, appeared to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Threatened Officer with Revolver Car Salesman Sent to Gaol
SYDNEY, Tuesday: a sentence of 18 months' Imprisonment was imposed on Victor Stack, of Earlwood, in the Special Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder of Boy Third Man Charged
LONDON, Wednesday: John Kay, 27, taxi driver, has been charged with the murder of the eleven-year, old boy, Charles Greeney. who was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorists Before the Court Gundagai Police Take Action
Three motorists were charged in the Gundagai Police Court yesterday with various breaches of the traffic Act. Fines were imposed in two cases…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Very Dangerous Practice," Says Magistrate More Straying Stock Prosecutions
Saying that it was a very dangerout practice to allow stock to stray in public streets, Police Magistrate R. Hardwick yesterday fined three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Shot in Leg By Police
MELBOURNE, Wednesday: A man who disregarded the first warning sho by a wireless police patrol, had his leg broken by a second shot at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charred Heart Found in Fire Evidence at Wife Murder Trial
BRISBANE. Wednesday: A charred heart, allegedly taken from a fire, was tendered as an exhibit today in the police court when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Will Have to Quit Garage Premises Magistrate Refuses Application For An Extension Of Time Interest Aroused in Donovan –– Adams Legal Battle
As a result of the Magistrate's decision in the Gundagai Police Court yesterday, the firm of Messrs C. P. Donovan and Co will have to quit the premises they now occupy and used by them as a garage and general engineering firm, by Saturday next, so that the owner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Increase in Police Court Cases
Comparative statistics of police court cases at Leeton for the years 1944 mid 1945 show a big increase. For instance, the total number of…
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