Police Sergeant Chases and Captures Fugitive
When Crofton Edward Baines, aged 25, was indulging in offensive behaviour in Pine Avenue, Leeton, on Saturday evening about 5.30 p.m…
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Latest Radio Equipment for S.a. Police
ADELAIDE, Thursday: Frequency modulation, the latest development in radio transmission, will be used officially for the first time in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brussels Melee— P.O.W's, Police and Cavalry in Clash
BRUSSELS, Thursday: Determined efforts by former. prisoners-of-war to enter the Belgian Parliament to put their case for the payment of overdue money resulted in a serious clash between police, cavalry and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Await Sentence for Mulley Theft
SYDNEY, Friday: Two young men in the Quarter Sessions to-day pleaded guilty to an armed hold-up in the home of the Jockey, A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Charged with Smash & Grab Theft
SYDNEY, Sunday: An alleged smash-and-grab robbery involving the theft of three wristlet watches from a window of a jeweller's shop…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gundagai Man Says He Will Go to Gaol Rather Than Pay Fine
Mr Jim Robinson, of ‘Bengarralong’ has informed the Pastures Protection Board that he will not pay the fine imposed on him in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police, with Guns Drawn, Arrest Men in City Store
SYDNEY, Sunday: More than 500 people to-night watched detectives and police with drawn revolvers search Bond's store,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two-up Game at a Camp Hut Police Confiscate Dice and Money
When Junee police raided the recreation hut at the railway roundhouse camp on the night of February 12, a game of two-up was in progress…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hypocrites Over Country Racing, Says Junee Solicitor Licensing Would Give The Police Proper Control
"I always feel that we are a lot of hypocrites when we are dealing with cases like this," said Mr A. H. Crawley, in his address to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Charged with Murder of Woman
BRISBANE, Monday: It was alleged in the Criminal Court to-day that the failure of a man to commit a criminal assault led to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Constable Insulted Defendant Before Court
Robert Leslie O'Donnell, aged 24, was charged at the Leeton police court with using Insulting words to Constable Clendenning in the street,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assaulting a Female Young Man Charged
Kevin Charles O'Connor, an employee at the Bago Forest near Batlow, was charged at the Tumut Courthouse yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Men Charged with Bond Store Robbery
SYDNEY, Monday: Arising out of a gunpoint arrest in a bond store. Raymond France Anzac Belgium styke, 28, wharf laborer, and George…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court Monday, 3rd MARCH (Before Mr. H. G. Cobley, J.P.)
John Vincent Hall (24) was charged with drunkenness in East Street. He was fined £1, in default 48 hours hard labour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →3 Charged After 70 m.p.h. Chase
SYDNEY, Monday: A 70-mile-an-hour chase by police between Katoomba and Gladesville to-day resulted in three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Both Parties Fined in Cross-action for Wagga Assault
After hea[?]ing of an action and cross-action for unlawful assault, the Magistrate (Mr. R. A. Hardwicke) competed both parties at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Court Alleged Slander
Mrs. C. E. Keogh, of Colleen Guest House, Cootamundra, proceeded against Clarence Baker, of Cootamundra, alleging slander, and claiming £800…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Force Entry Age Now 19 Years
SYDNEY, Monday: The police recruiting age has been lowered from 21 years to 19. This move was decided on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warsaw People's Court Two Death Sentences
WARSAW, Tuesday: The People's Court sentenced to death Ludwig Fischer, former Governor of Warsaw, who was alleged to be responsible for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prosecutions for Outstanding Rates Supreme Court Costs
Although a ratepayer had not received a summons, declared Cr. Washington at the meeting of the Leeton Shire Council on Thursday…
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