Man Refuses News of Whereabouts of Fiancee; Charged
SYDNEY, Monday: A man who refused to disclose to Customs officers the whereabouts of a girl he desired to marry, was charged…
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Three Remanded; Serious Charges in Wagga, Court
Charged with illegally using an instrument on a young woman Isobel Reineker. 28, housemaid; Derrick…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local & General Court's Farewell to S.m
Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., was farewelled this morning from the Cootamundra court, and leaves this week for Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sequel to Bus Accident Damages Awarded in District Court
In the Narandera District Court on Thursday last, before His Honor Judge Berne, four claims for damages were the sequel of a bus accident on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Court Committees Man For Trial on Charge of False Pretences
At the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr. Cobley, S.M., committed 26-year-old Henry Gibbs, of Punchbowl, Sydney, for trial at the Wagga Quarter Sessions on Tuesday. July 29, on a charge of false pretences…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Petty Sessions Wednesday, July [?] (Before Mr. R. Hardwicke, P.M.) Fined for Betting
Ronald Claude Smith (32) was charged with using a place situated in East Street. Narandera known as Rose's secon[?]nd dealers shop for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cowra Police Foil Robbers Loaded Safe on Wheelbarrow
The Cowra police foiled an attempted robbery of a Kendal street business at night. Two men had taken an iron safe…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tumbarumba Police Court Two Men Convicted on Stealing Charge
At the Tumbarumba Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday last, before Mr. E. J. Etherton, S.M., Arthur Desmond Royce Burns and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albury Gaol Escapee
SYDNEY, Thursday: Some hours before he was due to appear before the Albury Quarter Sessions for sentence on a charge of breaking, entering, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Albury Man Sentenced
A sentence of four years' imprisonment was imposed. on a 21-year-old laborer, Leslie Raymond Hofspeed, at the Albury Quarter Ses-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Glenelg Murder
The sentence of death passed this year on Frederick Lincoln McDermott for the murder of William Henry Lavers, a Grenfell…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Renovations to Police Station
Renovations to the local police station, which commenced last week, are nearing completion. The work entails painting and general…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EXPLOSION At Police Quarters, Berlin
BERLIN, Thursday: At least eight people were killed and four, others injured (two seriously), and three are missing in an explosion at Police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Underworld Search Follows Melbourne Murder
MELBOURNE. Thursday: Police investigating the death of James Coates, 46, who was murdered in Windsor on Tuesday night, are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Searching for Bicycle
Wagga police are searching for a bicycle which was stolen from outside the Exchange Hotel on Wednesday night. It is a Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Petty Sessions Wednesday, July 23 (Before Messrs. E. Forrest and S. Jones. J's.P.) Theft of Wine Glass
Laurence Clarence Eldridge was charged with stealing a wine glass valued at 9d, the property of Francis George O'Loan, on 21st July…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Policemen Heard Murder, But Did Not Know
Two Melbourne policemen saw a iran believed to be the murderer of James Coates confidence man and gambler, shortly after Coates was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daring Escape at Albury Police Scouring Riverina
Squads of Victorian and New South Wales police are scouring Riverina for a criminal who escaped f rom tire Albury lock-up early yesterday morning—his third escape…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Charged with Horse Stealing at Wagga, Temora
Colin Harold Brooks, 19, was charged at the Temora Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday with stealing a trotting mare, foal, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Support Reduction in Gaol Sentence
SYDNEY, Friday: In the Criminal Appeals Court today the Crown supported a prisoner's application for a reduction in his sentence of…
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