Alleged Man Demanded 'Start' After Murder
ADELAIDE, Tuesday: A man who had admitted killing a woman had asked for thier minutes' start before the alarm…
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Wagga Court Items
A CASE in which F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd. is charged with allowing 2900 infected sheep to be driven along a road, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Find Baby Boy Lost in Mountains
SYDNEY, Tuesday: An 18 months-old baby boy, who had been missing in dense scrub [?] Bowen Mountain, near Kurr[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Alcohol Does Not Pay", Man Informs Court
"Alcohol does not pay," said Edward Bernard Smith yesterday as he stepped from the dock at Wagga Court after he had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Raid Temora Home Twelve People Charged
In a raid on premises in Temora one night last week Temora police seized a quantity of notes and coins, and arrested twelve local residents,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brisbane Bishop Says He Wants Adulterers Sent to Gaol
In an outspoken sermon Archbishop Duhig declared that adulterers should be gaoled like thieves. “We might reasonably expect…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drunkeness Shows Big Rise in Official Police List for 1949
Crime is on the increase in the Southern Police Area according to figures for offences in the area in 1949. Gundagai, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Action Worthy of Highest Praise" Presention From Police Dept. to E. A. TOBIN
At the Tumbarumba railway station on Monday afternoon the District Superintendent of Railways at Junee…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Use Television
NEW YORK, Thursday: Television is being used by Yonkers (New York) police in their search for Josephine Leech, 12,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grave Suspicions But No Conviction S.M's. Caustic Comment In Stealing Charge
When James Alexander Williams, a stranger to the district, appeared at the Tumut Court charged with breaking and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Criminal Appeal Court to Sit During Vacation
The new Chief Justice (Mr. Justice Street) has decided to convene the Court of Criminal Appeal during the vacation. This is an unprecedented…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Story of Strange Marital Mix-up
SYDNEY, Thursday: A man seeking a divorce from his second wife said in the Divorce Court today that he was living…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Petty Sessions Monday, January 9 (Before Mr. E. Debenham, S.M.)
Herbert James Clarke (57) was charged with on or about 20th January. 1949, near Grong Grong, he did steal one Speedwell bicycle, one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Junee Is a Law Abiding Town. Record Low Number of Cases in Court
During 1949, Junee had an all time record low number of charge and summons cases before the local Court of Petty Sessions…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Migrant on Charge of Murder
SYDNEY, Friday: A polish migrantâMariam Potalej, 23, was charged at the Liverpool court today with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Supreme Court Appointment
MELBOURNE, Friday: Mr. B Sholl, K.C, has been appointed to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Police Had Guest for 1½ Hours
A child of four years yesterday spent from 5.15 p.m. to 6.45 p.m. at the Wagga police station, waiting for her parents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman's Story to Police of Husband Murder
LONDON, Sunday: A tiny six 'stone woman, aged 60, yesterday told Paris police chiefs that she had killed her six-foot husband…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Leeton Smash-grab Theft
Police are searching for a smash-grab thief who stole about £24 in valuables from the Jewellery store of J. B. Hogan,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Smash-grab Theft at Leeton
POLICE are searching for a smash-and-grab thief who stole about £24 in valuables from the…
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