Court of Petty Sessions FRIDAY, 24th AUGUST
Henry Theodore (76) and John Foley (69) were charged with being found drunk, but did not appear. Their recognisances were forfeited…
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Set Fire to Home of Son-in-Law, Police Allege
SYDNEY, Wed.: A middle-aged man was charged in the Kogarah Court today with having maliciously set fire to his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tamworth Trial Doctor Tells Court He Tasted Lethal Dose Of Cyanide in Beer
TAMWORTH, Wednesday: Dr. T. B. Taylor, Government Analyst, told the Criminal Court today he had put a lethal dose of cyanide in a glass of beer and could not taste it when he swilled the mixture around his month. He said he suffered no ill effects, and offered to repeat the demonstration…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman's Body Under House; Husband Charged
MELBOURNE, Thursday: The husband of a woman whose body was found under a house at East Oakleigh last night was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Driving Under Influence Charge Magistrate Grants Bond
Norman L. Beale was charged at the Leeton Court of Petty Sessions on Friday of last week before Mr. McCauley, relieving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Action Against Tradesmen Driving on Footpaths
The meeting of the Leeton Shire Council last Thursday night, decided to take court action against any tradesmen apprehended while…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charged with Duping Kenny Foundation
SAN FRANCISCO, Friday (A.A.P.): A Federal Grand Jury has indicted a man on charges of using the Sister…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court of Petty Sessions (Today)
Before Mr. W. Finlay, S.M. Railway Case. Hearing of evidence against Gordon Oliver Johnson, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Australian Who Lived in the Soviet Says It Should Be Named "International Murder Inc."
The most dramatic and at the same time a damning conviction of Communism happened during a meeting held at Goulburn by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pumpkins and Parsnips Vanished From Yard Stealing Charge Followed
Robert William Pollard pleaded not guilty at the Leeton Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday last to a charge of stealing three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court of Petty Sessions (Yesterday)
Before Mr. W. Finaly, SM Defendant Discharged. This case has not been provided beyond reasonable doubt and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sedgman in Brilliant Form Swept Larsen Off the Court
FOREST HILLS, Tuesday — Rising to the heights of tennis glory, Frank Sedgman swept defending champion Art Larsen off…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Laborer Gets Gaol For Wagga Theft
Convicted on a charge of stealing £40, John Lawrence Parkes, laborer, of no fixed address, was sentenced to six months' hard labor by Mr. R. E. Harvey, S.M., in the Wagga Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Hunt for Woman
A woman shot at a doctor's wife with a 22 rifle in a house in Kooyong Road, Toorak, Melbourne, at 5.10 a.m. on Monday. She then threw a torch at the doctor's wife and ran…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Court Items
A plea of guilty was entered by Leslie R. Fellows, of The Rock, in the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Court Bullet "Hit Shed Near Constable"
A BULLET had struck the iron ride of a garage about four feet away from the head of a police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Warrant Has Yet Been Issued Bethungra "Wild Man" Leses Court Bail
So far no warrant has been issued for the arrest of 29-year-old Lawrence Miller, who is assumed to have returned to his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Raid by Wagga Police Man Charged with S. P. Betting
As a result ol a raid by members of the Wagga police on Saturday afternoon a well known local resident was later charged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charged with Shooting
Noreen Piper, 27, who has been charged with wounding a priest and shooting at a woman…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One Month for Sheep Stealing
Charles Norton Rouse (58) was charged with stealing one sheep of the value of £10, the property of Norman James Clough Taylor, at…
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