Twelve Months for £60 Theft
SYDNEY, Monday: A man who obtained £60 from a chance acquaintance in a hotel by false pretences was…
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Broken Hill murder: new trial asked
SYDNEY, Monday: Mr. J. W. Shand, Q.C., today asked the Court of Criminal Appeal to grant a new trial to Gilbert Ryan, 23, who was sentenced to death for having murdered a girl at Broken Hill. Mr. Shand said police had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drowning Fatality Police Recover Body
SYDNEY, Tuesday—Police today recovered the body of Michael Quilkey (62), from the Woronora river…
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Before Mr. W. Finlay, S.M. Stole Cheque John Joseph Bradley, 28, laborer, of no fixed abode, was…
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A New Australian was fined £3, with 12/ costs, at the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for living in a garage without permission of the City Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Time to Pay in Future S.M. Says Men Will Go to Gaol
In future, men arrested in raids on gaming houses in Cowra will not be given any time to pay their fines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£6,000 Braidwood Theft
No arrest has yet been made In connection with the theft of £6000 in ten pound bank notes from a Braidwood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charged with Killing Women
LAUNCESTON, Wednesday: A man charged with the murder of two women told the Criminal Court today that he remembered nothing after noon on June 16, but admitted…
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Wednesday (A.A.P.): A four-day [?]ot of 1600 prisoners At the Ohio State Penitentiary ended…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£6,000 Haul in Goulburn Theft
Detective from Goulburn and Sydney C.I.B. are searching the Braidwood district for a thiet who stole £6000 in notes and clothing from a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hold-up, Murder Charges
SYDNEY, Wednesday: A 24-year-old laborer charged last week with having murdered his wife in a Paddington street, was today additionally charged with having perpetrated an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gamblers Caught in Police Swoop
Police of No. 21 Division last night raided a house in Lawrence street, Cootamundra, and subsequently 22 men were…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: A poultry farmer had fired a shot to stop a man allegedly stealing his fowls, and had hit…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Natives Help Police in Raid on Mau Mau
NAIROBI, Thursday—African tribal warriors combined with police and troops yesterday in one of the biggest raids on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court of Petty Sessions Monday, November 3 (Before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M.) Case Not Proceeded With
Terrence George Sturdy (21) was charged with maliciously damaging two gates and one brick fence, the property of Desmond Merritt, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£6000 Braidwood Theft No Arrest Yet
No arrest has yet been made in connection with the theft of £6000 in £10 bank notes from a Braidwood grazier's home…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Sailors on Murder Charge
MELBOURNE, Thursday: Two young sailors, former members of the H.M.A.S. Burdekin, were today committed for trial on a charge of murder after an inquest at Geelong into the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Theft of £725 CHEQUE Man Remanded on £1000 Bail
Colin James Arthur, aged 25, a clerk employed at the M.I.D. Co-operative Society, Leeton, was arrested about 6 p.m., on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Delays in Court Hearings Suggestion in Parliament
The many delays in the hearing of court cases at Leeton as well as in other country towns and the metropolitan area as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Offered Bribe to Police Officers Claimed to be Friend, of Attorney-General
An appellant who attempted to bribe two members of; the Cowra police received a severe tongue lashing from!…
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