Alleged Murder Confession
SYDNEY, Thursday: A 22-year-old mechanic bad, written a confession to the killing of a tailor in a…
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Mrs. Doyle Loses Court Action Documents to be Inspected
SYDNEY, Friday — Mrs Marie Joan Doyle today failed, in the High Court, to get a stay against a Bankruptcy Court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Took Up Very Little Time Charge Follows a Motor Accident
Less than half an hour was sufficient for the relieving Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. O. J. Lake, to put through the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday: Detectives investigating the "best 400 case" toay laid a charge alleging false pretences and unlawful possession of two knives against Corm Ten Eyck Davis,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sentenced for Stealing Sheep
Joseph Wolk (40) was charged with on or about 1st December, he did steal one sheep of the value of £5, the property of a person not…
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Conrad Szymanski (24) was charged with behaving in an offensive manner on 22nd March. Plea guilty…
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Harold Lachlan (40) was charged with stealing a quantity of dead wood of the value of £3, lying on the road on the western boundary of portion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court of Petty Sessions Tuesday, 7th APRIL (Before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M.) Three Months for Assault
Roy Howard Cowan (32) was charged with assaulting Charles Scott, and also with assaulting Duncan Charles Perrin. Plea not guilty…
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Ian James Young (23, of East Tenty) was charged with using indecent language at the Narrandera railway station on 1st March…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police probe on third doping case
SYDNEY, Sunday: A suspected attempt to dope the colt Gallant Archer is being investigated by police. Gallant Archer won the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court of Petty Sessions (Today) Before Mr. W. Finlay, SM. Rode Under Influence
James Frederick Laws, 26- years-old soldier, of 43 Hill Crest Avenue, East Bankstown, was convicted and fined £15, or 30…
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At the Leeton Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, before Mr. K. Smith. S.M., Gregory Rickardo of Carlton Victoria,…
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MELBOURNE, Monday: A Richmond woman, who opened her front door at 7.15 a.m. to see a man with eyes…
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A 20-year-old farm laborer was sentenced to two years' imprisonment at yesterday's Quarter Sessions on each of two charges of having broken into homesteads on properties at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Rules Wool Money Was a Gift
SYDNEY, Monday: About £66-million paid to Australian wool-growers by the Federal Government from profits on the overseas sales of Australian wool during World War II was not subject to income tax, the High Court ruled today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Will Seek a Court Order to Keep Baby
SYDNEY, Monday: Mrs. Gloria Mace will apply to the Full Court tomorrow for a stay against a Supreme Court order requiring her to return her foster son to his natural mother…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bega Man Acquitted on Wagga Car Stealing Charge
A Quarter Sessions jury yesterday acquitted a young Bega man who faced a charge of having stolen a car from Wagga last year. The defendant, Bruce Horace Bettridge, claimed that…
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Mr. O. Lake, S.M., at the Wagga Court yesterday sentenced 20-year-old Maurice John Ranger to one month's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Missing School Girl Parents and Police Worried
SYDNEY, Wednesday—Police fear for the safety of a 14-years-old schoolgirl, who has not been seen since yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Coramine Doping Police Seek Stable Hand
SYDNEY, Wednesday—A former seaman is being sought by police for questioning about the recent cases of Coramine doping…
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