Court Items
Arthur Robert Stanley (32), of Fox Street, was fined £10 for stealing a hub, complete with bearings, from the Rivtrade Supply Company's premises on the Lake Albert Road…
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Gunman breaks ankle in bid to escape from gaol
SYDNEY, Tuesday: In a desperate bid for freedom, notorious gunman Antonio Martini leapt 35ft from the walls of Parramatta Gaol today—but he was recaptured when he broke his ankle as he landed. Martini dodged a hail of warders' bullets as he poised at the top of the wall before leaping to the ground…
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LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.): Derek William Bentley, 19-year-old electrician, was hanged today for murder. An eleventh-hour bid by 200…
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William John O'Meally, who was sentenced to death last year for the murder of Constable George Howell at Caulfield, will not hang…
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Three motorists were fined at yesterday's Wagga Court of Petty Sessions for speeding across the Tarcutta level…
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SYDNEY, Thursday—A gunman held up and robbed a shoe stare manager of £50 at…
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Last week in the Yass Court of Petty Sessions, well known grazier, Cyril Joseph Merriman was…
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BRISBANE, Thursday: A Brisbane Police Court Magistrate today ordered the arrest of a witness alleged to have refused to give evidence in a murder case. The witness, Gordon Alfred…
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William Burnie, aged 37, who is serving 14 years gaol for assaulting and attempting to rape a thirteen years old girl…
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The Orange R.S.L. received an unexpected windfall last week when a prisoner before the Orange Court made a donation of…
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CAPETOWN, Fri. (AAP) "Trigger happy" police provoked the recent racial riots in South Africa, Mr. Brian…
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The police depot at Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, is probably the largest police training centre in the world. Here are police recruits on parade with small arms…
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BRISBANE, Sunday: Police today arrested a 23-year-old man believed to have assaulted a 15-year-old girl at…
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Remanded two months ago to enable him to obtain medical treatment, a young Bendick Murrell man, Ronald…
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A new officer-in-charge took over the Griffith police station last week. He is sergeant A. E Sheldrick, who has been transferred to Griffith after…
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At the Court of Polly Sessions on Friday Edward William O'Donnell (73) was charged with being found drunk…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Quarter Sessions and District Court Dates Altered to March 5th and 6th
The Gundagai Quarter Sessions and District Court which was orgiinally set down for this week has been altered to…
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SYDNEY, Monday: A cashier who, the Crown claimed had stolen £9358 from Greater Union…
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A 29-year-old Victorian was remanded to next Tuesday at the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday morning on…
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Athol Edward Wiley Mitchell was charged at Leeton Petty Sessions on Friday last before Mr. MacAndrew…
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