Sentenced to chair
NEW YORK, Wednesday: John Francis Roche (27) who killed five persons, including a girl aged 14, is…
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Youth charged a West Wyalong Court
A nineteen-year-old youth was charged at the West Wyalong Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday with…
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STOCKHOLM, Thursday: Stockholm police are not happy with their (pay packet) lot…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ruxton Loses Appeal Against Gaol Sentence
SYDNEY, Friday: David Edward Studley-Ruxton (32) central figure in the recent Royal Commission on alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forged £5 Notes Seized in Dawn Raid by Melbourne Police
MELBOURNE, Friday: A down raid by detectives today resulted in a brown paper parcel being seized which was found to contain 1000 excellently printed counterfeit £5 notes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seven Moslems sentenced to death
CAIRO, Sunday (A.A.P.): Death sentences were imposed yesterday on Hassan El Hodelby, supreme guide of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Armed Indian Monk Fights Police
BOMBAY, Sunday (A.A.P.): Strong units of armed police converged today on the village of Dhinkuvalla in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three women on murder charge in U.S.
NEW YORK, Sun. (A.A.P.): Three women had plotted to murder the husband of one of them for a profit of more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thieves Gave Melb. Police a Headache
MELBOURNE, Sunday: Thieves gave the Housebreaking Squad its biggest headache this weekend for over a year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Officer Bringing Men Back From N.z
WELLINGTON, Sunday (A.A.P.-Reuter): A Victorian police officer arrived in Wellington today to escort two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licensing Court Has More Power Liquor Bill Now In Legislative Assembly
SYDNEY, Monday — The Liquor Act amendment would raise the standard for hotels and Improve distribution. Justice…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Given bond on theft charges
Releasing a young Wagga man on a bond at the Wagga Quarter Sessions yesterday, Judge Brennan told the man he must remember he owed a…
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Ronald Williams, 21, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment by Judge Brennan at the Wagga Quarter Sessions yesterday after pleading guilty to breaking, entering and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Radar for Traffic Police
Unless radar becomes more selective than it now is, its uses for traffic law enforcement are exceptionally limited…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Failed to Appear in Court
Daniel Mulheron (53), laborer, of "Cowcumbla," Cootamundra. failed to appear to answer charges of having been drunk…
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Last minute advice was given to some of the nine witnesses from Junee that they were not required at the Wagga Quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yesterday's Court Two Men Fined for Taking Bets in Local Hotel
A plea of guilty was entered by Roger Frank Irvin (38), a laborer, of A Morris street, Cootamundra, when he appeared in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Month's gaol for assault on police
Melbourne Tues.: Two men were sentenced to one month's imprisonment in the City Court this morning for…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: A man was discharged in Central Court today on charges he stole two cheques totalling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Given 18 mths gaol on car charge
Edward Francis Taylor, a travelling showman, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to 18 months' gaol by Judge…
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