Inquest on Alleged Murder Victim Wife Elects To Testify Against Husband
Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 1
PARKES, Tuesday—A woman yesterday elected to give evidence before the Coroner's Court at the inquest into the death of a man her husband is charged with murdering…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Assault: Woman Fined
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 2
A woman was convicted at yesterday's Wagga Petty Sessions of having assaulted an 85-year-old man with a stove scraper. Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.M…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bird suspected of murder
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1
LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): A talking cockatoo was detained last night on suspicion of killing his owner, 74-year-old Mrs. Minnie Fletcher at her cottage in Matlock, Derbyshire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Court Items
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 2
Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.M., said in yesterday's Petty Sessions that a Kapooka soldier charged with stealing had set out to "Systematically embezzle those under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →International "Crook" Suicides Linked with Double Murder
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1
LONDON, Wednesday—A pistol shot in a secluded wood near Cologne, Germany, yesterday put an end to the violent life of New Zealand born Ronald John Chesney (45), big-time international…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Detective tells Court he refused bribe
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 4
SYDNEY, Tuesday: A detective who hod been offered a bribe had told a police car driver: "I don't know whether you are used to doing this with Vice Squad men, but I am a C.I.B. man. I won't have anything to do with that," a police constable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Probed Water Mis-use At Lo[?] SABOIAGE [?] ALLEGED
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1
The reason behind the low water supply to Boree Creek and Urana during the hot weather in January could have been caused by "sabotage", Cr. J. Smith…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →S.m.'s Praise for Police Royal visit effort
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 2
Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.M., yesterday praised the part police had played in the success of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bizarre double murder
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 1
LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.): Scotland Yard is still carrying out investigations into a bizarre double murder at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police stopped riot
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 1
CALCUTTA, Wed.: Three people died from bullet wounds and nearly so others were injured on the basis of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Magistrate Applies the Pressure Local Garage Proprietor Fined
The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 3
The pressure guage was used by Magistrate Finlay in the Gundagai Court last Tuesday, and well…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Army Officer Freed Not guilty of Albury assault
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 2
ALBURY, Wad:- An Army captain charged with assaulting and occasioning actual bodily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder at Parkes: Man for Trial
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 1
PARKES, Wednesday: The Forbes District Coroner (Mr. G. Locke, C.P.S.) today committed Jack Anderson, 33, for trial on a charge of having murdered John Noel Winley, 21, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stir over police incidents
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 1
CANBERRA, Wednesday: Members of Federal Parliament are likely to seek some clarification of their position in Parliament. House following two incidents…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parliamentarians Resent Police Action Dr. Evatt Involved
Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 1
CANBERRA, Thursday — Members of Federal Parliament are likely to seek some clarification of their position in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Head Gashed with Broken Glass New Australian Goes To Gaol Over Braidwood Rumpus
The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 10
A man’s head had been gashed with a broken glass during an argument (in Bulgarian) at a Braidwood…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Telegraph" Contempt Charge Judgment Reserved by Full Court
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 3
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Judgment on a motion whether Consolidated Press Ltd., publishers of the "Daily Telegraph", were guilty of contempt of Court was reserved by State Full Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cycle Collision Brought Cases to Junee Court Became Panicky, Did Not Report to Police
Junee Southern Cross · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 2
A collision between two motor cycles in Junee on September 20th. last has net in motion a number of cases…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cycle Rider in Trouble Made Off When Police Wanted to Have Talk
Junee Southern Cross · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 7
Consideration was given In the Junee Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday afternoon last by the Stipendiary…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pleads Guilty But Decides to Appeal Straying Stock Came at Court
Junee Southern Cross · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 8
A ripple of astonishment ! went around the Junee Court of Hetty Sessions on Wednesday afternoon last after…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →