"FOUND 125 Florins" Police Evidence of Visit to Room Cycle Repairer Committed For Trial
The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 9
"They are crook all right. I was a fool to do it. I was going to cut it out after today." Those statements were alleged at Glebe Court today to have been made to detectives by Edwin…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Irishmen in Court. Bombing Sequel. "S Plan" Linked With I.R.A.Plotters. LONDON, Feb. 6
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 11
An "S. Plan" and other documents, which the prosecution asserted showed that the Irish Republican Army was active in England were mentioned…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →'Riley's' Threat To Destroy Police Court LONDON
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 3
EFFORTS to trace a man who threatened to blow up Bow Street Police Court have failed. Calling up the Bow Street Court from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Connection with Assault Charges
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 9
Harringtons Pty., Ltd., of 386 George Street, Sydney, point out that they are not the Harringtons referred to in the proceedings against three men on charges…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Remanded on Murder Charge
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 9
TUMUT, Tuesday.--Norman Niddrie, 23, laborer, was charged in the Police Court today with the murder of Michael Joseph Downing, 38, at Tumut on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sommerlad Murder Inquest Opened
Daily News · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 5
TENTERFIELD, Tues.--An inquest into the death of Marjorie Constance Sommerlad, 36, who was murdered near Tenterfield on Saturday last. opened to-day, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Counterfeit Coins Found. Cycle Repairer Charged
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 19
When Edwin Folkes, 45, cycle repairer, was charged at the Glebe Police Court yesterday with having been in possession of counterfeit florins…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Court Sidelights
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 10
SOLICITOR (to witness in traffic case at Manly): Did the defendant ask to see your licence? Witness: He asked me for nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Murder Charge. Labourer Remanded. TUMUT
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 6
Norman Niddrie, 21, labourer, of Tumut, was charged in the Tumut Police Court today with the murder of Michael Joseph Downing, 39, of Simpson Street, Tumut, a clerk,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Move Against Shooters
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 7
A campaign by Granville police against shooting on the banks of Duck Creek has followed complaints of annoyance caused by youths armed with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Ruffians" Says Magistrate Repossessing Wireless Set Man and Wife Assaulted
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 1
Describing them as "nothing more or less then hired ruffians." Magistrate Hardwick at the Parramatta Police Court on Monday fined each of three men £10 for having assaulted the man in his home st Auburn, and another £10 for having assaulted the man's wife…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Guard Consul; Phone Threat
The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 7
Following mysterious threats against the life of the Japanese Consul General, Mr. Wakamatsu, police are guarding him…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Policemen Charged Sequel to "Bashing" of Port Kembla Workers
The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 14
AS a sequel to the "bashing" of three Port Kembla (N.S.W.) waterside workers early on the morning of January 7, charges were laid against three…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Court Orders Close Arrest
The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 1
Remanded at Central Court today until February 16. on a charge of being an absconder from the Royal Australian Air Force,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jury Stops Case. Argument in Hotel. Waiter Acquitted of Assault Charge
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 10
John Emyr Jones, 27 who was described as the head waiter at the Hampton Court Hotel. Kings Cross was acquitted by a jury in the Quarter Sessions yesterday of a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Chief Bans Interviews. "Receptionist" Appointed
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 18
The Commissioner of Police. Mr. W. J. MacKay, in the future will refuse to grant interviews to members of the public "except to a very limited few." This announcement was…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Youth Found Dying Police Investigate Foul Play Theory
Daily News · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 1
A youth, found unconscious on Kurra jong Road, eight miles from Richmond, late last night, died shortly after admission to Windsor Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →They Wept Together Court Scene Over Youth
The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 3
A number of women, seated in the back benches, wept in unison with Edward James Victor Owens, 20,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stolen From Car Lodge Regalia & Jewels Court Sequel
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 3
Charged with having stolen an attache case, two Lodge regalia aprons, and two gold medals, the property of Roy Clarke, at Parramatta on December 3, Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Court. (Before Judge Clancy.) Cyclist and Hearse
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 12
Reference is made in another column to the action in which Edward Kimberley Hammond was awarded £130 damages against Mrs. P. Kirby and Son, Ltd., for injuries received as…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →