Court Sidelights
JAY WALKER (Traffic Court): You u need to carry a set square with you and put it on the street for a man to walk by…
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Woman to Stand Trial for Murder
The Acting City Coroner. Mr. C. T. Wood, yesterday concluded an inquiry into the death of Sylvia Beryl Iv[?]mey, late of Cleveland Street, Redfern…
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The acting city coroner. Mr. C. T. Wood, yesterday committed Mrs. Monica Mary Swanton for trial at the Central Criminal Court on March 13 on a charge of murder…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Guard of Honor
Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Hughes), with a former Police Commissioner (Mr. Mitchell), Inspector Scott and Inspector Allen, reviews the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Seeking Car Driver
John Bugden, 28, of The Boulevarde, Lidcombe. suffered concussion and general abrasions when he was struck by a car in Liverpool Road, Ghullora…
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It is practically certain that an appeal will be lodged by George Green, 38. chimney sweep, of Bamfield-road, Heidelberg, against the…
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NARROMINE, Friday.--The Macquarie Stores Prop. Ltd. in Berribong St., Narromine, were gutted by fire early to-day. Damage is estimated at £10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Gala Will Be Spectacular
POLICE carnival, to be held at the Showground to-day, will provide a feast of spectacular and novel…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Allegations Against Police. Judges' Comment
Judge White, in the Quarter Sessions yesterday, said "that sometimes juries accepted uncorroborated statements made by prisoners against police officers, who had been in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mystery Of The Week Murder As A Dull Art
THE STONEWARE MONKEY, by R. Austin Freeman. (Case handled by Dr. John Thorndyke.) Hodder and Stoughton. (Dymocks.)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Social and Personal. Court Presentations
Among the New South Wales women who will be presented at Court on March 15 will be Mrs. E. L. H. Gossling, of Sydney, and Miss Helen Burleigh, daughter of Mrs. S…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Police Carnival. Displays at Showground To-day
A programme of 68 events has been arranged for the New South Wales Police Carnival, which begins at the Showground this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Thirty-two Charges. Forgery and Uttering. Miner Sent to Gaol for Four Years
James McDonald, 66, miner, who had pleaded guilty to 22 charges of forgery at Junee, and to 10 of uttering, at Wagga, was sentenced by Judre Barton, in the Quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Murder of Women. Sweep Found Guilty. Death Sentence. Melbourne
George Green, 38, chimney sweep, was found guilty in the Criminal Court to-night of the murder of Miss Annie Wiseman, 62, and her niece,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Raid on Fish Shop Alleged Contraband Seized
Customs Inspector Cody, Detectives Jack, Soutar and Sinclair, of Darlinghurst police, raided a fish shop in Surry Hills late last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Will Compensate Action by State Four Police Constables
Financial compensation is to be made by the Government to four dismissed police constables whom it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charles Bedaux. Court Rejects Application. JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 24
Delivering its reserved judgment to-day, the Supreme Court rejected an application by Charles Bedaux, the American efficiency expert and friend of the Duke of Windsor, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Photo. Of Kiss Court Story of Friend and Wife
MORMAN BEDE RYDGE, well-known city business man, was granted a decree nisi in the Divorce Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Court. Enlarging Industrial Powers. Constitutional Problem Canberra
When the special sitting of the Federal Parliament to discuss the Constitution is held in the next few months, the Attorney-General, Mr. Menzies, will…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Man Killed in Cliff Fall. Family's All-night Vigil. Body Found by Police
The body of Cecil Willcos, 41, who lived with his wife and seven children at No. 13 Princess Street, Dover Heights, was found wedged in the crevice of a…
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