Jewellery Theft
Thieves who broke into the home of Mr. H. Morrison, at Roseville, early yesterday, stole Jewellery and furs worth £100…
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12 Months for Theft
John Charles Brown (52). laborer, was sentenced to 12 months' hard labor by Mr. Sutherland, S.M., at Central Police Court to-day, after…
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Jan Francissen, 22, native of Java, at the Quarter Sessions to-day pleaded guilty to stealing in a dwelling. Judge McGhie sentenced him…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Killed. Collapsed in Street with Throat Cut. Man Charged with Murder. Brisbane
Mrs Lillian Agneta May, 42, collapsed in Miles Street, Mount Isa, early this morning, and died before the ambulance arrived. Her throat was badly gashed…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Prefers Gaol to Paying 22s
Rather than pay 22s compensation. John Foley, a member of the A.I.F., said in the Central Police Court to-day he would go to gaol for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nine Men Charged. Lidcombe Disturbance
When nine men were charged at the Parramatta Police Court with alleged offences arising from a disturbance at Lidcombe, on January 20, police claimed that there had nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Back to Gaol After 2 Days
John Delaney (20), salesman, was sentenced to six months' hard labor and warned that he was likely to be declared a habitual criminal by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Spectacular Police Display
One of the most spectacular items on the speedway Police carnival at the Sports Ground on February 24 will be the mounted police musical…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Police Search for Schmidt
Joseph Alfred Schmidt, 40, alien internee, who escaped from the Liverpool internment compound early on Saturday, is still at large. Police are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Captain of U.S. Ship Charged New York
The wanderings of the U.S. vessel. City of Flint, which was captured by a German warship, taken to Murmansk, and later liberated, had a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Internee at Large. Entensive Search. Police Dogs Assist
An intensive search by the military authorities and the police at the week-end failed to trace Joseph Alfred Schmidt (or Smith), also known as…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Raid by Swedish Police Our Own Cable Service
STOCKHOLM, Sunday.--Swedish police yesterday made wholesale raids on Communist offices and newspapers throuhgout Sweden…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Armored Cars in Belfast Crowds Fight Police BELFAST
Armored cars patrolled Belfast all last night after street fighting, in which thousands of I.R.A. demonstrators clashed with over 100 police. Other police and soldiers are scouring the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Taxation Expert Misuses £1082 Bound Over By Court
Of five clients from whom William Hanger, 48, taxation specialist had misappropriated a total of £1082, four of them were prepared to hand over again to Hanger the management of their taxation affairs…
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Released from gaol on February 6, John Delaney, 20. salesman, stole goods valued at 182 from Coles. Ltd., on the following day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reformatory Escapees Sentenced. Goulburn
Ronald Lea, al[?]as Ken Baker, 20, and Frederick Alfted Smith, 20, were sentenced to four months' hard labour at the Goulburn Police Court for having escaped from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shop Thief Sent to Gaol
At the Central Police Court yesterday, John Delaney, 20, salesman, was sentenced to six-months' imprisonment with hard labour for stealing goods worth 18/2 from G. J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman's Death; Murder Charge
MT. ISA, Monday.--John Patterson was charged with the wilful murder of Lillian Agneta May before Mr. Rickey, J.P., today. The woman, aged 40, died…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Police Train For Carnival
POLICE rehearsing club-swinging yesterday for the Police Carnival on February 24…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Charge Dismissed. Man's Appeal Succeeds. Had Pleaded Guilty to Theft
On December 27, Roger Bede Comans, 59. an officer of the Taxation Department pleaded guilty to a charge of larceny of a tin of talcum powder. valued at 1/6 from David…
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