Murder Suspected
A council employee yesterday found the body' of a child in an irrigation channel at Griffith, and the Government medical officer for the district said that as it had been in the water…
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Man Rearrested at Gaol Gates
Joseph Smith, 44, panel boater, who with his wife, Marie Smith, 29. was committed for trial at the Central Police Court last Monday on a charge of having in his possession…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →District Court. (Before Judge Marken and jury) Action Against Police Sergeant
Herbert Percy Smith, an elderly man, brought an action to recover damages from Herbert Ambrose Martin, a sergeant of police because of injuries alleged to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brother Sues Brother £75 Damages For Assault
Frederick Dalby, of Cambridge- street, Penshurst, claimed £100 damages for alleged assault, from his brother, William Henry Dalby, of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Boys' "Rag"
High-spirited members of the Waterloo Police Boys' Club last night "ragged" a fellow-member, Donald Duffell, when he appeared for the first time in his militia uniform…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Govt. Angers Police
THE Police Association of New South Wales is far from satisfied with the manner in which the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£195 in Waste Oil Project Partnership Theft Alleged
An eight-year-old charge of having stolen £195 from a co-partnership was to-day preferred against Tasman Hanley Charles Byrne (50),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police to Aid Relief Fund
Two of the heaviest policemen in New South Wales, Constable Kilmartin and Constable Cunningham, have agreed to meet in a boxing contest at…
Continued on Trove, page 48 →Stocking Death Police Suicide Theory
As they continue their inquiries into the strangulation of Cornelia Elizabeth Johanna Wilhelmina van Tonder,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central Criminal Court. (Before Mr. Justice Street.) (Senior Crown Prosecutor, Mr. L. J. McKean. K.c.). Murder Charge
Arthur Ernest Stanton, 34, labourer, and Violet Muller, 33, domestic, were charged with the murder of John Scholey Ritchie, 46, military pensioner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Traffic Court Again Jammed
Two magistrates heard close on 400 cases at the Traffic Court yesterday. The congestion again proved the necessity for additional traffic magistrates and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Congestion in Supreme Court
The Minister of Justice, Mr. Treat, stated in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that congestion of business in the Supreme Court was diminishing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Silence in the Court
BUILDER'S laborer (in Workers' Compensation Court), referring to barrows: Then we took the empties back!…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Relaxation From Ring Ron Richards Enjoys Murder Yarn
RON RICHARDS has hit upon reading as the most soothing relaxation after the monotonous hours of punching bags and skipping in the gym…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Prowess in murder is Brownshirt badge of manhood
TOWARDS dusk we were sitting with a small company on the terrace of a house in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Jurisdiction. Supreme Court. Tehm List
In the Banco Court.—At 10 a.m.: Motions generally, New trial motion: Wheeler v Sydney Milling Co. Pty, Ltd. CAUSES LIST…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Supreme Court. Causes in No. 1 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers and jury.) Verdict by Consent
John Mooney was plaintiff in an action for damages for personal injuries against Michael Nairn and Co. Pty., Ltd., of Auburn, linoleum manufacturers, by whom he had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Law Notices. Thursday, March 14, 1940. Commonwealth Jurisdiction. Bankruptcy Court
Before the Registrar, seventh floor, Commonwealth Bank Building, 112 Pitt Street.—At 10.30 a.m.; To be adjourned to Friday, 15/3/1940: Hearing of Creditor's Petitions; Re Myrtle McDonald…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Causes in No. 3 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Maxwell and juries.) Action for Alleged Libel
Affiliated Enterprises Pty., Ltd., sued Otto Camphin, Katoomba Theatres Pty., Ltd., and Blue Mountains Newspapers, Ltd., for alleged libel in connection with the screening of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Freed of Murder
Violet Muller, 33, almost collapsed when a jury at the Central Criminal Court yesterday declared her not guilty on a charge of murder. She…
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