War Pensioner Charged. Alleged Attempt to Bribe Officer
Continuing his evidence yesterday, in the Central Police Court, in the case in which he is charged with having attempted to bribe Captain C. O…
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Police Investigate Army Boots
AUSTRALIA was gravely shocked last week at the announcement that police and detectives had in Sydney…
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Man:"When a brick came through the window I knew my mother-inlaw had arrived." Defendent: "My mate said, 'I think…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Silence in the Court
WITNESS, (in Central Court): I went up to him and gave him a formal greeting…
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SIXTY - FOUR - YEAR - OLD Macquarie-street specialist Dr. Franklin Christian Richards' denial of a murder charge laid…
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A LETTER of sympathy and encouragement from the New South Wales Police Association to the police of Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Police claim teeth identity suspect
MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Police claim they have identified a man they were seeking by taking a plaster cast of his teeth. The man was sought by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Pose As Drug Addicts
MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- A constable and a policewoman posed for months as drug addicts in an effort to trace the ringleaders of Melbourne's cocaine traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Threatened to Kill Her Wife Asks for the Court's Protection
THE wife of Leslie George Stanley Pearce, formerly manager of Petty's Hotel, York Street, City, appealed to Mr. Arnold, S.M., in the Central Summons…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Smashed Big Dope Ring, Claim Police Woman's Nights In Underworld MELBOURNE
NIGHT after night for weeks a policewoman, in the guise of a street walker, has dared Melbourne's underworld in a successful effort to smash one of the city's biggest dope rings…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wolfe Kaufman's Film Cable From Hollywood Lundigan's Luck Bennett Sister Faces Bitter Court Battle!
PROMISING young actor William Lundigan nearly became promising young ex-actor when he got in the way of an accidentally discharged gun on the set. There were some anxious hours before…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Husband and His First Cousin Lillian Wife Tells Court Amazing Story Alleged: Conditions Lasted for 9 YEARS
ALLEGING she was awakened by a nightmare more than 10 years ago and went to the front verandah, where she found her husband in a compromising situation with his first cousin, Mrs. Ivy May Bragg, of Elizabeth-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Man, 78, Charged After Accident
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A man aged 73 has been charged with having driven a car while under the influence of liquor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Hitlerite" Is Sent to Gaol Melbourne
In the first prosecution launched under section 42a of the National Security regulations, a returned soldier was sentenced to one month's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Board Ferry
Police boarded the ferry Karoola, which was flagship for the Balmain 10ft Dinghy Club's sailing race yesterday. Later five men were charged with illegal betting…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mother's Court Outburst
Shouting "You can't take my son," a woman collapsed at the Quarter Sessions today when Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →High Court Writ Over Fruit
A High Court writ, challenging the validity of the Apple and Pear Acquisition scheme was issued today by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Liquor Laws Slated by K.C. "Reflection on Our Democracy" Retiring Magistrate Says Amendments Necessary
Failure to bring the Liquor Act into line with the habits and customs of the people is a reflection on our democracy declared Mr. R. Windeyer, K.C., in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before Mr. Justice Edwards.) Decrees Absolute
Decrees nisi which had been made in the following suits were pronounced absolute and the respective marriages dissolved:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder by Axe Alleged Muswellbrook
"I hit her with an axe and she fell to the floor. I thought she was kidding so I lay down beside her and…
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