More Conscientious Objectors Sentenced
A member of the Jehovah's Witnesses, who refused to take the oath of enlistment, was sentenced to six months' hard labor at Parramatta Court yesterday…
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Director Charged. Alleged Motoring Offences
William John Smith 88, director, was charged at Paddington Police Court yesterday with having, at Edgecliff on March l[?], driven a motor car while under the influence…
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WELLINGTON (N.S.W.), Monday.--Harvey Oliver Potts, 45, was charged in Wellington Police Court this morning with having murdered his wife,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Not Guilty of Stealing From Canteen Fund. Perth
In the Criminal Court John Lobban McKenzie, a 44-year-old lieutenant, was found not guilty of having stolen £21/6/6 from the Western Command…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol for Army Objectors. Appeal Fails. Jehovah's Witnesses
Four young men, members of Jehovah's Witnesses, who had refused to take the oath of enlistment for military duty because of their…
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Baden Powell Brown, 40, labourer, appeared yesterday at the North Sydney Court on a charge of feloniously wounding Bessie Gwendoline Pauling, with…
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SOLICITOR (to police witness, in Central Court): What did he say when you arrested him for playing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Murder of Wife Alleged. Wellington Man Remanded WELLINGTON
Harvey Oliver Potts was charged at the Wellington Court this morning with having murdered his wife, Ida Patricia Potts, 42. and with having wounded William David Hin[?]on,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Visit Big Hotels. Liquor Law Broken
Licensees of the Australia, Carlton, Usher's, and Hampton court hotels were charged with offences under the Licensing Act at the Licensing Court…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →One of 300 to Aid of Police
A crowd of 300 in Broadway, City, watched two police, one of whom had been hit with a bottle, take a severe beating from three men until…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Court. (Before Judge Holt and jury.) Cross Action
Leslie Little Bailey, of Parramatta Road, Ashfield, sued Arthur Cooke, of Wellesley Street, Summer Hill, to recover £400 damages arising out of a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before the Judge in Divorce, Mr. Justice Bonney.) CLARKE v CLARKE
Geoffrey McKellar Clarke v Enid Clarke (formerly Wilter). Marriage, June 5, 1926, Parit Buntah (Malay States), Anglican rites. Issue, desertion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Charged with Theft of £320
Detectives [?]ind and Newton yesterday arrested a woman aged 23 years at Newtown and charged her with having stolen £320, the property of Reuben Poxon. of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Magistrate's Reaction to "Demand for Justice"
"I demand justice! Give me my receipts back!" cried a woman in the Small Debts Court yesterday. She leaned from the witnessbox and snatched at the papers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Communists Sent to Gaol Kalgoorlie
Communist literature and photographs of Joseph Stalin found on the premises occupied by two men and a woman at Norseman caused…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Award Breaches Alleged. Ice Company Charged
The New South Wales Fresh Food and Ice Co., Ltd., appeared before the Chief Indrstrial Magistratc. Mr. Prilor, yesterday, to answer eight charges of failure…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Six Months! Jehovah's Witnesses Sent to Gaol
Two Jehovah's Witnesses were each sentenced at the Parramatta Police Court on Monday to six months' imprisonment for having refused to take…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Last Police Swim
Police Swimming Club will end the season next Tuesday at the Domain Baths with a mile sealed handicap, 33 yards handicap, and diving…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →"Evidence of Racket in Bad Fruit." Magistrate's Comment
"There is evidence of a racket in the sale of bad fruit to the public." Mr. Oram, S. M., said. in the Hornsby Court yesterday, at the hearing of an infonnation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Chase After Missing Car
A police chase after a car which began at Penrith and ended when the car ran over the bank of a creek at Granville was…
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