Maclean Court Motor Vehicles Collide Defendant Convicted
At the Maclean Police Court on Wednesday last, before Mr. R. M. Stewart. P.M. the adjourned case was resumed. in which Waiter Mervyn Smith was…
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Courts & crime, 1942
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A.w.a.s. Members Cannot Be Court-martialled
BRISBANE, Sun.—Members of the Australian Women's Army Service cannot be court-martialled—even if they desert…
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NEW YORK, Saturday.—The chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mr. Edgar Hoover, revealed the arrest of enemy…
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Before Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., in the Grafton Police Court yesterday, Patrick Sullivan was charged with driving a motor vehicle while under the…
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Melbourne, Mon.—On a charge of being a party to an act of gross indecency, Robert Vivian Storer, 41, of Mt. Elisa, formerly…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—Clara Singleton, who disappeared on Thursday with her husband, Alfred Henry Singleton, after he had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TREASON The Perth Trial Two Men Sent to Gaol
PERTH, Monday.—On a charge of conspiring to assist the public enemy Laurence Frederic Bullock and Charles Leonard Williams…
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The appeal by the Crown against the decision of Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., in the case in which the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SABOTEURS Military Court United States Prosecutions
WASHINGTON, Monday.—The Attorney-General, Mr. Biddle, today implied that the eight German saboteurs will be handed…
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Melbourne, Tuesday.— Judgment was reserved by the High Court to-day in the first of four cases concerning the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gaol Fight Governor--Warders Attack By Prisoners Sequel to Attempted Escape
BATHURST, Wed.--In Bathurst Gaol yesterday three prisoners attacked the Governor, Mr. Phemister, and two…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--To awaken two sentries at a coastal battle station an army sergeant rattled a tin and called out, "Come out…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.--Charged with having at Ingleburn stolen £695, the property of the Commonwealth, John Michael Reid, 29,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trail of Theft Ends at Grafton Shoplifters Convicted Thieves Travelled By Car
A trail of thefts stretching across the State was revealed when Vera Annie Ellison, 38, domestic, and Joseph Leonard Elkins, 38, showman, were charged in…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.--Edward Joseph Leonsky, 24, private of the U.S. Army, who is charged with the murder of three women…
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LONDON, Thurs.--It was announced by the Vichy radio that 141 Czechs were sentenced to death at Prague and Brno on…
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When Tibbett Bros. were proceeded against in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., for alleged failure to…
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SYDNEY, Mon.--When Ernest Hoffman, 56, chef, employed at the Royal Sydney Golf Club was found lying in an allotment at…
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SYDNEY, Monday.--Following a court martial at Victoria Barracks, sentences of six months detention have been imposed on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vic. News Snow On Alps Theft Of Clothing From South Melbourne Store
MELBOURNE, Mon.--After several days of wild weather, Victorian mountain areas are covered with snow from Bindi in…
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