Valor Badges for Victorian Police
MELBOURNE, Tues.--Five police wireless patrol men have been awarded a valor badge for exceptional bravery. They are…
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Courts & crime, 1942
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Murder Charge Watch On House Evidence of Foreigner
SYDNEY, Tues.--A foreigner who declined to state his name appeared as a Crown witness in the Central Criminal Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fall of Tobruk All-in Assault No Final Capitulation Exposed To Isolation
LONDON, Mon.--A despatch from the Cairo correspondent of the "Daily Express" gives the first connected story of the fall…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—Giving evidence in the Central Court to–day at the trial of Barbara Phyllis Surridge, William Francis…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appeal Fails Death Sentence Naval Ratings on Murder Charge
SYDNEY, Wed. — The High Court of Australia to–day unanimously dismissed an appeal by two naval ratings, Leading Stoker…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stock Dipping Cases Appeal By Crown Upheld Decision of Full Court Matter Remitted to Magistrate
SYDNEY, Thurs.--The Full Court to-day upheld the appeal by the Crown against the decision of Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., who found for the three defendants, Victor Douglas Jones, Thomas McPhee and Henry Edward Johnston, in the cases in which they were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder Trial "Bashed Him Up" Detective's Evidence
SYDNEY, Thurs.--Ernest Hoffman, who was found injured in a vacant allotment in Darlinghurst on May 4, and who died on May…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COURT-MARTIAL Papers Called For Navy Minister's Action
CANBERRA, Thurs.--The Minister for the Navy, Mr. Makin, said to-day that he had called for all papers associated with the…
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SYDNEY, Fri.--In the Central Criminal Court to-day William Surridge, who with his wife Barbara Phyllis Surridge and James…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. SOLDIER Murder Charges Trial to Resume
MELBOURNE, Fri.--The trial by court-martial of Private Edward Leonski, 24, U.S. soldier, on charges of having murdered…
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LONDON, Thurs.--Two young members of the Army Dental Corps, restless in a noncombatant unit, decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder Charge Death Sentence Passed on Two Men and Woman
SYDNEY, Sun.--Dramatic scenes were witnessed at the Central Criminal Court yesterday afternoon when Barbara…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. Soldier on Murder Charges Faces Court-Martial Hearing Resumed
MELBOURNE, Mon.--When the General Court-martial which is hearing three charges of murder against Pte. Edward J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Children Blamed for Theft and Damage
SYDNEY, Tues.--It is believed that young school children were responsible for the theft of at least £1000 from a…
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SYDNEY, Tues.--In the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions to-day William Patrick O'Donnell, 52, lift driver; his wife, Eileen Ann Mary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder Charges Trial Of U.S. Soldier Evidence About Clay
MELBOURNE, Tues.--When the United States general court-martial resumed the hearing today of the three charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →COURT-MARTIAL American Soldier Faces Murder Charges
MELBOURNE, Wed.--When the U.S. court-martial resumed the hearing in the three charges of murder against Pte. Edward…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--The Minister for Justice, Mr. Downing, said to-day that the three prisoners from the Bathurst gaol, who had…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.--The naked body of an unidentified woman aged about 55, was found in the grounds of St…
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Mr R. M. Stewart, Police Magistrate paid his monthly visit to Dorrigo on Wednesday, and had a busy afternoon in dealing with the…
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