Murder Charge Follows Quarrel
MELBOURNE, Sun.--David Orchard (60), was killed at his home yesterday. It is alleged that he was struck on the head…
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Courts & crime, 1944
572 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 29
Soldier Charged With Killing Woman
BRISBANE, Mon.—Stanley Oliver Eyles (27), soldier, pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawfully killing Audrey…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—Found guilty at the Central Criminal Court to-day of having murdered Gordon Miles Archibald,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forbes' Finances Detailed in Court Evidence
SYDNEY, Mon.—According to his secretary, Eric McConnell, Woolcott Forbes' assets depreciated so rapidly from…
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BRISBANE, Tues.--Detectives to night arrested a young man and charged him with the wilful murder of Albert Edward Marshall, 34, of Virginia…
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SYDNEY, Tues.--During the last year 1097 girls, many of them young and in the company of servicemen, were,…
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LITHGOW, Wed.—A returned soldier who, at revolver point, took possession of firstly a taxi, and then an…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.—In the City Court to-day the police withdrew a charge against John May (54), greyhound trainer, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempted Murder Story in Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Wed.—A story of attempted murder was told in the Kew Court to-day, when William Horne, 50, an A.D.F…
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BRISBANE, Wed.—In the City Police Court to-day Arthur Sugard, 30, returned soldier, who was charged with the murder of…
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BRISBANE, Thurs.--It would be hard to think of a word that would express one's disgust at the idea of a person stealing…
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At the Grafton Police Court, before Mr. T. Lumley, J.P., on Tuesday, Mabel Charlotte McDonald. 44 years, domestic, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court Lengthy Proceedings
Mr. T. H. Brooke, P. M. paid his monthly official visit to Dorrigo on Wednesday, and had a list of cases to deal with which kept him busily…
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BOMADERRY, Thurs.--Still confident that the "Pyjama Girl" is her daughter by a previous marriage, Mrs. Jeannette…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trouble Over Cattle Pup Defendants Face Stealing Charge P.M. Dismisses Case
At the Dorrigo Police Court, on Wednesday last, before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P. M., Ross Alexander Smith and Frederick Bulley were charged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fifth Army Offensive Follows Air Assault on Cassino on Unprecedented Scale
LONDON, Wed.--The Fifth Army yesterday again took the offensive on the Cassino front following the most concentrated bombing operation in history, according to messages from Italy. Reuter's correspondent at Advanced Headquarters reports that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woolcott Forbes Tells the Court About U.S. Charges
SYDNEY, Thurs.--Replying to a statement by the Crown that in America he had been convicted on 21 counts,…
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DETROIT, Thurs.--Dr. Fred Thomas was convicted in the Federal Court of conspiracy to violate the War Time Espionage…
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NEW YORK, Thurs.--Paris is a city of hunger, black markets, lawlessness and false gaiety, and the whole of France…
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LONDON, Thurs.--According to Vichy radio the police discovered four more bodies in a wardrobe belonging to Dr. Petiot…
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