Murder Charge Five Years Old
SYDNEY, Wed.—Christopher Ransome (52) was charged in the Central Court to-day with having murdered Henry Slater at Yarra…
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Courts & crime, 1946
773 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 39
Kiosk Murder Case For Defence Concluded
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The last witness for the defence in the trial of Douglas Ronald Morris (26), journalist, on a charge of having murdered Mrs. Jeanette Wicks on January 2, said she had seen Morris in Repin's coffee shop, King street, a little after…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Richard Essex Scott, R.A.N. rating, was sentenced to six months' gaol with hard labour, and ordered to be…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—Three men were present in court, charged with murder, when the inquest was opened to-day into the death…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—In his address to the jury in the closing states of the kiosk murder trial to-day Mr. Kinkead (for the defence) said: "Once the police found the bloodstained clothing [?] dropped everything else, because they were satisfied that…
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Before Mr. G. L. Berry, P.M., in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, William McDonald, 24, labourer, was charged…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Cheering crowds greeted Douglas Ronald Morris, 26, when he departed from the Central Criminal Court this afternoon after the jury had…
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SYDNEY, Fri.âThe body of a man who died on Wednesday was seized by the police at the mortuary to-day and taken to…
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SYDNEY, Sun.—This week is expected to witness to increase in police efforts to solve the murder of Mrs. Jeanette…
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Electrical services will be supplied to the Woolgbolga police station. The work will be commenced and completed as early as…
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In the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday before Mr. J. B. Hodgson, J.P.,. William Joseph Willmott, 50, labourer, was fined…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—A bench warrant was issued to-day in the Divorce Court by Mr. Justice Nicholas against Henry Joseph…
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COFF'S HARBOUR, Tues.—At the Court of Petty Sessions, Coff's Harbour, on Monday, before Mr. G. L. Berry,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Two men who had appealed against gaol sentences of two months each for assaulting the police had their…
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COFF'S HARBOUR, Tues.—At the Court of Petty Sessions, Coff's Harbour, on Monday, before Mr. G. L. Berry, P.M.,…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—A prisoner of Long Bay Gaol was recalled to-day, to give further evidence at the inquest into the death of…
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Vincent Fonseca, 36, ship's butler, appeared before Messrs. D. J. Shaw and G. Hanlon, J.'sP., at Grafton Police Court yesterday,…
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LAHORE, Wed.—Two Indians have been arrested in connection with the murder of the British woman doctor, Captain Joyce…
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PARIS, Wed.—The 73-year-old multi-millionaire, Dr. Gaston Ducatte, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment for killing an…
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BRISBANE, Wed.—Additional police were on duty to-day a Murrarie bacon works. To-day was the last day allowed by the…
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