Volunteer Sent to Gaol
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday.— William Harold Hindle, 52, well-known Wellington business man, was sentenced to 14 days' hard labor for…
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Courts & crime, 1942
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Brutal Assault in Newtown Hotel
SYDNEY, Thursday. — George Leslie Causer (50), of Drummoyne, a returned soldier war worker, was brutally attacked in a King Street,…
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POLICE carly this morning charged Bernard McDade (21) with the murder of William Malcolm McLean (31), also known as William Jackson…
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Bernard McDade (21), laborer, appeared at the Central Police Court today charged with the murder of William Malcolm McLean, whose body…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The names of some of Australia's most socially prominent were mentioned in the Divorce Court today during the…
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MONTREAL, February 15.—Four police officers were wounded today in a clash with crowds of youngsters demonstrating "for peace and against…
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PERTH. Wednesday.—Frank William Dorney, solicitor, was sentenced by Mr. Justice Wolff in the Criminal Court to four years' imprisonment,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, has announced that 50 civilians, previously used as special constables, would be…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Declared by the police to be a master-mind, an associate of criminals, and to have led many youths into crime. Thomas…
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LONDON, February 18.—Berlin Radio states that a secret document found among, the papers of M. Daladier, former French Premier, reveals…
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LONDON, February 18.—Aircraftman Gordon Frederick Cummins, aged 28, of the R.A.F., was remanded at Bow Street on charges of having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How Hess Reached Scotland Full Story in Court (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, February 18
THE full story of how Rudolph Hess arrived in Scotland last May was told for the first time today in the High Court…
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SYDNEY. Saturday.— At the Leichhardt police station last night a 40-year-old soldier was charged with the murder of June Florence…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—An attractive young telephonist surprised the Criminal Court yesterday by saying she would rather go to gaol than…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The Australian Seamen's Federation was deregistered by Chief Judge Piper in the Federal Arbitration Court…
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A MAN, who ponce are convinced is the closest human approach to a combination of kangaroo and greyhound, was captured by wireless patrol police at Brighton after one shot had been fired and a constable had been…
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Because the victim was still unable to give evidence, three yoting men, allegedly involved in an assault, were again remanded by Mr. Soiling. S.M.,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Proposed Police Transfers Cause Political Stir SYDNEY
ACCORDING to unofficial information received today by the Secretary of the Police Association (Mr. C. J. Cosgrove) the transfer from…
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LOCAL police officers are watching with interest the dispute between the New South Wales Police Association and the Police Commissioner (Mr. Mackay). A meeting of the local branch of the association has been called for Thursday. It is expected that the matter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Information of Use to Enemy Greaser Fined In Sydney Court SYDNEY
HARRY HARRIS, of Balmain, former greaser on a British transport, was fined £20 today for having tried to send a letter "under the…
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