Acquitted on Murder Charge Sydney, June 1
Richard Agius (28), a laborer, was acquitted today in the Central Criminal Court. He was chanted with the murder of a fellow Maltese Angelo…
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Courts & crime, 1943
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Murder Charged SYDNEY, June 2
On a charge of having murdered Duncan McPhee (68), of Burke Street, Surry Hills. Keith Clarence Whits (20), of Healy Street, Paddington, was today…
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MELBOURNE.—Ronald Reginald Joseph Hall, 21. well-known jockey and now a member of the Militia, was committed for trial at Malvern…
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SYDNEY.—The City Coroner (Mr. Oram) yesterday committeed for trial Keith Clarence White (20), of Paddington, on a charge of having…
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Sydney Edgar Ashcroft (18) was arrested last Sunday, May 30, in Wilcannia and charged at the Wilcannia Police Court with having goods in his…
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ADELAIDE.—"When this woman comes before the court again she will probably have at least two further similar charges preferred against her,"…
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SYDNEY.—The national security order Riving military police and area officers the power to demand the production of identity, cards of civilians…
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SYDNEY.—An official explanation from Air Force authorities regarding the alleged arrest of several 17-yearold civilian youths in a Punchbowl…
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After hearing the evidence the jury in the Central criminal Court today acquitted James Manus Heffernan (22), who stood his trial on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Making Gaps in Police Force SYDNEY, June 3
The Premier, Mr. W. J. McKell stated, today that in consequence of a conference with the Commissioner of Police. Mr. Mackay, he had decided to…
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SYDNEY.—Many varieties of clothing, worth £5000 and weighing two tons, were seized by detectives from a house at…
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Advice was received today at Central Police Station of three promotions in the Broken Hill Police District:—…
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Constable K. Buckland was off duty at the week-end because of sickness. Det.-Sgt. Truman, who has been laid up with an injured knee, has resumed…
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The battered body of Geordiss Nicola Paropoules (41) was found covered with bags in a shed on a market garden 18 miles from Perth, and shortly afterwards…
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PERTH.—What the police believe to have been a murder, followed by suicide, was discovered at a lonely market garden…
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Robbery was the motive for the fatal stabbing for Jose Maria Ross (25), a Dutch [?] at [?] Hills, on March 18, said the Crown [?], Mr…
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The following police promotions have been advised: Constable 1st. Class E. W. Richards promoted to the rank of Sergt. 3rd Class…
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Young Johannes Vanderschaar, a naturalised Dutchman, who was convicted at the Young Police Court today for telling underwear without obtaining…
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Kenneth Geoffrey White (34), a fitter of South Ballarat, was reminded at the Ballarat Police Court today on a charge of having murdered his wife,…
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SYDNEY.—Becau[?]e her children, aged [?]d nine, criticised her wa[?]f dressing, a young mother stole better…
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