Fairness of Police
After the jury had retired to eon&ldtr its verdict in the manslaughter charge case yestfrday morning Mr. O'Toole, Crown Prosecutor, raid he wished to be…
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Courts & crime, 1944
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Colored Man for Trial for Murder
LISMORE.—After the body of Richard Gwynne, a pensioner, was found under a bridge at South Lismore on March 14, Donald Ritchie, colored…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Verdict of Not Guilty Jury Stops Evidence In Assault Case
The case against archibald James Gillesple (26), who was charged with assaulting Alfred Thomas Philp and occas[?]ning actual bodily harm, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Martial Officer and Awas Sydney, May 3
Before a Court Martial today, Lieut, [?]mporary Captain) Edgar George Brown was charged with scandalous behaviour unbecoming an officer and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Judge Berne Upholds Appeal To Court In Allied Works Case
IN the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court yesterday. Judge Berne upheld the appeal of Hercules Clarence Baker against a conviction for failing to comply with a lawful direction by the Deputy Director of Allied Works under the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder And Suicide SYDNEY, May 3
Notes left by one of two men found dead in adjoining huts at Lightning Ridge opal field near Walgett yesterday indicate that the writer had murdered…
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Mr. Dovey, K.C., outlined what had happened in the High Court of Australia when the prosecution cases against Consolidated Press Limited were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Committed On Murder Charge LISMORE, May 4
Following an inquest into the death of Richard Owynne, whose body was found under a bridge at South Lismore on March 14. the Lismore coroner today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Hunt For Youth Adelaide May 4
A State-wide search being made by the police for seventeen-years old youth who escaped from a reformatory near Adelaide on Monday night has not yet been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Divorce Court Issues Heard by Judge
THE following remitted issues in divorce were heard in the Matrimonial Causes Jurisdiction of the District Court by Judge Berne: COCKS v. COCKS…
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Judge Berne yesterday heard six remitted, issues in divorce. This morning he will hear two more cases. Railway Man Deserted A railway Ranger, near [?]anhoe, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Actors Charged With Profanity
SYDNEY.—Three actors who are appearing in the play "Boy Meets Girl" have been charged with profanity, and their cases are to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Allied Assault To Drive Japs Out Of Assam
LONDON, May 5.—Allied troops have launched a big assault to drive the Japanese out of Assam. They are attacking it from all points at Kohima, 80 miles north of Imphal, the capital, and are making satisfactory progress…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germans Report Fresh Russian Assault Against Sebastopol Breaches Made In Forward Positions LONDON, May 6
Following the fresh Berlin admissions that the Russian long-awaited assault against Sebastopol—only part of the Crimean Peninsula in German hands—has opened with a drive against…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Going to Gaol for a Long Time"
SYDNEY. — Until he had thought the matter over and "calmed down a bit" he would not impose sentence, but the defendant was going to gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Early Morning Assault Two Men Arrested MELBOURNE. May 8
Attached by three men while walking along Point Nepean Road. Mordialloc after leaving the last train at 1 a.m. on Friday. Mrs. Edith cornall of Coleman…
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Perth, May 9.—Matthew Mainbridge (34), a soldier, was sentenced to 10 years hard labor today for killing his 24-year- old wife Mr. Justice Dwyer described…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trunk Murder Case Mystery; Arrest Made
NEW YORK, May 9.—The Chicago police disclosed today that they had obtained a photograph of a woman who had been living with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Insanity Plea Fails In Murder Case
Brisbane, May 9.—Found guilty of having murdered Albert Edward Marshall (28) in Newstead Park on March 13, Andrew Christo[?] laborer was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sisters Charged With Treason
NEW YORK. May 10.—A Federal grand jury at Denver (Colorado) to-day indicted three Japanese sisters, all American-born, on a charge of…
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