Plea of Guilty of Murder Allowed
WELLINGTON (N.Z.).—For the first time in New Zealand a man charged with murder was permitted to plead guilty…
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Courts & crime, 1945
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Police Act In Pigeon Thefts
FOLLOWING the disappearance of large numbers of pigeon3 from [?]fts at Railway Town and South Broken Hill police have made…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Detention for Questioning Police Have No Power, Says Judge
Sydney, February 20.—In the Supreme Court today counsel said if the Police had the right to detain a man for questioning unless he had been charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Women's Wages In War Industries Arbitration Court Inquiry
Melbourne, February 20.— The Full Beach Arbitration Court will decide whether in the national interest it a just sad fair to increase minimum rates of…
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Sydney. February 21.—Charged with the murder of Morris Joseph Hannigan (63), in a King Street gunshop on January 9, Cyril Norman (32), was…
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MELBOURNE.—At the City Cour today Norman Ralph Brook (23),soldier, was remanded till March 2 on a charge of having murdared Jack…
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Acting-Inspector J. Canning returned on the Comet last night from Menindee after a visit of inspection to the river town…
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In the Wentworth Police Court on Tuesday, a man named Parfrey was committed for trial on a charge of breaking and entering with intent to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court Dismissed Union Claim
MELBOURNE.—The Full Court of. the Arbitration Court today dismissed an application by the Australasian Meat Industries Employees' Union…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Dismisses Appeal By Dancer And Soldier Against Death Sentence
LONDON, February 21.—Appeals by Karl Gustav Hulten, 22-year-old U.S. soldier, and Maud" Elizabeth Jones, 18year-old strip-tease dancer, against the sentences of death passed on them by Mr. Justice Charles at the Old Bailey last…
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SYDNEY.—For stealing a newspaper, a graduate of the Royal Hungarian University was bound over for 12 months on a £10 good behavior…
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On Tuesday in the Wentworth Police Court a man named Parfrey was committed for trial on a charge of breaking and entering with intent to steal…
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In the Police Court yesterday before Mr. M. S. Meagher, S.[?] Ronald Charles Powe[?] (19), laborer, of 36 George Street. Thebarton, S.A., was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Butter Coupon Theft Interstate Ring Suspected
Sydney, February 23.—The theft of 800,000 butter coupons from the Sydney Ra[?]ning Commission office last weekend is believed to have been the work…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mass Murder by Japanese of Filipinos
MANILA, February 23.—Japanese troops have mass-murdered nearly 1000 Filipinos in reprisal raids on the towns of Bay and Santa…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Control of Hostile Crowd
SYDNEY.—Police had to control a hostile crowd of 2,000 who were unable to gain admittance to the Red Army celebrations in the Sydney…
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TWO youths who were arrested by local police on Thursday night and found to be in the possession of alleged stolen goods were ordered to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Theft of Car Rim, Tyre and Tube
WHETHER a motor tyre and tube were stolen, as alleged by the police, was the subject of a case heard in the Police Court today by Mr. M. S. Meagher, S.M. George Galley was charged that on February 2 he did steal one…
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KALGOORLIE.—Carmelo Foti (28) pleaded guilty in the Kalgoorlie Police Court with the unlawful possession of gold…
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SYDNEY.—Police inquiries into the disappearance of 252 boxes of butter in the city on February 5 took a new turn last night when a man…
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