Gaoled Fdr Theft
Adelaide, March 3.—Walter Squires (23), textile worker, pleaded guilty in the Adelaide Police Court to the theft of six suit cases whose contents were valued at…
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Courts & crime, 1945
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Stolen Shirts Lead To Court Marshal
Sydney, March 5.—The caw was not finished when two soldiers faced a court martial today on charges of having stolen shirts. It was revealed that…
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Inspector Gorman, of the Police Force, arrived home on Friday night after seven weeks and Is again on duty. He and his wife spent five weeks of their holiday…
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PERTH.—An Italian prisoner of war is on trial in the Perth Criminal Court on a charge of attempted rape of the woman owner of the farm to…
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MELBOURNE.— Robert Franois (34), a painter, was sentenced to five years in the General Sessions yesterday for garage breaking and stealing…
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LONDON, March 7.—The Russians gained further victories in Northern Pomerania today. They smashed their way to the east shore of the great lagoon at the mouth of Oder at a point 14 miles north of Stettin, the great German…
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SYDNRY:— A 14-year-old girl is alleged to have been criminally saulted by two youths at Sefton last night. According to the police the…
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SYDNEY.—A microphone and amplifier were installed in the Divorce Court yesterday at the request of Mr. Justice Bonney…
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Sydney, March 7.—In reserved judgment Mr. Justice Maxwell in the Supreme court today ruled that arrest and imprisonment cannot be justified merely…
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SYDNEY.—Two boys, aged 14 and 16, were arrested yesterday and charged with having criminally assaulted a girl of 14 at Sefton Park on…
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LONDON March 8.—Karl Gustav Hulten, U.S. paratrooper, aged 22, was hanged in Pentonville Gaol at 9 a.m. yesterday for the murder of George Edward Heath, hire car driver, of South London…
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SYDNEY.—The amalgamation of the vice squad with the C.I.B. [?]der the control of one executive officer will, it is believed, be one of the…
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Acting Inspector J. Canning, of the Central Police Station, is at present at Gunnedah in connection with an appeal case…
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London, March 11.—Reuter's representative in Paris says that Admiral Jean Esteva, who was the French Resident General in Tunis when the Allies landed…
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Perth, March 10.—A burst of handclapping from the public gallery followed a criminal court jury's verdict of not guilty late yesterday afternoon at the…
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SYDNEY.—Children at the school attended by Private J. Wilson's two sons carefully observed a pact of honor never to refer to the fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cold Blooded Jap Murder Of Filipinos (From M. C. Warren, a "Barrier Miner" War Correspondent.)
MANILA, March 11.—An account of the cold-blooded murder of thousands of civilians in Southern Manila is given in a captured Japanese…
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Sydney, March 12.—Described by the Crown Prosecutor, Sir Henry Manning, as being engaged in a racket for the purpose of preying on the community…
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Melbourne, March 12.—Seven dangerous criminals escaped from Beechworth Gaol last night. They scaled a 16ft. wall, raced into the township, stole a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Convicts Escape From Beechworth Gaol; May Be Hiding In Forest
MELBOURNE.—Latest reports of seven convicts who disappeared from the Beechworth,Gaol between 1O p.m. on Sunday and 7 a.m. yesterday indicate that they may be hiding in a forest near Woods Point, 60 miles from the gaol…
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