Journalist Charged With Kiosk Murder
Sydney, January 9.—At the Central Police Court today, Douglas Ronald Morris (26) a journalist was remanded until February 13 on a charge of having murdered…
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Courts & crime, 1946
1,191 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 60
Bicycles at Police Station
Six men's bicycles are still at Central Police Station awaiting claimants. As there so far has been no move by anyone to claim them they will, if not claimed…
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SYDNEY.—Police, who had searched desert country for a 60-year-old stockman, found his body in a gully. The stockman was "Bluey" Hunter,…
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LONDON, January 9.—Mass meetings by Glasgow's policemen, who are demanding better conditions, have been banned by Chief Constable…
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NEW YORK, January 9.—Two janitors employed in apartment buildings near the Degnan home in Chicago have been detained for questioning following the fiendish murder of Suzanne Degnan, aged 6…
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SYDNEY.—While eating a meal in a coffee lounge at King's Cross early this morning Colin Josenh Fitzgerald (20), waiter, was shot in the thigh…
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LONDON, January 9.— "There is one view to be taken into consideration that the sooner this man can…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warders Sacked in N.s.w. Gaol Purge
SYDNEY.—Four warders had been dismissed from Long Bay penitentiary in the past six months for serious offences including trafficking with…
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So many half-caste aborigines have drifted into South Australia since Darwin was bombed by the Japanese that the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. F…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hot Trail in Girl Murder Two Janitors Face Lie Detector Test
Chicago, January 10.—Detective-Sergeant Hanrahan announced last night that the search for the murderer of Suzanne Degnan was getting hotter and…
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MELBOURNE—Gloria Mary Bruyn, 19, married, of Raith Court, East Street, St. Kilda, was committed for trial by the City Coroner (Mr. Wade,…
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SYDNEY.—Attacked by six men in Redfern early this morning, Leslie Marshbank (19) was stabbed in the right rib and received head injuries…
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Chicago, January 11.—Janitors Verburgh and Smet and Mrs. Verburgh, who [?]ere held for questioning following the [?]dnapping and murder of the six year old…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five Years Gaol For Baillie Stewart
London, January 11.—Norman Baillie Stewart, who was charged at the Old Bailey on two indictments alleging high treason, was today sentenced to five years'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Suspect In Chicago Child Murder; Son Of Wealthy Man Detained
NEW YORK, January 11.—A millionaire's son has been held by Chicago police as the latest suspect in the kidnapping and laying of Suzanne Degnan, aged 6. Police found the man's hat near the sene of the murder and discovered blood stains inside his motor car and in his appartment…
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CHICAGO, January 13.—As a funeral Mass was held yesterday for six-year-old Suzanne Degnan, victim of the kidnap murder, Chicago's police force redoubled its efforts to solve the crime, which is almost a week old…
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So many half-caste aborigines have drifted into South Australia since Darwin was bombed by the Japanese that the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. F…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arbitration Court Remodelling A.C.T.U. Draft Proposals
Sydney, January 13.—Proposals for remodelling the Federal Arbitration Court put forward by the A.C.T.U. were revealed in Melbourne on the week-end. Amongst the proposals are the removal of all present Arbitration Court Judges; the repeal of the existing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Peer's Son Rebuked By Magistrate After Assault
LONDON, January 14.—Captain the Hon. Robert Cecil, son of Viscount Cranborne, and second heir, to his grandfather, the Marquis of Salisbury, was fined £5 for having assaulted Thomas Lea, a "Daily Mirror" photographer, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Search For Counterfeiter; Gaol Sentence
BRISBANE.—Police are searching for George Harris, 75, draper, of Lutwyche road, Lutwyche, who was sentenced to six months' gaol on each…
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