Woman Sought In Murder Case
LONDON, January 1.—Detectives working on the Surrey chalk pit murder case are seeking a wealthy young woman…
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Courts & crime, 1947
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Awards to Police
SYDNEY.—Only New Year awards in New South Wales are the King's Police and Fire Services Medal to six senior members…
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BRISBANE.—Jeeps are to be acquired by the Queensland Police Force to assist in transport…
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Sydney, January 2.—Sydney Arthur Redvers Hayne (47), telegraphist, was remanded to January 10 when he appeared in Burwood Court today charged…
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The list of cases set down for hearing at the Wilcannia Police Court on Christmas Eve was the largest for very many years. Punishment meted out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Seek Owners for Bicycles
Five bicycles and the frame of a new machine, which has been stripped of its parts, are still avaiting claimants at the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fewer Police Cases in Broken Hill
Number of cases brought be fore the courts in the Broken Hill police sub-district showed a slight decrease during 1946, the…
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SYDNEY—After a man and woman were treated at St. Vincent's Hospital for symptoms of strychnine poisoning the man…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Counsel Alleges Indiscriminate Police Arrests
SYDNEY.—It was claimed by the solicitor for an arrested man that members of the mobile police squad are arresting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder And Suicide Coroner's Verdict On Gilroy Case
Sydney, January 3.—A verdict of murder and suicide was returned by Colo[?] Stewart at the inquest on Ral[?] Gd[?] (40) enginc[?], and his seventy years old…
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NEW YORK, January 5.—Nine criminals staged the biggest goalbreak in New York's history when they escaped from Brooklyn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Had No Light Will Spend Five Years In Gaol
London, December 2.—Lorry driver George Meadows, of Leicester, began 1947 in gaol and will remain there for the next five years—all because he was…
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LONDON, January 5.—Thomas John Ley. company director and former N.S.W. Minister for Justice; John William Buckingham,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lovers' Struggle Over Alps To England; Story Told In Court
LONDON. —The poignant story of a 25-year-old soldier's struggle to bring the woman he loved from Italy to England was read in Norwich Police Court on Saturday. The woman, Ilde Nuccia Tenca, 34, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Girls Allege Assault in School; Teacher Gaoled
BRISBANE.—Assaults on little girls at Michelton State School were alleged in the police court yesterday when a junior teacher…
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Brisbane, January 6—A young schoolteacher. Allan Herbert Springall (19), was today sentenced to three months in gaol on each of seven charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Silverton Court House Lease For Youth Council
Messrs M. A. Davidson, and E. M. Horsington, M.L.A.s, have received the following from the Western Lands Commissioner:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Theft of Cigarettes
PORT PIRIE.—A carton containing 25,000 cigarette disappeared and 11,000 cigarettes were removed from another carton in…
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Sydney, January 7.—Joseph Carpendale (59) was charged at the Central Court today with having stolen £1314 from the Australian Workers' Union…
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SYDNEY,—More than 300 men took part in a series of line-ups at Victoria Barracks yesterday when detectives, attached to the…
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