Gold Theft Trial
PERTH.— When two men were charged jointly in the Criminal Court at Cue with having stolen mailbags containing gold bullion…
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Courts & crime, 1947
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Murder Discovery at Windsor
SYDNEY.— Fingerprints were used by the C.l.B. to identify an elderly swagman whose brutally battered body…
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SYDNEY.—Ella Agnes Stratford (37), domestic, appeared in Central Police Court on a charge of having feloniously and maliciously…
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NEW YORK, February 20.— An Irishman from Dublin got into trouble last night when he and a comrade, both sailors from the…
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Sydney, (later).—Detectives tonight arrested a man and charged him with the murder of Harry Frith whose battered…
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NEW YORK, February 22.— Harry K. Thaw millionairt the central figure in a sensational murder trial 40 years ago, died at…
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BATHURST. — Today is the sixth day of the hearing of the murder charge against Frederick Lincoln McDermott (38) charged…
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Bathurst, February 24.—Frederick Lincoln McDermott, charged with the murder of William Henry Lavers in 1936, in a statement from the dock…
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LONDON, February 25—The Nuremberg Denazification Court today sentenced 68-year-old Fritz von Papen, former German Chancellor…
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Kalgoorlie, February 25.—Walter Stanley McColl (50), mine manager, and Robert Kenneth edward Beer (37), taxi driver, were today remanded…
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SYDNEY. — Mr. Thornton, S.M., refused an application for bail when James O'Sullivan, 27, laborer, was remanded in custody…
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Sydney, February 26.—Ella Agnes Stratford (37) of Barcom Avenue. Darlinghurst, was today allowed five hundred pounds ball in the Supreme Court when…
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Canberra, February 26.—The Minister for immigration, Mr. Calwell, said in the House of Representatives today that Joseph Goldberg, cited to give evidence…
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LONDON, February 26.— Mr. Justice Hilberry granted a defence application to have the charge of murder against Thomas…
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SYDNEY— Ellen Agnes Stratford (37), of Darlinghurst, was today granted bail of £500 pending an inquest on George Thomas…
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Bathurst, February 26. — Frederick Lincoln McDermott (38) laborer, was found guilty in Bathurst Court today of the murder of William Henry Lavers near Grenfell on September 5, 1936, and was sentenced to death. The jury on the case was…
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Sydney, February 26.—A man accused of a £9,175 jewel theft is alleged by police to have said he had considered shooting it out with the police while…
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Townsville, February 26.—The Queensland Government will legislate for a forty hour week if the Commonwealth Arbitration Court does not grant it. This…
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SYDNEY.— After forcing f. wire grille and opening the rear door, Kelvin Lenor Diggins, 22 a convict being transferred from…
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In the Police Court yesterday before Mr. J. B. Hodgson, Deputy S.M., William John Leopold Young was charged with having on February 23 unlawfully assaulted his wife, Valma Lillian Young. He was further charged that on February 24 be…
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