Tojo's Nephew Charged with Robbery
Tokio (A.A.P.-Reuter), December 31.—An 18-year-old nephew of General Tojo. Japan's wartime Prime Minister, was arrested yesterday on a charge of…
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Courts & crime, 1948
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Queen's Court Is Fit
Queen's Court has yet to win a race but this filly has been given plenty of time and she now looks fit and ready to win. She shaped in promising style at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collapse Of Wooden Stand At Carnival 32 Injured Police Make Inquiries
Sydney, December [?]—Coffs Harbor police will hold an inquiry into the collapse of a wooden stand crowded with 500 people [?] Coffs Harbor's…
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SYDNEY— Theft of £30 worth of wedding presents, was alleged in Burwood Police Court when Keith Neville (28), moulder, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japs Sentenced For War Crimes
MELBOURNE.— Two more Japanese war criminals who. committed. atrocities against Australian P.O.W's. have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Daring Gaol Break in Canon City
NEW YORK, January 1.— Twelve desperate convicts used warders as shields from gun fire when they broke out of the Colorado State…
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SYDNEY— Police made two unsuccessful swoops last night in an attempt to recapture the Long Bay Gaol escapee, Crofton Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Former Jockey Sentenced
MELBOURNE.—Former leading jockey Patrick Joseph O'Malley (43), who won the Australian Cup on Answer in 1925, was found with…
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MELBOURNE.— Former leading jockey Patrick Joseph O'Malley (43), who won the Australian Cup on Answer in 1925, was found with…
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Sydney, January 2.âA notorious house-breaker escaped from Long Bay Gaol yesterday while the prisoners there were watching a film in the recreation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Check On Hotel
A CHECK up on local hotels is to be made by local, police to see if licensees are strictly complying with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Garden Charged with Forgery Irregularities In Connection With New Guinea Timber Leases
Sydney, January 2.—Three summonses involving two charges of forgery and one of falsification of a document were issued this afternoon against John Smith "Jock" Garden. The issue of the summonses is a sequel to the investigations by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia Not In East-Asia Concept Tojo Tells War Court
Tokio (A.A.P.—Reuter). January 2.—Australia was not included in the Greater East Asia concept, Hidski Tojo told the International Military Tribunal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wife Murder Charge After Dance
LONDON, January 4— Robert Gorringe, 21 was charged with having murdered his wife baring…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gaol Break Plan Fails Feeble Attempt, Says Chief
Brisbane, January 4.—Two long-sentence southern criminals, K. M. Davis and E. E. Bridgford attempted to make a bid for freedom from Boggo Road…
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A check up on local hotels is to be made by local police to see if licensees are properly complying with the provisions of the Liquor Act in regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U S. Police Seeking Warehouse Owner
NEW YORK, January 4.—Police said today they had been unable to establish the whereabouts of Julius Chender, owner of the Manhattan,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Chief Pleased At Local Conduct
Local Police Inspector, Mr. J. Canning, stated at the week-end that he was most pleased at the good conduct of the people here over the Christmas and…
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Sydney, January 4.—Early developments are expected in the police investigations into a fire which gutted the West Wyalong Golf Club early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Seach For Escapees
MELBOURNE.— Police and warders are searching the heavily timbered country near Castlemaine for three escapees from Castlemaine…
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