Sudden Death Of Police Commissioner
Sydney, January 22. — The N.S.W. Commissioner of Police. William John MacKay, collapsed and died tonight. Com. MacKay, who was 63 years of age…
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Courts & crime, 1948
1,223 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 62
State Police Move in Crime Wave
SYDNEY. — Police patrols have been strengthened at night in Sydney to try to check the wave of serious crime. A watch is…
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SYDNEY. — Mr. William John Mackay, who has been Commissioner of Police in New South Wales for 13 years, collapsed and died suddenly last night. He was 62 and is survived by a widow and…
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MELBOURNE — A 21-year-old Ivanhoe nurse, asleep in the back seat of a car between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. today was kidnapped by…
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LONDON, January 23. — The president of the East London Children's Court (Mr. Basil Henriques) and his wife will arrive in…
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SYDNEY. — St. Stephens Church, Macquarie Street, City, was packed long before the funeral of service for the late Commissioner…
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Sydney January 23—A man charged with the murder of a women in what is known as the "Trunk Murder" sobbed bitterly in the Coroner's Court today when the death of his parents was mentioned. The Coroner, Mr. Hart, was…
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London, January 23—Basil Henriqued, President of the East London Childrens' Court and Mrs. Henriques will arrive at Adelaide on January 28 on a lecture…
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Sydney, January 23—A man charged with rape was attacked by another man while being taken to the cells at Campsie Police Court today. The man…
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SYDNEY — A State-wide search has been instituted for a young man following the murder of Mrs. Maud Been told (50), whose body was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Film Starlet Is Sent to Gaol; Part with Kidnappers
NEW YORK, January 25. — Madge Meredith, a film starlet, has gone to prison for having had a man kidnapped and beaten after a quarrel. Meredith was sentenced by a…
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MELBOURNE. — The police suspect that incendiarists are responsible for another serious…
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Sydney, January 26.—Arrested near a waterfall today after an intense manhunt, 21-year-old railway employee. George Paul Bechtold, was charged with…
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Sydney, January 26.—The State Cabinet at its meeting on Wednesday is expected to consider the appointment of a successor to the late Mr. W. J. Mackay…
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MELBOURNE. —The death penalty for all people who committed a brutal murder was favored by seven out of every…
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MELBOURNE—Torture and illtreatment had been used by Geelong polic to obtain confessions from 18-year-old twin brothers,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Confessions Allegedly Forced From Youths By Torture Counsel Charges Police In Victorian Rape Case
Melbourne, January 26.—Defence counsel charged in the City Court today that the eighteen-year-old twins accused of raping a 21-year-old nurse early on…
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FOR the convenience of the public the charge room at the Central Police Station is to be transferred to the front of the building…
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LONDON, January 27. — Wedding presents chosen by Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to go into their first home…
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Sydney, January 27.—Counsel for John Smith ("Jack") Garden, Mr. Simon Isaacs, today demanded an apology from the Minister for External Territories (Mr. E J Word) ofter Mr. Ward had said he understood that Mt. Isaacs had "a bad…
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