Not Guilty of Murder
Melbourne.—Sixteen-year-old apprentice carpenter Richard Robert Hollis was found not guilty by a Criminal Court jury of having…
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Courts & crime, 1949
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Montreal Reds Fight Police
Montreal, March 31.—Twenty persons were arrested when Communists fought police in therstreets after the cancellation of a…
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Brisbane.—Police are investigating the theft of £ 700 worth of jewellery from a motor car which vanished from behind the Adelaide…
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Three men have been charged with the stealing, following the theft of 120 gallons of wine from a railway truck at Menindee last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Haigh for Trial on Acid Bath Murder Charge Gruesome Story Told in Court
London, April 3.—Forty-year-old company director, John George Hoigh, yesterday was committed for trial for the acid both murder. He will be tried at Old Bailey at the sitting commencing on April 26, for having murdered well-to-do…
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Sydney, April 1.—Three Fijian seamen were charged at the Central Court today with murdering two Indians at Port Adelaide on December 8. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Warnings on Traffic Breaches
There are a number of cars with South Australian registrations being driven round the city by residents. This is a breach of the Traffic Act and persons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Walk-about" And The Police
Walking down one of the main streets of Broken Hill on Saturday after nightfall, a motor cycle without lights raced out of the gloom and missed the walk-about by inches…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Arrests in N.z. for S.a. Murder
Adelaide, — Police headquarters received advice from Detective B. R. Harvey from Wellington, New Zealand, today that he had ar…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →McPHILLIPS Charged with Contempt Alleged Basic Wage Statement
In the Full Arbitration Court today Leslie John McPhillips pleaded not guilty to a charge of contempt. McPhillips is assistant secretory of the Federated Ironworkers' Association. McPhillips has been appearing as an advocate for seven…
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Melbourne, April 4. — A crowd of nearly 100 looked on while two constables, who hud intervened in a brawl were knocked to the ground and kicked…
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Sydney, April 4.—A 20-year-old tram conductor charged with the murder of a man on Saturday night was alleged in the Central Court today to have…
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London, April 4. — Australia would press for an international court of human rights at the U.N. General Assembly, the Australian…
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Sydney, April 4.—A special court might have to be arranged to hear charges laid against eight racing men charged after a raid on City Tattersalls…
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Adelaide, April 5. — The first police court proceedings conducted within the Woomera Rocket Range area have resulted in the committal for trial at Port…
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In the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday morning before Mr. E. T. A. Smythe, S.M., John Arthur Laws on William Edwards and Robert John Paull were…
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Wellington (A.A.P.-Reuter), April 5.—Arrested earlier in the day by an Adelaide detective, two members of the crew of the Lautcke, from Adelaide, were…
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London, April 5—Mrs. Renee Duffy, 19, lost her appeal against a death sentence for the murder of her husband in what Lord Chief Justice Goddard termed a "truly sad and truly miserable case."…
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Melbourne, April 5.—Appearing on four charges of contempt of the Arbitration Court today the assistant secretory of the Ironworkers' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →McPhillips Sentenced to One Month in Gaol Contempt of Court Charge
Melbourne, April 6.—By a majority decision of the Full Arbitration Court today, the assistant general secretary of the Federated Ironworkers Association (Leslie John McPhillips) was sentenced to one month of gaol in Long Bay…
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