Police Probing Sydney Death
Sydney.âDetectives, investigating the death of Prof. W. E. Dyer found that he had the equivalent of £1,150 in Malayan currency and…
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Courts & crime, 1949
1,212 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 17 of 61
Court Confirms Conviction
Washington. April 19.—The U.S. Appeals Court today confirmed the conviction of Gerhard Eisler, German-born Communist, on…
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Sydney.—Following his defeat in the Sydney Cup, connections of Comic Court announced that the colt would be sent for a spell when…
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Auckland (N.Z.).—A Maori was charged with the murder of an Indian hawker in a washhouse in Auckland…
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A 24-year-old prospector had a gaol sentence of six months imposed but suspended by Mr. A. N. Bott in the Police Court yesterday when he was convicted…
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Sydney. April 18.—John Williams (34) of Holt Street. Surrey Hills, was refused ball in Redfern Court today on a charge of having murdered Mervyn…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gaol Ordered 30 Seamen
Brisbane.—Thirty members of the crew of the Canadian ship Triberg were sentenced to 14 days' gaol for having disobeyed the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attack On Neighbors Cowardly Assault, Says Judge
Sydney. April 20.—Pre-war representative in Australia of Leipzig Fair Lars Gustav Brundubi, had procured four pugilistic type hooligans to…
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Three men who are charged with having allegedly stolen two kegs of wine from trucks on the NSW line appeared before Mr. E. T. A…
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Melbourne. April 20.—Claims to be submitted by the Australian Council of Trade Unions to the Arbitration Court include an immediate interim busk wage…
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Sydney.—Owen Clare Davoren, machinist, who was convicted on a charge of armed robbery, assault and illegal use of a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Theft of Halfton of Butter
Melbourne. — Two waterside workers are alleged to have organised the theft of more than half a ton of butter. The theft occurred while the…
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Sydney—Miss Mary Fahy. who was found stabbed to death in her flat at Maroubra last Thursday, morning, was buried yesterday…
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Sydney.—Disappearance of £2240 more than a year ago from the safe at Liverpool Police Station may lead to a number of uniformed policemen, plainclothes-men and detectives being charged with…
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Three laborers were sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labor in the Menindee Police Court on Thursday by Mr. E. T. A. Smythe, S.M.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gunmen Gets Just Deserts Gaol For 11½ Years
Sydney, April 22.—Judge Curlewis, in the Quarter Session today, sentenced a 24-year-old gunman to 11½ years gaol. The gunman. Owen Clare…
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The adjourned sitting of the Court of Quarter Sessions and District Court Will be held at the Courthouse on Tuesday…
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Sydney, April 25.—A fortnight before two couples were assaulted by four thugs in Kent Road, Rose Bay, a woman neighbor said in the Quarter Sessions…
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Amman (Transjordan), April 24.-Six-members of the Palestine Arab Higher Committee and two high-ranking Syrian police are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Singers Exonerated After Opera Murder
New York, April 24—Australian baritone, John Brownlee, was one of the Metropolitan Opera House stars questioned and exonerated by police after the back-lane murder of promising young tenor, John Garris…
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