"Black Dahlia" Touch In Murder
Los Angeles, June 19.— Pierced with what appeared to be part of a tree branch, the body of Mrs. Louise Springer (28), was found…
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Courts & crime, 1949
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Police Case Fails
A charge of negligent driving against-Kenneth Ross Ellis of 198 Zebina Street, was dismissed by Mr. A. N. Bott, S.M., in the Police…
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Following the theft of a motor cycle on Saturday night and the subsequent crashing of the machine on the Stephens Creek Read about…
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All applications for annual renewal of hotel licences for the district of Broken Hill were granted by Mr. A. N. Bott, S.M., in the…
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Prague, June 19.—The Catholic Arch bishop of Prague, Josef Be[?] emerged from semi-captivity last night to issue a defiant statement against the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Reduces House Rent
In the Fair Rents Court today Mr. A. N. Bott, S.M., determined that the rent of premises occupied by William Richard Shaw, at 72…
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Edward John Walsh was today ordered by Mr. A. N. Bott, S.M to enter into a bond, of £25 to b of good behavior for 12 month…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Mail Theft From P.O Lockers
Sydney, June 20.—Thieves forced open tow steel lockers to steal registered mail and packages containing articles probably worth thousands of…
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In the Fair Rents Court yesterday afternoon, the stipendiary Magistrate. Mr. A.N. Bott. S.M. made a determination in respect of a claim by Frank…
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Melbourne, June 20.—Submissions that the fundamental objects of the Communist Party were the overthrow by violence of the State and its organisation of government, the seizure of power dictatorship by the masses by civil war or otherwise…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sharkey Guilty Of Seditious Utterance Sentence Deferred Pending High Court Decision
Sydney, June 20.—The general secretary of the Australian Communist Party, Lawrence Louis Sharkey, was found guilty of seditious utterance by a Central Criminal Court jury today. Mr. Justice Dwyer said he would defer sentence…
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In the Police Court, before Mr. A. N. Bott, S.M., yesterday, Edward John Walsh pleaded guilty to a charge of having assaulted Allan M…
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Cairo, Juno 21.—A British court-martial has acquitted six British military policemen of the man slaughter of an Egyptian civilian…
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Melbourne. — Two shots were fired into a room of a house at Collingwood last night while police wireless patrolmen were…
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Sydney.—Little booty rewarded a man who tied up a woman in a cafe. A woman cafe proprietor was knocked unconscious and tied up…
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Tokio, June 20.—The Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshida, is reported to be considering asking General MacArthur for permission to increase the Japanese…
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In the Wilcannia Police Court, before Messrs. R. G. Knox and E. C. Young. J.F's. Thomas Tracey; of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to a charge of having no…
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While Hiving evidence in the Police Court yesterday. Ron Ramsay (21), of 120 Willianw Lane collapsed. He was conveyed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Royal Commission on Communism Communist Publications Quoted In Court
Melbourne, June 23.—The formation of a Workers Defence Corps was mentioned in the Communist publication "Australia's Part in World Revolution," which was read to the Royal Commission on Communism today. Extracts from the…
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Sydney.—Eight thousand blankets, valued at £4500, are missing from the Wallgrove military camp, four miles from Penrith…
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