Alleged Theft of Petrol, Cement
A man was arrested on Tuesday and charged with having stolen lour gallons of petrol and four bags of cement from a…
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Courts & crime, 1949
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Hotel Murder ls Alleged
Adelaide.—Alfred Thomas Taylor (57) laborer, of Market, Street, City, who was alleged to have been knocked down in the front…
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Sydney.—The Attorney-General, Mr. C. E. Martin, announced yesterday the appointment of Mr. S. Redshaw as a District Court Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fishmongers Angry Police Break Up Demonstration
Sydney, February 3. — A hundred angry fishmongers, mostly foreigners tried to burst into the manager's office at the fish market today. The police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Allegedly Stole Fruit At Mingary Remanded To Cockburn Court
Bruce Morris (31) laborer, of no fixed abode, was remanded to the Court of Summary Jurisdiction, Cockburn by Mr. P. L. McNamara, S.M. in the Police…
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Sydney, February 4.—An ex-policeman and his two associates were today sentenced to long terms imprisonment [?] brutal attack on a Potts Point flat…
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Adelaide, February 4.—In the Adelaide Police Court today. Frederick Charles Arnold (45) single of Forestville, was charged with the murder of Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Officers Hurt in Crash
Sydney.—Firemen were called to prevent a blaze occurring when a motor trailer loaded with more than 2000 gallons of fuel oil crashed on to a police car at Matraville last night, injuring four…
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Rome, February 7. — Police squads in jeeps fired into the air to save a referee at Naples on Sunday when groups of rival…
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Sydney. — Detectives raided a house in Redfern early today and arrested a man, who was later charged with having stolen £650…
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Sydney, February 9.—A laborer who stole £3 from a church poor box was sentenced to two years imprisonment today. He was Frank Kirkup (27)…
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Perth.—A 31-year-old miner was sentenced to death for the murder of a man whom police described as "a felon known in the…
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Los Angeles, February 10. — Former world champion tennis player, Bill Tilden, was sentenced to one year in gaol on his 56th…
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New Delhi. February 10.—Nathurma[?] Vinsyak Godse, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, was sentenced to death by special judge today. Narayan Apte was…
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Parkes.—A man killed himself at the police station yesterday a few minutes after he had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Claim In Bankruptcy Court Against T. J. Ley's Son
Sydney, February 10.—A son of the late Thomas John Ley, once N.S.W. Minister for Justice, was named in a sequestration petition before the…
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London, February 13.—A "News of the World" columnist says that the British Foreign Office and the Vatican are investigating a remarkable theory that the…
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In the Police Court today. James Wallace Nancarrow (24), laborer, of 35 Cummins Street, was remanded on bail of self, £50, with…
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Albert Edward Fenton was fined £15 with 12/6 costs by Mr. A. N. Bott, S.M., in the Police Court today for having stolen four bags…
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Sydney, February 14.—A soldier has been sentenced to six months gaol for assaulting policeman. He was John Thomas Laughton (27). He was charted…
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