Not Guilty Of Mother's Murder Declared Insane
Melbourne. May 16.âIn a one day murder trial in the Criminal Court today a jury after three minutes' retirement found a man not guilty on the grounds…
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Courts & crime, 1950
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Explosives in Court-yard
Sydney.—A parcel of explosives was found in the yard of Darlinghurst courts. The parcel contained three plugs…
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Melbourne. May 16.—Homicide detective investigation the murder of 19 years old railway proteress German Walters of Glencairn Avenue, East Brighton…
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Essential in any dealings with aborigines is gaining their confidence. That is the firm belief of Mr. J. Canning, who as a police officer, was in close contact for a number of years with natives throughout the north-west and far west of the State…
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Sydney. May 16.—George Stanley Thompson (68). a Macquarie Street specialist, was charged at the Central Court today with having unlawfully used an…
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Ronald Clinic Self, alias Stan Herron, an 18-year-old butcher, who pleaded guilty when be appeared before Mr. E. J. Forrest, S.M., in the Police Court…
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RECENT picture of Carmen Walters, murdered Victorian gril. A bank clerk has been charged with the offence…
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Panama, May 17.—The daring theft of the million-dollar statue of Our Lady of Los Angeles, Costa Rica's patron saint, has brought Costa Rica to a virtual state of siege…
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Early in the year on elderly man canvassed the city taking orders for enlargements end specially framed reproductions of photographs. This man, who is…
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A constant stream of people visited the police station today to identify their photographs—but not in the rogues' gallery…
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Sydney.—Mr. Justice Roper in the Equity Court dismissed, by consent, a suit brought by John Andrew (Jack) Davey, radio entertainer, against Mrs. Gerty Margarete Kaiser, his partner in the Stork Club…
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Sydney, May 17:—Special police precautions have been taken to prevent a repetition of last night's demonstration by Communists against delegates to the British Commonwealth Conference. In future squads of police will be present…
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Sydney. May 17.—Scottish migrant James Fisher (48) moulder, of 124 Palmer Street. East Sydney, was charged at Central Court yesterday with the…
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A sale of unclaimed property will be held at the Central Police Station on Saturday, May 27. The goods to be offered include…
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Melbourne May 18:—A 23 years old clerk was charged in the City Court today with having murdered Carmen Walters (19) at East Brighton on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stopwork Move at A.c.t.u. Congress Fails Arbitration Court Criticised for Basic Wage Case Delay
Melbourne, May 18:—Moves to call nationwide stopwork meetings as protests against the Arbitration Court's rejection of an interim increase of £2 a week in the basic wage case…
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Sydney, May 18:—At the Quarter Sessions today a South Australian sollciton was sentenced to 18 months gaol on a charge of breaking a recognisance. He…
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Melbourne. May 19:—Criminal Appeals Court by a majority decision today ordered a re-trial of Jean Lee (29). domestic; Robert David Clayton (32)…
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London, May 21.—A young man grabbed £300 from a girl cashier on the second floor, of Selfridge's London store, while on the fourth…
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Two youths and three juveniles were charged with the theft of a Holden following its disappearence from the Silver City Motors on Friday night. They will appear before the court On June 15…
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