Chairman of District Court Judges
Sydney. February 3.—Judge Nield has been appointed the first chairman of District Court Judges from February 13. This was announced by the Attorney…
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Courts & crime, 1950
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St Razzle Downs Comic Court at M. Valley
Melbourne.—Cleverly ridden by L. Lott, St. Razzle won the C. F. Orr Stakes at Moonee Valley this afternoon. He got a clear break three furlongs from home and it was sufficient for victory by half a neck from Comic Court, with Carbon Copy a moderate third. In the betting Comic Court was…
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Brisbane, February 5.—Police yesterday arrested two young men and charged them with rape of a 15-year-old girl on Redcliffe waterfront…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Baby Found Covered By Ants Mysterious Theft From Theatre
Forth, February 3.—A three-months-old baby boy who was taken from his pram at a picture show at Maylands last night was found early today covered by…
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MR. JUSTICE W. K. FULLA[?]AR, of the Victorian Supreme Court, is to be appointed a [?]ustice of the High Court to fill…
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Sydney.—A man burgled the Central Methodist Mission at Darlinghurst, which displays over its door in large letters the text: "And be sure your sin will find you out."…
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Sydney. February 5.—Detectives in three States over the week-end raided criminal haunts in their search for arms ammunition. The raids follow…
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Sydney.—Detective Sergeant Gordon Jack, of the C.I.B. alleged at the Campale Coroner's Court today that Kevin John…
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Paris.—Police have started digging under eight houses previously occupied by Boscq, the Chamadelle murderer, in search of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Hunt Gunman
Melbourne.—In an intensive hunt for the gunman who wounded John Gilligan with a tommy gun burst at Jolimont yesterday, police…
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Melbourne.—At Caulfield this morning Comic Court, after striding, went 9 furlongs in 2.13, the last four in 56 on the steeple grass. Hillgrove and Prose covered…
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Sydney.—The appointment of Mr. G. J. J. O'Sullivan (58) as a District Court judge will be recommended to the Executive…
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The District Court Amendment Act of 1949, which comes into force as from Monday next will increase the work of these courts considerably. Principal alteration is that it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coroner Begins Inquest On Lakemba Tragedy Footprints In Blood Gave Police Clue
Sydney, February 6.—A detective told the Campsie Coroner, Mr. E. J. Gibson, today that prints of a rubber heel and sole both outlined in blood had been found in a Lakemba house where two women were battered to death. He said both…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Seize Firearms
Sydney.—A quantity of firearms and ammunition was seized by detectives in a raid on two shops and a dwelling in Balmain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Incorrect Record Misled Magistrate
Sydney.—An incorrect police record had deceived a magistrate who had sentenced a woman to three months' jail for having stolen £4, Judge Stacy said in the Appeal Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Acquitted of Murder Charge Had Killed Father
Bridgeport, Connecticut, February 8— A jury yesterday acquitted 21-years-old Carol Paight, who was charged with second degree murder in the shooting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inquiry Into Catalina Explosion Airways Manager Charged With Malicious Damage
Sydney, February 8.—Douglas B. Lindsay, business manager of Hong Kong, told the City Coroner today that the managing director of Trans-Oceanic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West German Police Do Not Fear Reds
Berlin, February 8.—The West German police feel that fire [?] rather than tanks will be the best answer to the rumored Communist…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Young Man For Trial In Lakemba Double Murder Detective's Story Of Alleged Admissions
Lakemba, February 7.—District Coroner, Mr. Gibson, to-day committed Kevin John Irwin (23) for trial on charges of murdering twenty-years-old Dorothy Jean Dart and her mother, Dorothy Dart (49) on January 3. Mr. Gibson found…
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