Youth Jailed for Theft
Adelaide.—For having stolen a motor cycle valued at £75, Albert Henry Crease, 19, sawyer, of Henry Street, Stepney, was…
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Courts & crime, 1951
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Theft of First Aid Gear
Underground first aid equipment at the Zinc Corporation is to be locked as a safeguard against theft…
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Melbourne.—On the Flemington inside grass, where the barriers were 15 feet out and the going was good, Comic Court and Comedy Prince covered seven furlongs in 1/32½, the last half-mile in. 52½ today. Bahadur and Khushi took 38 for three furlongs…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Tennis Court Improvements for Pro Players
Work has commenced on improvements to the Association court in [?] Street, where the visiting professional tennis stars will play on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sold Drugs To Children New York Police Arrest 30
New York, January 17.—Detectives yesterday arrested 30 persons on charges of selling drugs to high school children. The wrests were the climax of long…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wine Keg Broached At Menindee Six Men Charged With Theft Broken Hill
Six men were arrested and charged on Sunday with broaching a keg of wine in the railway yards at Menindee on Friday night. They were…
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Adelaide.—Three police cadets are believed to have been burnt to death in a bush fire at Upper Sturt Estate…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman for Trial on Murder Charge
Melbourne.—Mrs. Joan Isabel Gorr (27), widow of Dr. George Gorr, was committed for trial by the City Coroner, Mr. J. R. Burke, S.M., on a charge of having, on June 30 last, murdered her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stone Theft Theory
London, January 19.—Scotland Yard believes it knows the identity of some of the persons who stole the historic Coronation Stone…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aborigine Strike Collapses Leaders Appear in Court
Darwin, January 18.—The three-day-old strike of Darwin aborigines collapsed this morning when strikers went back to work on pre-strike conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court Told of Burks & Bruises on Body of Baby
MELBOURNE.—The body of Hazel Elaine Miller, aged one year, was sewn up in a calico bag with white cotton and the legs tied with string, a doctor told the Coroner (Mr. Burke) S.M…
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London, January 21.—Police said a woman on trial for the attempted murder of her husband had twice tried to commit…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Win at Cricket
A team from local members, of the Police Force defeated a team from the Police Boys Club at cricket yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Native Strike Case Fails in Court
Darwin.—Mr. John Crang, S.M., in the Darwin Police Court dismissed a charge against an aboriginal, Lawrence of having by threats interfered with the rights of another aboriginal, Micky, to continue in employment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charged with Slaying of Woman
Sydney. January 22.—A man was charged in the Parramatta Court today with feloniously slaying. Valerie May Coleman (27), following a swimming party at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Men in Car Chase Train; Arrest of Assault Suspect
Bathurst.—Three men chased a train in a car and arrested a man in the guard's van whom they suspected of having attacked a policeman with two wine bottles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Testing" Renovated Tennis Court
Lost night a number of local tennis players who had worked hard to renovate the Blende Street Annotation No. 1 court for the visit of the professional…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police and Medium Hope to Solve Stone Mystery
London, January 22.—Scotland Yard is using a telepathist to try to solve the mystery of the missing Coronation Stone. The "Daily Express' says it is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Warn Citizens
Detective-Sgt. Mabbutt, of the Central Police station, this afternoon issued a warning to residents not to leave large sums of money in unlocked homes and hotel rooms…
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A warning was tuned to local residents yesterday by Sergt. Mabbutt. of the detective staff at the Central Police Station, against leaving…
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