Police Concern At Stabbings
SYDNEY Tuesday—Police are concerned at the increasing number of stabbings during street brawls—a form of crime not…
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Courts & crime, 1944
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Gaol For Petrol Breaches
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— At a Special Federal [?] today two men, who pleaded guilty to charges of surprising motor…
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PERTH, Wednesday.— Matthef Bainbridge, 43, soldier, was committed for trial, after an inquest in Perth Courthouse, on a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Allegations of Police Faking Stir at "Pyjama Girl" Inquest
When the "Pyjama Girl" inquest resumed to-day, Dr. Palmer Benbow caused a stir by alleging that a photographic print had…
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NEWCASTLE Thursday—For begging alms, William Patrick Townsend (63), labourer, was, in the Police Court to-day,…
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William Patrick Papworth, 53, art jewellery manufacturer, of Springwood, who had been found guilty of having obtained £200…
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At the Court of Petty Sessions on Friday of last week, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., Nathaniel Russell Knight was charged under the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Muswellbrook Chronicl[?] FRIDAY, 14th APRIL, 1944. Application for Exemption. Hotelkeeper's Case Heard at Police Court
Reginald Charles Harris (34), licensee of the Shamrock Hotel, Muswellbrook, applied at the Muswellbrook Police Court yesterday for exemption…
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Ald. White drew the attention of Cessnock Council, at its meeting last Tuesday night, to the fact that no…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Actions and Crossactions. Common Assault Charges. Alleged Disturbance in Brook Street
In the Muswellbrook Police Court yesterday, Allan Thomas Wilson and Norman Eric Wilton (represented by Mr. Whitfield)…
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SYDNEY Sat.—Two men were sentenced at Sydney Quarter Sessions to five years’ gaol, and a woman to two years, for…
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LOS ANGELES April 14— Judge Charles Griffin was eliminated from Federal indictments accusing him and six others,…
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A Buenos Aires Government communique says the Supreme Military and Naval Court sentenced Lieut.Colonel Thomas Duco, leader of the…
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MILDURA MondayâDavil Nell Corbould was to-day remanded till April 24 on a charge of having murdered a six-year-old girl…
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NEWCASTLE Monday—In the Police Court to-day Alfred Kingdom (18), wood and coal carter, and Jack Davies (24), labourer,…
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SYDNEY Monday—While attempting to take an Allied Soldier to Darlinghurst police station on Saturday night,…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.— When the inquest on the Pyjama Girl was resumed to-day it was revealed that a report made by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Licensee on Two Charges Delay in Admitting Police Alleged
Elton C. Shade, licensee of the Queen’s Arms Hotel, High-street, West Maitland, appeared before Mr. I. Beavers, PM, at West…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—Yesterday, afternoon Constable Ford Herbert .Edward Hampson (29) seaman, near Lee wharf…
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NEW YORK April 17—Canadian Aircraftman Lonergan, who was convicted of the murder of his wealthy wife, was sentenced…
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