Double Killing 18 Years' Gaol
Ronald Eastwood, 20, stevedore, was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment at Melbourne on two charges of manslaughter…
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Courts & crime, 1945
1,080 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 54
Local and General News Theft of Tobacco
Sometime during last night, the store of A. J. Tulloch's was entered and goods to the value of £10, principally tobacco, were stolen. The…
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If you start an argument with an Irishman, retaliation la sure to follow. Reflect on his legitamcy, and you are asking for trouble…
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Before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., at Murrurundi Court House yesterday, two publicans, William Gladston, of the Royal Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R.a.a.f. Man Sent to Gaol Guns Hidden in Roof
For having had a sub-machine-gun and two rifles hidden in a house, an R.A.A.F. man, Harry Alfred Rogers. 25, was…
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At Cessnock Police Court this morning," before Mr.I. Beavers, P.M., Ernest Fletcher was charged with wrongfully using water from a pipe belonging to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Recover Jockey's Car
The car of the Sydney jockey. J. Thompson, which was taken from Sydney en March 4. was recovered by Tamworth police last night…
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SYDNEY Wed.—A microphone and amplifier have been installed in Mr. Justice Bouney’s Divorce Court. Acoustics of the court…
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LONDON March 6—A reparative for Elizabeth Jones, 18 yean old strip tease dancer, who has been sentenced, to hang for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Airman's Experience in Spain Faked Fits to Get Out of Gaol
Flying Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Eric E. Whitehead, of Rockdale, who arrived in Sydney, told how when…
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NEWCASTLE. Thurs.—Robert Albert Clyde Cheshire (20), soldier was charged in the police court to-day with having stolen…
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When Herbert Victor Walker appeared on bail in the local police court yesterday belore Mr. J. McElroy, on a charge of…
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NEWCASTLE Friday — John William Hurley (21), cleaner, and Clarence Edward Peters (30), seaman, were charged in the police…
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SINGLETON Friday. —Victor Herbert Walker, was charged before Mr. J. McElroy, PM. at Singleton court, with stealing, one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Reshuffle
SYDNEY Friday—The amalgamation of the flying squad with the under the control of one executive will, it is believed, be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Taxation Department Questionnaire Intimidation of Business Firms Charged
CANBERRA, Friday—The Prime Minuter (Mr. Curtin) intervened in the House of Representatives to-day when the Federal Treasure (Mr. Chifley) was rising to answer a taxation query put to him by the deputy leader of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Penalty for Cattle Stealing Criticised by P.p. Board Directors
At Tuesday's meeting of the Gloucester Pastures Protection, Board very outspoken criticism was levelled at the penalty imposed upon two persons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Number of Youths and Boys in Children's Court
Further to the general fight at Mitchell's Flat hall dance one night recently, a number of youths appeared in the children's court before Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day’s Leader: Skip Salvage Forces Ready For Assault Red Army 29 Miles From Berlin Australian Associated Pres
LONDON, March Strategic centre of the Russian front has now shifted to a narrow sector of the Oder line in front of Berlin. During the past month heaviest fighting was in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ancient Order of Forresters. Court Star of the Hunter. Annual Picnic
Members of the above Court, with their wives and children, had a most enjoyable outing on March 4th last, the occasion being their annual picnic. Two…
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