Theft of Shire Funds Three Years' Sentence
Robert ames Burns (35), who had been found guilty of having stolen £8469 while clerk of the Baloone Shire Council, was…
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Courts & crime, 1945
1,080 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 54
Two Men Sentenced to Death Jones Shooting Case
SYDNEY Thursday.—At the Central Criminal Court last night after they had been found guilty by a jury of wounding Dr…
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SYDNEY Thurs.— Following what proved to he a false lead, detectives yesterday raced by car to Wyong in the hope that they…
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Clifford Tasman Thompson (Cliffie Thomas), 32, engineer, and Alexander McDonald Jowett ("Scotty" McDonald), 28, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Effort to Check Divorces. New Court to Be Set Up. Sydney
Following a recent conference between the Attorney-General (Mr. Martin) and the Minister for Justice (Mr. Downing) on the increased divorce…
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MELBOURNE Sat. — Charles Hornbuckle, 29, soldier, of Broadmeadow Camp, was sentenced in the Criminal Court by Mr…
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NEY YORK. April 1.—The “Christian Science Monitor’s” Washington correspond, Roscce Drummond, says…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday—At the Central Police Court, Desmond Harry Musten, 19, and Leslie Charles Richards, 22, were remanded on…
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SYDNEY Wed.—Nancy O’Neill, 30, was charged at Central Court with having between November 25 and December 11, 1944; stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rose Bay Murder Police Expect Developments
Developments are expected by the police soon towards solving the brutal Rose Bay crime, when the Sydney solicitor, Joseph Morgan Houston…
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SINGLETON Wed.—Three men, Ernest William Berrigan, Robert Berrigan and Robert Charles Car, were charged at…
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SYDNEY Wed.âA description of a young man, who, police believe may have been responsible for the murder of Joseph Morgan…
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With the capture of Bruck, which was announced by Marshal Stalin, Marshal Malinovsky has burst clean through the gap between Eusiedler…
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Robert James Burns (35) who had been found guilty of having stolen £8469 while clerk of the Baloone Shire Council, was sentenced by Mr. Justice…
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BRISBANE Friday — Station owners and hands on horseback are searching, the stony, ridges between Eulo and Dundoo, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court Difficulty
SINGLETON Friday-One of the most amusing cases ever beard at the .Singleton court was heard by Mr. J. McElroy, P.M.,…
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SINGLETON Friday. — The court at Singleton yesterday commenced at 2 p.m., continued till 6.15 It was adjourned then till…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton Police Court Thursday, April 5th (Before Mr. J. McElroy, P.m.). Consumed Liquor in Public Place
Stewart Vincent Lunney was charged with consuming liquor in a public place, John Street. Mr C. R. Whitfield, for defendant, pleaded…
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A large posse of police searched a wide area of sparsely inhabited country in far southwestern Queensland for a cowboy…
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Reginald John John appeared before Mr. I. Beavers, P.M., at Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday, on a charge of…
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