Ex-Vichy Minister Sentenced
PARIS, March 14.—The High Court sentenced to death Maurice Cabolde, former Vichy Minister of…
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Courts & crime, 1946
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Charge of Stealing £987 in Notes
SYDNEY, Thursday.— Mr. Farrington, SM, in the Central Court to-day, committed for trial a man who allegedly told…
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SYDNEY Thurs.—Giving evidence in a murder trial in the Central Criminal Court today, Walter Coatesworth, 63, labourer,…
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SYDNEY Friday—Sydney Thomas Scary, 34. his a.w.1. . soldier wearing, the uniform of an Australian Naval officer; reserved…
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At Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday afternoon Johnathan Fletcher charged his brother, Joseph Fletcher, with assault…
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In the Small Debts Court. Mary Hannah Watts sued Scott Johnston for the recovery of the sum of £8 in respect to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?] How a Corpse arranged a Double Murder. A Hobo's Terrible Luck
It was one of those sultry nights in January and both of us were tired hungry, and the light in the winday the isolated homestead…
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During the hearing of a case at the Muswellforook Police Court yesterday, Mr. N. A. Halliday, who appeared for the defendant, commented on the inclusion in the information reference to a prior conviction against the defendant, and said it savored too much of Departmental…
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LONDON March 15—Former Berchtesgaden Nazi leader Berhhardi Stadale was sentenced to death by a military court at…
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PARIS March 16. — Georg Dayras, ex-Secretary-General to the Ministry of Justice in Petain’s Government, was…
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MONTREAL, March 16.—Mr-Fred Rose, Labour Progressive M.P., was arraigned in the Court of Sessions yesterday on charges…
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PARK, March 18— “The hypnotic-eyed death doctor,” Marcel Petiot, who is accused of scientifically murdering 63 persons comes up for trial to-day. Petiot took advantage of the Resistance Movement to among…
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LONDON March 17.—The Augsburg Military Court has sentenced local German. farmer to 25 years’ Imprisonment for…
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William Eric Irving. 32, who pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen £1935 from the Australian Army Canteen Services on…
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Douglas Ronald Morris, journalist, charged with the murder of Mrs Jeanette Wicks in her York Street (Sydney) kiosk will stand trial on…
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LONDON, March 18.—A German policeman caused the explosion which wrecked the Berlin police headquarters in the Russian zone, killing three and injuring hundreds, says Reuter’s Berlin correspondent, quoting the British news…
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A court decision of interest to travellers all over the world was given by magistrates at Hastings (Eng.) when a woman summoned…
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His Honor Judge Storkey slated a 17-year-old youth who, in Kempsey Quarter Sessions on Wednesday last, pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-day’s Leader: Food For The World Amazing Court Scenes, in Paris “Death-Doctor” Charged With Murder Courtroom Piled High With Grim Exhibits (A.A.P. Service)
PARIS, March 19.—Ghoulish argument concerning the number of murders with which Dr. Marcel Petiot, the “hypnotic-eyed death doctor,” was charged occurred when the Public Prosecutor mentioned 33 bodies…
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The Department of Public Works is calling tenders, to close on 25th inst., for Scone's new Police Station and lock-up keeper's quarters…
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