Alleged Theft of Frocks Man and Wife for Trial
NEWCASTLE Thurs.—Leslie Allen Morrison (23) Labourer and his wife, Edna May Morrison (22),were charged in the Police…
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Courts & crime, 1946
1,539 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 77
Trapping Is Not Eradicating Rabbits View of Police Magistrate
Police Magistrate A. E. Hodgson said in the local police court yesterday that he did not regard trapping as anything…
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SINGAPORE, April 5.—Vice-Admirai Teizo Hara, former commander Of Japanese naval forces in the Andaman Islands, and…
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Patrick Moloney, 51. pensioner, was remanded to April 15, when he appeared before Mr. F. L. McNamara. JP. at West Maitland…
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Dr. Marcel Petiot, the Paris "Modern Bluebeard," who was charged with 27 murders, was found guilty and sentenced to death…
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The following police transfers in the Worth eastern Division have been notified Senior Constable R. C. Walton from Tares…
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At Kurri Police Court on Wednesday, before Mt. H. L. Sar[?] P.M., Keith Workman pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing [?]…
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Yesterday's local police court hearing was one of the tamest for some time, there being only three cases, one being a camera hearing. All…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day's World News. Causes of World's Food Shortage-persian Question Shelved—50 Children Lost in Tidal Wave—petiot Sentenced to Death. (A.a.p. Messages)
LONDON.—It is impossible for Britain, which is not facing starvation but which as an importer is facing a very difficult position, to restore the…
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NEWCASTLE: Ronald Charles [?] 21, labourer, was sentenced by Judge Nield at Newcastle Sessions to…
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GOSFORD Sat.—A 58-year-old gipsy woman walked into a Woy Woy butcher’s shop on March 25 and lifted a wallet containing…
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A police auction sale will be held at West Maitland Police Station at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 13, consisting of ladies…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Infidelity No Excuse for Murder (Australian Associated Press)
LONDON, April 6—A London wife’s infidelity was no excuse for murder was the ruling given by the Court of Criminal Appeal. Mr. Justice Wrottesley was dismissing the appeal…
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SCONE. — George Melross Livingstone, licensee of the Gundy Hotel, was charged at the Federal Prices Court…
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Found guilty of wilfully killing babies at a children's home, two Germans, Heinrich Gerike and George Hessling, have been…
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BRUNSWICK April 7.—A military court sentenced to death Heinrich Gerike George Hassling who was found guilty on charges…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Luted His Wallet 12 Months' Gaol for Gypsy Woman
A 58-year-old gypsy woman walked into a Woy Woy butcher's shop and lifted a wallet containing £200 from a man's hip pocket…
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Patrick Joseph Maher, 32, of Bondi, a former alderman of Kogarah Municipal council, was sentenced by Judge Barton at the Quarter…
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SYDNEY Monday — Although he had been outstripped earlier the chase by two police athletes a 22-stone police sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Numbers Raket in Sydney Police Investigating
Sydney police are investigating a "numbers racket, similar to the American one said to have netted "Dutch" Schultz…
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