Pleaded Not Guilty to Stealing
SINGLETON Friday — Edmund Joseph Annas pleaded not guilty at Singleton Court before Mr. A. E. Hodgson. PM. to a charge of…
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Courts & crime, 1946
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Wouldn’t Hang Dog on Police Evidence Mr. Kinkead Attacks Witnesses in Kiosk Murder Trial
SYDNEY, Friday.—In a trenchant attack on police witnesses in the kiosk murder trial, Mr. J. J. B. Kinkead, who is defending Douglas Ronald Morris (26), journalist, said he would hate to think of hanging a dog, let alone a…
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SYDNEY Friday. — Detectives from the C.I.B. to-day visited the funeral parlours of Motor Funerals Ltd. in the City and seized…
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Douglas Ronald Morris, journalist, the accused in the kiosk murder case, was this afternoon acquitted, and thus has come to a close one of the most sensational and remarkable murder trials of recent years…
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Court sittings this week proved a busy time for those engaged in and associated with law proceedings locally. Police…
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The new Denman-Singleton Pastures Protection Board will have its "initiation" next Tuesday, when there will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late State News "Kiosk" Murder Case Nearing Conclusion
The Crown Prosecutor, Mr. Kidston, in his address to the jury in the "Kiosk" murder case at the Central Criminal Court to-day…
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The Crown Prosecutor, Mr. Kindston, in his address to the jury in the kiosk murder case at the Central Criminal Court to-day, submitted that…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Crown Prosecutor (Mr. R. R. Kidston) in his address to the jury in the kiosk murder case at the Central Criminal Court to-day submitted that the obvious explanation for the blood on the clothing of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Allegation at Farmers' Meeting Claim That Police Magistrates Are with Government Institutions
"If ever I come before a court I hope it is not before a police magistrate or a judge, because it is my opinion that these officials…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dramatic Outburst in Rabbit Case "I Will Go to Gaol; I Won't Pay the Fine" Principles Against Paying, Says Carrowbrook Grazier
"I will not pay the fine; on principle I cannot; I will go to gaol rather than pay up." This dramatic outburst, behind which was evident a very defiant and emphatic attitude, was made last night in the local court house when James St, Clair Wilkinson, grazier, of Carrowbrook, was convicted on…
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LONDON May 11.—Four men, acquitted of the murder of Charles Greeney, the boy who was found hanged in his home at…
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LUNEBURG May 11.— The Military Tribunal sentenced Lieut.-General Kurt student to five years’ imprisonment…
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WELLINGTON (NZ), Monday. —Henry Noel Grace, 46 a farmer, of Apsley, was charged at the Wellington Court today with the…
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Sergeant G. Noble, who has been transferred from Newcastle to take charge of the Maitland police sub-district in succession…
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DUBLIN, May 13.— Police cordoned off the road and stopped the funeral of McCaughey, who died in…
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Rolf Augustus O’Loughlin. 39, fireman, pleaded guilty at West Maitland court to-day to having on May 4 used a sulky without…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Said He Was Too Drunk to Account for Actions Man Convicted on Stealing Charge
As his defence, Edward Joseph Annas, who has been engaged in rabbiting around Broke, where he has resided for the past…
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In inflicting a fine of £5 upon William Richard Killen, of Doyle's Creek, for driving a motor vehicle whilst under the…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday—Two employees of Kitchen and Sons, soap manufactures, at Mayfield, stole each a box of margarine…
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