Police to Get Automatic Pistols
All New South Wales Police are to be armed with automatic pistols, it was learned to-day. In the meantime, regular…
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Courts & crime, 1946
1,539 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 31 of 77
Theory of Murder and Suicide Death of Aged Couple
Murder and suicide are believed by Brisbane police to have been the cause of the deaths of Charles Frederick Roberts,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court House Sewerage Work Will Now Be Put in Hand
The Scone Court-house will be connected to the sewerage, the Minister for Justice (Mr. Downing) has announced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Seeks Minutes of A. L. P. CONFERENCE Mr. Curtin’s Promise To Workers
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— Acting Chief Judge Drake Brockman has directed that the minutes of a Federal Conference of the A. L. P. at which the late John Curtin allegedly seconded a resolution for a 40-hour week, be produced for…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Ball in £300 was allowed when Keith Walters (27) and George Raymond were remanded at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Frown on Rabbit Blasters
Police in country districts are frowning on the destruction of rabbits by blasting their warrens. They claim it is not only dangerous to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ALP Minutes In Court Mr. Curtin and 40- Hour Week Promise
MELBOURNE, Wed.—The late John Curtin had not seconded a resolution at an A.L.P. conference urging the Introduction or…
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WUPPERTAL (Ger many), June 6—Three of the- men who were sentenced to terms of imprisonment on…
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For having behaved in an indecent manner in High Street last night, James Griffin, 60, a [?] was fined £2/16/, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bonds Substituted for Gaol Sentences Young Local Man Before Court
Vincent Charles O'Brien appeared in the local police court yesterday afternoon on charges of stealing property belonging to…
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OTTAWA June 7.—It was announced that Kano Inouye, 30-years-old Canadian born Japanese, was sentenced to be hanged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Counter-charges Of Assault
At Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday afternoon, before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M., George Broughton Clayton charged Thomas Evans…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Merriwa Police Court. Breach of P.p. Act
At the Court of Petty Sessions at Merriwa on Friday, before Mr. A. E. Hodgson, P.M., Ernest Coward, drover, Muswellbrook, was charged…
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SINGLETON, Friday.—Vincent Charles O’Brien, labourer, pleaded guilty to two charges before Mr. A. E. Hodgson, PM, at…
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COBLENZ June 6.—Fourteen Germans have been sentenced to death after the first War Crimes trial in the French zone, at…
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PERTH, Friday. — Two prisoners were shot by warders when they made a dating break from Fremantle Gaol at 2.30 p.m…
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SYDNEY Friday—An English naval rating, who was to have sailed with his ship for home today, after three years’ service,…
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SYDNEY Friday.—Darcy Ezekiel Dugan, 25, who figured in a sensational escape from a police patrol van earlier in the year,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Revolver Astray Unusual Case In Police Court __ Charge Found Proved, But Defendant Discharged
"Only a few chosen people are allowed permits to own revolvers, and it is their obligation, to ensure that weapons are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local Police Arrest Young Gunman
Singleton police on Wednesday night arrested a 17-years'- old youth, who has been charged with carrying an unlicensed…
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