Police Action in Portugal
LISBON Feb. 9.—The police have closed and sealed the headquarters of the United Democratic opposition movement in…
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Courts & crime, 1946
1,539 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 77
Arrested at Gunpoint. Alleged Theft from Train. SYDNEY, Tues
Two men who were alleged to have thrown £250 worth of goods from a train at Denistone, about 10 miles from Sydney, were arrested at gunpoint by…
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LONDON, Feb. 12.—Henry Joseph White, who was detained in London in connection with the murder of 11-year-old Charles…
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NEWCASTLE Wed. — Arising out of the death of Mrs. Margaret May Miller, 66, who died early this morning in Newcastle…
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SYDNEY. — At the Central Court yesterday Arthur Joseph O’Keefe. (22), a wharf labourer, was sentenced to two years’…
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SINGLETON Wed.—When the secretary of the Denman-Singleton Pastures Protection Board (Mr. C. Henry) read a list of…
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CAIRO Feb. [?] —Two students were killed by police firing a valley into a crowd of demonstrators at Alexandria…
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SYDNEY, Thursday—Women, some of whom waited two hours for the doors to open, again rushed for seats in the tiny public gallery in the City Coroner’s Court to-day when the inquest was resumed into the death of Mrs. Jeanette…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →32 Dead in Calcutta Riots Police Forced To Open Fire 12 Times Church And Railway Station Fired By Mobs
CALCUTTA, February 14.— Casualties in three days rioting total 32 dead and nearly 300 injured Police were forced to open fire 12 times yesterday. Only white troops have been called out to check the disturbances. No…
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LONDON February 15.— A canadian court in occupied Germany sentenced Prince Karl Anton von Hohenzolern, 19-year-old…
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Mary Hannah Watts v. Scott Johnston, claim in respect of alleged conversion of certain property. Mr. Halliday (for defendant)…
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SYDNEY, Friday—Evidence by scientific experts was given at the Coroner’s Court to-day when the inquest was continued into the death of Mrs. Jeanette Wicks, who was found murdered in her York Street tobacco kiosk on January…
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Fines were imposed against three defendants at the Police Court yesterday after the hearing of charges of having sold…
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Scone's new Police Station is to be erected on the site of the Defence Department store. This was disclosed yesterday in a…
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Evidence by scientific experts was given at the Coroner's Court to-day, when the inquest was continued into the death of Mrs. Jeanette Wicks, who…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—A police witness at the Kiosk Surfer inquest stated at the Coroner’s Court yesterday that when Douglas Ronald Morris was asked at Richmond Police Station on January 8 how he accounted for…
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SINGLETON, Monday. — Sgt M. Ryan and Constable R. McMahon arrested Clifford Ross Griese. 24, at Singleton on Friday…
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LONDON, February 17—Budapest Radio states that two children aged 15, have been arrested and charged-with having…
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Mervyn Charles Powter, 24, fitter, was fined 30/ at West Maitland court to-day for having behaved in an indecent manner…
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Clifford Ross Driese, aged 24, a stranger to town, was arrested at the week-end, and this morning he appeared in the local police court…
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