Remand in Court Charges
Ronald Thomas Henderson, 48, labourer, was remanded until April 14 when he appeared at West Maitland court to-day on a…
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Courts & crime, 1947
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Swagman’s Head Savagely Battered Brutal Murder At Windsor
SYDNEY, Monday.—Fingerprints were used by the C.I.B. to identify an elderly swagman whose brutally murdered body was found , on the western bank of the Hawkesbury River at Windsor yesterday. The body is that of Hatty Frith (60), who is known to the police as a vagrant in the Richmond, Windsor, Maitland and Newcastle districts;…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Mr. Thornton, SM, refused application for bail when James O’Sullivan (27), a labourer, was remanded…
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Raymond Jones was charged :at Cessnock Police Court to-day with stealing a motor cycle, valued at £85, between the dates of January…
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FRANKFURT, February 25.—Both the defence and prosecution intend appealing against the judgment on von Papen—the defence for amelioration and the prosecution on the grounds that the sentence was not severe enough…
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Reginald Whatman pleaded guilty to a charge of driving a motor vehicle without a licence, and was fined £3, with 5/ costsi by Mr. Sargeaon, P.M…
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John Norman Lewis was changed, befone Mr. H. L. Sargeson, P.M, at Cessnock Police Court this morning…
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Police v. Frank Kitchener Farey, of Woy Woy, charged with three separate breaches of Motor Trallic regulations. (1) Having motor vehicle…
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Mr. Thornton, S.M., refused an application for bail when James O'Sullivan (27), laborer, was remanded in custody at the Parramatta Court…
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SHANGHAI, February 26.—The trial is expected to begin within a few weeks of Hubert Ronald Heath (46), of Potts Point, Sydney, whom the Chinese police arrested on November 29 on suspicion of misappropriating goods from…
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LONDON, Feb. 25.—It is officially announced that the Home Secretary has decided there are not sufficient grounds to justify…
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BATHURST, Wed. — Frederick Lincoln McDermott (38), labourer, was found guilty at the Circuit Court today…
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Ten schoolbays, the oldest of whom is 16½ years were committed for trial at the Magistrate's Court at Eccleshall, Staffordshire…
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SYDNEY, Wed—Ellen Agnes Stratford (37), of Dirlinghurst, was to-day granted ball of £500 pending the inquest on George…
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James O'Sullivan, 27, laborer, appeared in custody at Parra. matta Court yesterday on a charge of murder. Police charged…
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ADELAIDE, Thurs. — Four boys, aged from 13 to 16, were found guilty in the Criminal Court last night of the murder…
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BRISBANE, Thursday. — If die Federal Arbitration Court did not grant' a 40'-hoar week, the Queensland Government would legislate for a 40-hour week in that State, the Queensland-Premier (Mr. Hanion) told the the triennial conference…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cessnock Police Court. Tenancy Case
At Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Amelia Laverick sought an order for possession of premises from Keith John Chalkley…
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For the first time in history of Aus-tralia, and probably in the British Empire, a man has been Sentenced to death for murder without the…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — Bockdale Police received a shock this morning when a man walked Into Rockdale Police Station clad only in a…
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