Two Years’ Gaol for Meat Offence
MELBOURNE, Thursday.— The managing director of a wholesale meat firm was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment…
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Courts & crime, 1947
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Prisoner Suicides at Maitland Gaol Found Dead In Cell By A Warder
A grisly sight met the eyes of awarder at Maitland Gaol this morning when, opening a cell door, he found the body of a prisoner lying in a pool of blood. The body was that of John McCarthy, 32, labourer, of…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—John Pederick Nelsen, 84, a labourer was recommended for medical observation after having been remanded…
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Harold Clive Pranks, a young Singleton district man, appeared in the local police court yesterday before Mr. A. S. McDonald, J.P., C.P.S., on…
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John McCarthy, 32, laborer, of Francis Street, Paxton, was found dead in his cell at Maitland gaol…
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Mr. Justice Dixon in the High Court in Melbourne yesterday sentenced the managing-director of a wholesale meat firm to two years'…
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Two elderly Tamworth farmers decided to go to gaol rather than pay fines imposed on them for failing to destroy rabbits…
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Joseph Blatt (39), merchant, and Heni'y Joseph Day (72), dealer, were convicted at the Sydney Quarter Sessions of having received 15,000 yards of…
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A man serving a six-month sentence for indecent exposure was yesterday found dead in his cell in East Maitland Gaol…
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LAKE SUCCESS, June 13.— Australia has proposed to the United Nations that a provision be embodied in the International…
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Jewish sources report that the Palestine police have warned all post oflices to watch for lettet-bombs believed to have been mailed from Italy…
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Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hopson. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moore. Rev. J. Dyer and Mrs L Hopson. Ray Fisher and Miss C Wade…
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SYDNEY. Monday.—An attempt to commit a criminal assault on a young girl after a King’s Cross party last Thursday was alleged against a…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. — Rail was refused Leslie James Holman (34), at Melbourne city court to-day when he was…
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SYDNEY, Monday, — Police and firemen were several times hampered by the huge crowd that gathered to watch the spectacular fire in George Street last night. The crowd pressed in on the firemen and refused to…
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The vandal and the careless passerby are not merely nuisances, they help to fill hospital beds and cause absenteeism in factories, shops and offices…
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Below is the decision of Mr. F. H. Wells, Magistrate, in connection with the application of Mr. W. L. Franks for Spirit Merchant's Licence in…
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MUSWELLBROOK. —Sgt. H. H. Hiller of the local police force has received notice of his transfer to Newcastle. He will be…
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For having used insulting words to Corporal Hockings a member of the provost corps Lewis David Moore, 26, labo[?] was fined…
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Joseph Blatt (39), merchant, and Henry Joseph Day (72), a dealer, were convicted at Sydney Quarter Sessions of having…
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