Weeding Gift Theft
SYDNEY, Thursday.-At Burwood Court it was alleged that a man had stolen his niece’s wedding presents while the wedding guests were…
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Courts & crime, 1948
1,099 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 55
Gaol for Two Jap Guards
MELBOURNE, Thursday—Found guilty by the U.S. 8th Army Military Commission in Tokio of mistreating, torturing and beating Australian…
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Two more Japanese war criminals who committed atrocities against Australian p.o.w's. have been given gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plea of Self-defence Woman Charged with Shooting
A self-defence plea was entered on behalf of Dorothy Jean Craig (26) when she was charged at Central Court, Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol Escapee Still at Large Intensive Search of Sydney for Barnes
Several raids launched in Sydney to-day in search of Croften Edward Barnes, who yesterday escaped from Long Bay…
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Although arsenic has been found in her body, police have not yet determined how a young mother at Bega died last Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Narrow Ese[?]c From Electrocution Police Sergeant’s Prompt Action Saves Lives of Wife and Son
Quick thinking and presence of mind of a policesergeant in switching off the power, saved his wife and son, who had touched a live wireless aerial, from being electrocuted yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charged with Wounding
KATOOMBA: Lesile Casey, 23, labourer, of Blackheath, was charged at Katoomba Court with having wounded, with intent to…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday. —Patrick Joseph O’Meally, 48, one-time Jockey, who won 602 races, including the 1925 Australian Cup on…
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SYDNEY, Sat.—Detectives and uniformed police made two unsuccessful raids last night in their search for Long Bay gaol…
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Mr. W. K. Earls presided at West Maitland court for the last time [?] he occupied the bench this morning. Next Monday he…
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BRISBANE: A warder st. Boggo-road gaol, who heard grating noises, ended an attempted escape by two southern…
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Battered and pierced by a knife the body of an eight-yearsold girl was found on a porch not far from her home at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burglars Call For Police Aid
Two burglars doing a small job in Raglan Barracks, Devonport, reluctantly called in the police. One man fell off a ladder and…
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Mary Isobel Hartney charged Richard Walker with assault, to which the defendant, Walker, pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scone Police Court Marathon Sitting For Bench
As a result of the long Court list of matters which had been left over from previous courts, Mr. Tompson, S.M., sat on the Bench at the Scone Police Court until midnight on December 24 — this last court at which Mr. Tompson would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local Man on Cattle Stealing Charge Remanded This Morning
At the Scone Police Court this morning, a man was remanded on a charge of cattle- stealing. He is Theodore Constantine Doring (63) a drover, whom the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Singleton District Court Appeal Case
At the Singleton District Court, Edward Charles Brasington, who appealed against the conviction of Mr. Tompson, S.M., of 19th…
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PERTH: The theft of £5000 in bank notes from is home in Mt. Lawley at the week-end has been reported to Perth Criminal…
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BRISBANE: Shot on his property while milking on Saturday Ernest Edward Portch, 52, dairy farmer, of Conondale, died in…
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