Police Get No Help
SYDNEY Saturday. —“No one Seen anxious to help us, detectives investigating the murder of Francis John Allard, 40, convicted…
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Courts & crime, 1948
1,099 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 55
Told Police How He Left Gaol
BROKEN HILL, Monday. — When Aubrey Herbert Davies, 42, escaped from Broken Hill Gaol, he left a note telling how…
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SYDNEY, Monday—Percy Charles Neville, 29, labourer, was charged at the central court to-day with the murder of Francis John Beaumont…
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At Cessnock Court to-day, Leslie Charles Burke was fined £3 by Mr. W. Avery, S.M., on a charge of rescuing impounded animals. He was also…
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WASHINGTON, June 15. — Chances of a nation-wide shippings tie-up were reduced yesterday when the Government…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday—Harcourt McLean Garden and Thomas, Leslie Harvey pleaded not guilty to the Special Federal Court to-day to a…
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WASHINGTON, June 15—Officers of the National Maritime Union, the largest of the seven unions involved, have directed all members…
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A warder at East Maitland Gaol was injured this morning when the motor cycle he was riding far work was involved in a collision…
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Detective-Inspector P. Clifton with Detective-Sergeants H. Crampton, B. Winsor, J. Jack, and Detectives Peacock, Fraser and Watts, were…
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Fercy Charles Neville, 39, labourer, was charged at the Central Court on Monday with the murder of Francis John Beaumont Allard, 40…
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LISBON, June 16.—A military court has acquitted two of the 13 high-ranking Portuguese officers and civilians accused of…
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Police late on Monday recaptured a man who escaped from a cell on Saturday night and left a note saying he would not be…
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George Sylvester O'Halloran. one of the partners of O'Halloran Bros., who trade in premises in George Street, was…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—At Canberra Supreme Court. Dr. Jack Rowlands Atcherley, 58, former Prices Branch investigation officer, was…
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CESSNOCK. Thursday.—Before Judge Nield at the Cessnock court this morning, William Paterson, of Abermain appealed against the…
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Donations continue to pour in steadily for the Maitland Police Citizens Boys’ Club appeal towards a total of £6000, this…
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A chemist who stole 300 grains of cocaine which he administered to himself, was yesterday sentenced to a year's…
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MELBOURNE, Friday. — A second person arrested in connection with the murder of Francis John Allard, 40, whose battered…
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A former Prices Branch investigator, Dr. Jack Rowlands Atcherley, 53, of Canberra, was sentenced by Mr. Justice…
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After Douglas Allan, 20, Army driver, had pleaded “guilty” to having driven a motor lorry while under the influence of liquor, Sergeant C…
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