Twenty Years' Gaol Another Nazi Sentenced
A military tribunal in Paris sentenced Otto Abetz, Hitler's ambassador in France during the Occupation, to 20 years…
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Courts & crime, 1949
1,232 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 62
Charged with Eight Murders
LONDON, July 25. — French police charged a farmer’s widow with having systematically murdered eight members of her…
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South Australia has the lowest paid police force in the Commonwealth, according to figures compiled by the S.A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →300 Police Drafted to Western Towns Coal Lift Commences Tomorrow
More than 100 police left Sydney for Lithgow today to co-operate in the coal lift from the Western field…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — New South Wales and Victorian Police have been alerted to watch for two escapees from Beechworth Prison…
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John Edgar Everett, 24, labourer, was sentenced by Judge Nield at Newcastle Sessions to sir months’ imprisonment for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lorry Driver Charged. Motor Cyclist Injured in Road Crash
An Albanian, Pandi Strati, of Brisbane, has been remanded on bail of £50 on a charge with causing grievous bodly harm to Basil…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death of Pelaw Main Man Driver Charged with Manslaughter
A man, who was found dead on the side of the road between on Mile Gully and Eastville, near East Maitland, on Saturday, night…
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There was a flutter of excitement among mine workers and others on Saturday morning last, when several trucks, carrying police, pulled up in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£200 Theft From Jewellery Shop
SYDNEY, Wed.—Twelve diamond rings 12 loose diamonds and 28 in money were yesterday stolen by two men from a safe in a jewellery shop…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday—The State President of the RSL (Mr. W. Yeo) has handed to the police for investigation a copy of a second…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Privy Council Upholds the High Court Government's Appeal in Bank Nationalisation Case Dismissed
The Privy Council yesterday dismissed the Australian Government's appeal in the banking case. Lord Porter, announcing the decision, said: "Their Lordships will humbly advise His Majesty…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Assault by Police
SYDNEY, Thursday.— The Police Commissioner, Mr. Scott, has called for an Immediate report on allegations that three…
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Maitland police have been informed that an overcoat, valued at £5, disappeared during Tuesday night from a house in the South Maitland…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.— Police to-day averted a riot between rival ALP and Communist meeting outside Mortlake gasworks…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.—With shipping in Melbourne at a stand-still, 400 seamen marched to Parliament House, and, on finding it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victoria Declares Full State of Emergency First Since 1923 Police Strike
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—-The first full state of emergency in Victoria since the police strike in 1923 was proclaimed by the State Executive Council last night and Will operate for one month over the whole State…
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MUSWELLBROOK, Friday .—An Albanian, Pandi Stratl, of Brisbane, has been remanded on ball of £50 on a charge of causing bodily harm…
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Found guilty at Newcastle, sessions of having stolen a motor truck the property of Leslie James Galey, at Mascot, on…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—Mrs. Ellen Frederick Palmer, 48, a sales woman, was to-day sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for…
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