Young Man on Murder Charge
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — Henry Whitford Summers, 25, of Hoddle-street, Abbotsford, was charged in the City Court with murdering…
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Courts & crime, 1949
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Police Say Christmas Was “Very Orderly”
The officer in charge of Maitland police; Inspector E, S. Fairlamb, said to-day that the police were very well satisfied with the…
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ADELAIDE Tuesday.—Police ars engaged in one of Adelaide’s most intensive manhute for the killer of Mrs. Eisie May Wheeier,…
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At Maitland court this morning Junes Smith, 52, labourer, of [?] Bourke-street, pleaded not guilty [?] a charge of having unlawfully [?]…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday.— Alfred Coates Griffin, 37, was arrested Yesterday afternoon and charged with the murder of Mrs…
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LAUSANNE (Switzerland). Dec. 28.— Swiss police cars this morning escorted Rita Hayworth to the Mont Cholet clinic for the…
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LONDON, Dec. 29. — Halger Rjelm, a young Swedish businessman, was convicted of industrial sabotage by the Prague State…
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KARACHI, Dec. 29.—The Pakistan Government yesterday repealed the European Vagrancy Act and several other privileges enjoyed in…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—Police arrested nine men, Including two suspected burglars, in raids during the night…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — An 18-year-old girl who pleaded guilty to stealing a bar of chocolate and a diary valued Bt 2/7 from Woolworth’s…
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Three warders who were in charge of Darcy Ezekiel Dugan (29), and William Mears (28), when they cut their way out of…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Detectives are seeking a negro who was last seen with Mai[?] Oakley before she was murdered and her b[?]ttered…
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PARIS, Dec. 30.—Sydney Stanley, key witness in the Lyn[?]key tribunal, was arrested, handcuffed and taken to Paris police…
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