Double Murder Charge Against Mother
Barbara Mary Wingrove, 25, widow, was committed for trial in Auckland yesterday on charges of having murdered her sons, Peter, 4, and Stephen…
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Courts & crime, 1950
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Young Man on Murder Charge
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Police Charged a man with murder when 38-years-oId woman died In Royal Adelaide Hospital after…
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Ronald David Smith, 18, labourer, of Cessnock, was charged at Kurri Court yesterday, before Mr. D. G. Hughes, J.P., with having, at Kurri…
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Brian Donald Hume, the 29-year-old company director, spent nearly three hours in the dock at Old Bailey yesterday defending…
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NEW YORK. January 24—First degree murder charges were dropped yesterday against Ralph Edward Burrows, handsome 20-years-old…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Check "One-armed" Bandits"
The Vice Squad visited city and suburban sports' clubs and metropolitan golf and recreation clubs yesterday. The squad checked poker and fruit…
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Police in Melbourne alleged yesterday that a 13-years-old boy shot his eight-year-old brother during nu argument over smoking…
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Brian Donald Hume, 29-year-old company director, spent nearly three hours in the Dock at Old Bailey yesterday, defending himself against a…
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Robert Louis Stevenson, 45, miner of Abernethy, was fined £2/10/ in default five days imprisonment for having used indecent language in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aged Man Tells Court of Assault
In Maitland court this morning a frail, slight man, aged 85 years, said three young men he had found in his bedroom had threatened, “We’ll…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gaol Sentence for Migrant
Mate Malusa, 45, single, Yugoslav migrant from Greta Camp, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment by Messrs. J. Boner and S. Allen,…
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When court proceedings against three young men, charged with having assaulted and robbed an aged man, were resumed at Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Indonesian Police and Troops Hunt Rebels
DJAKARTA, Jan. 25.—Indonesian police and troops last night began an emergency move to hunt down - Captain “Turk”…
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MUSWELLBROOK, Thursday. —In the recent examination Conducted by the Maitland Police .sub-district Constable J. Bloomfield,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alger Hiss Sent to Gaol Five Year Term On Charges of Perjury
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—Former State Department employee, Alger Hiss, who was adviser to President Roosevelt at Yalta and later…
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LONDON, Jan. 26.—Lieutenant C. P. Powers, commanding officer of the lost submarine Truculent, will be court-martfalled on a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheriff Advertised Elegant Gaol
The Sheriff of New Orleans, John Grasch, has advertised his "splendid" gaol in all newspapers in the city…
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LONDON, Jan. 27.—Brian Donald Hume, self-styled “flying smuggler,” was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment after…
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MELBOURNE, Friday. — Three men have been arrested and charged with aiding and abetting two women in the disposal of the body of Miss…
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SYDNEY, Friday. —A car thief attempted to run down a detective in Longworth-avenue, Point Piper, this morning in a desperate bid to…
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