Man Arrested & Charged With Manslaughter
Yesterday afternoon a man was arrested and charged with the manslaughter of Joseph Bourne Wardle, of…
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Motorist Arrested Charged with Manslaughter
Police have arressted and charged a motorist with manslaughter following the death of Joseph Wardle, 30, of Stuart Rd., Warrawong, on Friday night…
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SYDNEY, Sun.—Police believe that three members of a Norwegian family found dead in their home in Yarra Rd., Yarra Bay near La Perouse tonight may have been the victims of the most savage and callous murders in Sydney for years…
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One of the most unusual of the many uses to which old buses have been put, is that of serving as a mobile…
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SYDNEY, Mon. — Chou Sang, 34, seaman, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to being a prohibited…
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It was alleged in the Wollongong Court yesterday that a driver of car charged with…
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SYDNEY, Mon. — Two men were sentenced to gaol in the Quarter Sessions today for sexual…
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Finding a young girl alone in her home at Unanderra last Thursday a man struggled violently with her, the Wollongong Court was told yesterday. The man…
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BRISBANE, Mon. — A police guard has been placed over a young man who was found alongside…
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A Special Court was held in the Wollongong Hospital yesterday, before Mr. J. Hall, J.P., Chamber…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—A 55-year-old woman pensioner in Central Court today said four men had ignored…
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A 16-year-old motor cyclist said in the Supreme Court at Wollongong yesterday that at the time he was involved in an accident in which his pillion passenger was killed he had only had his licence six weeks…
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PERTH, Tues.—William Charles Fawcett, 66, of Victoria Ave., Claremont, was remanded to…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.—A 36-year-old man charged with having stolen £33,593 had backed horses with £100 and £200 bets, bought a car, and had gone on a three weeks' spending spree with three other persons, the Crown alleged in the City…
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SYDNEY, Tues.— A 34-year-old labourer was to-day committed for trial on a charge of stealing…
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Police Alertness— On Monday evening a senior police officer told the "Independent" that the alertness of Constable Ray…
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A case which began in the Supreme Court on Monday and was unfinished at the end of the…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—Police have definitely established that Karl Groos murdered the Harpestad family at Yarra Bay on Saturday. Groos, a Norwegian…
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Police officers who visited Kiama on Monday in connection with the murder at Yarra Bay (a Sydney suburb) of a Norwegian migrant family, said it was highly probable that the man…
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After allegedly knocking a man down and killing him while driving his utility, a carpenter is alleged to have driven straight to his home, where he attempted to repair his vehicle with "some kind of metal-filler."…
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