Students to Leave Gaol June 29
ADELAIDE, Tues.: The four medical students who were sentenced to two months’ imprisonment for the manslaughter of a…
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Man in gaol for 12 years divorced
LONDON, Tues.: A Divorce Court yesterday gave Mrs. Cynthia Mary Hume a decree nisi against Brian Donald Hume,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy fines follow police raid
MELBOURNE, Tues.: Several charges connected with starting price betting were beard by Mr A. Hill, SM, in the City court…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Four boys chased by police drowned
WASHINGTON, Tues.: Four negro boys, all aged about 13, were drowned yesterday when they jumped into the Anacostia River…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Youth who was “immersed in fantasies” sent to gaol for 7 years
MELBOURNE, Tues.: A youth who was “undoubtedly immersed in fantasies” and unable to appreciate the seriousness of criminal offences was sent to gaol for seven years by the acting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Marketing Act challenged in High Court
BRISBANE, Tues.: The High Court of Australia is being asked to decide whether the Queensland Primary Producers’ Organisation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder Case to Be Reopened
SYDNEY, Wed.: The Lavers murder case will be re-opened this week, the Public Prosecutor (Mr. R.W. Hawkins) said…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Evidence for Prosecution in Assault Case ‘Don’t, Smoky, Don’t,’ Allegedly Said
A SUMMARY of the evidence for the prosecution in the George Samuel Crossley v. Vivian Joseph Hibbens case is given below. The case was heard before Mr. Keith M. Smith, S.M., at the Court of Petty Sessions last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court Order Raises Rent 16/9 Per Week
Mr. Keith M. Smith, S.M., in the Fair Rents Court on Tuesday determined the rent of premises 65 Cressy Street at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alleged Teen-age Gangsters to Appear in Court
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Leader of a gang which robbed an 11-year-old newsboy at Clifton Hill last night was a girl aged 13…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →In Albury Court Yesterday Woman Alleges That Tried to Set Fire to Her Home
Startling allegations were made by a Hamilton Valley woman against an Albury man before Mr Doolan, S.M., at Albury Court yesterday…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: A father who was sentenced to death for the alleged murder of his baby daughter at Buxton on January 2, and on appeal to the State Full Court had the charge…
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WASHINGTON, Sun.: Mr Justice Jackson in the Supreme Court yesterday refused to stay the prison sentences on 11 Communist…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Britain Takes Oil Grab to Court at Hague Injunction Sought to Restrain Persian Government
LONDON, Sunday.— The International Court of Justice will meet in a special session at The Hague on Friday next to deal with the British application for an injunction preventing Persia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police cleared way for escapees
NEW YORK, Monday: Two military mental patients —one manacled and the other in a strait jacket—escaped…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: A 35-year-old woman was charged in the City Court today with the murder of her two children. She was Mrs Mary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Evidence for Defence in Assault Case “No Lies Could be Told in the Town”
Evidence given by the complainant, George Crossley, in the assault case against Vivian Joseph Hibbins was given in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Albury Court Yesterday Young soldier to stand trial
A 21-year-old Dubbo soldier, Ronald Clare, was committed for trial when he appeared in Albury Court yesterday charged with having assaulted Bert Johnson and robbed him of a watch valued at £10. He will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Ball at Culcairn
New Australian folk dancers in national costume and the appearances of three specially selected artists from Bonegilla will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mt. Beauty carpenter acquitted on stealing charges
WANGARATTA, Wed.: Without leaving their places a General Sessions jury Here toddy acquitted 22-year-old carpenter, John William Murden, Mt. Beauty, of having, between November 1, 1950, and June 1, 1951,…
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