Young clerk on murder charge
LONDON, Sun.: A young unemployed clerk who phoned a Sunday newspaper saying he had found a murdered woman…
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Police seize 2000 pillowslips
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Nearly 2000 pillowslips were among the goods seized by police after arresting two men in a deserted…
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Two young men who ore serving on 18 months’ sentence for illegal use of cars and stealing were committed for trial by Mr. Harvey, S.M., at Albury Court yesterday…
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On Friday last Michel Patrick Condon, a stranger, was charged before Mr. Crawford J.P., at the Corowa Police Court…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: Police believe that Mrs Maud Absolom, of North Melbourne, who died in the Royal Melbourne Hospital last…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Police probe jury rigging charges
BRISBANE, Mon.: Following the [?] of two typed lists of jurymen in the [?] of a well-known criminal last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Waitress sobs in court
MELBOURNE, Mon.: [?] a [?] had to be [?] [?]…
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A bicycle, two watches, two pairs of binoculars, a [?] and a service pistol were stolen by thieves who…
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AMMAN, Tues.: A Military Court today found six of 10 accused guilty of complicity in the assassination of King…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: Terrance Heffernan, 23, a former policeman, was not in danger of his life when he fatally shot his father, a former “strongman” and masseur, on June 2, Crown Prosecutor…
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MELB., Wednesday. — Police tonight charged a man with the murder of his wife after they exhumed her partly decomposed…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: A man charged at Malvern Court today with the theft of a spare car wheel was alleged to have told police that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gael for stealing milk money
MELBOURNE, Wed.: An ex-milk carter who stole milk money from his former customers committed a “despicable offence,” Mr. T. Lewis,…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: Laurence Arthur Mason, 36, who stole £4531 from the Repatriation Department where he worked, was sentenced…
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With 11 men at absent from [?] yesterday, Albury police said the [?] were working under pressure [?] complete the day’s work. The [?]…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: Victoria Dock detectives who raided a house at Port Melbourne last night allegedly found a stolen…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: Mr. John Henry McClemens was appointed as a judge to the Supreme Court today. The appointment was announced…
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Charles St. John Cusack was last Wednesday sentenced to imprisonment for three months when he pleaded guilty to…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.: The husband of a woman whose body was found under a house at East Oakleigh last night…
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BERLIN, Thurs.: Twelve East German Communist, police walked into West Berlin today and asked for refuge…
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