Accused wore a black hat, woman tells court
MELBOURNE, Fri.: Mrs Dorothy Amelia Key told the Criminal Court today that she saw her brother-in-law, William John O’Meally, wearing a black hat on January 30 at his home…
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Man in Court : Sequel to Window Smashing Orgy
Bail was refused a young New Australian remanded in Albury Court yesterday to next Monday on a charge involving the smashing of 28 plate glass window in Mate’s store late Thursday night. Adam Rudzinski,…
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SYDNEY, Monday: An attractive 30-year-old woman appeared in the Central Police Court today charged with having murdered two men to whom she had been married…
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MILWAUKEE, Mon.: Frank Grandstaff, the convict who composed a cantata that helped to win him a parole from a life…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Albury Police Court yesterday Half dozen beers had costly sequel for migrant cook
Half a dozen beers in an Albury hotel proved costly to Czech cook, Josef Filek, 28, of Bethangra Lower. In Albury Police Court yesterday he was fined a total of £26 on three…
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Mr. A. A. Pascoe, who has been Sheriff's Officer at Hay since November, 1949, has been notified of his transfer to Armidale. Mr…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: The Chief Judge of the Federal Arbitration Court (Six Raymond Kelly) today issued a rule nisi directing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accused man in constable’s murder trial denies he ever had a black hat
MELBOURNE, Mon.: Police told the Criminal Court today that when interviewed, William John O’Meally said a man named “Ray Campbell had the black hat. I think he shot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reds gaol boy scouts
VIENNA, Tues.: Ten Czech Boy Scout leaders have been sent to gaol and their property confiscated by the Communist…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Police to report on block ban on hotel
SYDNEY, Tues.: The Crown solicitor (Mr McCrae) has asked police to investigate the “black” ban imposed by a group of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wharfies begin fight in court against order on overtime
MELBOURNE, Tues.: The Arbitration Court in ordering the Waterside Workers’ Federation to lift its Australia-wide overtime ban purported to enforce an award which had not existed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Husband at home night constable shot, wife fells Criminal Court
MELBOURNE, Tues.: An alibi for William John ’Meally, 28, laborer, who is charged with the murder of Constable George Howell on January 30, was given by his wife in the…
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GRAFTON, Wed.: At Caff’s Harbor Court of Petty Sessions today Lewis Henry Johnstone, 30, charged with shooting with intent to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Potent egg-sucker High Court’s refusal on patents
MELBOURNE, .Wed.: High Court today refused an Adelaide firm permission to extend the patent for a machine which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Insufficient Man From Dar[?] Sentenced
Samuel Wy[?] Wednesdayâs Court Sessions with [?] insufficient [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Secrecy veil over gaol riots
ADELAIDE, Thurs.: A report on the riot by prisoners at Yatala Labor Prison last night is being prepared for the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Publican’s story of gift to ex-police official
SYDNEY, Thurs.: A city publican today told the Liquor Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Maxwell) that he had never felt indebted to or under any obligation to former metropolitan…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →[?] Police to Make Rabbit Inspection [?]downer Fined: Board Lenient, Say S.M.
[?] Arthur Guy Hosking received a summons from Deniliquin Pastures Protection Board for alleged suppress and destroy rabbits on his property, [?] between December 8, 1951, and February…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldier said Soviet kept him in gaol
LONDON, Fri.: A 25-year-old soldier of the Manchester Regiment, who said the Russians gaoled him for 4½ years after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court decision on overtime challenge today
MELBOURNE, Fri.: The Full High Court announced today that it would give a decision tomorrow on the challenge by the…
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