Youths admit jewel theft
WASHINGTON, Sun.: Two youths, both aged 17, had admitted stealing 33,750 dollars’ worth of jewels from the daughter of the…
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“Revival” leaders’ gaol escape
HALIFAX (North Carolina), Sun.: Two prisoners, Harvey Amett, 19, and Tommy Raylor, 21, persuaded 70 other convicts at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man held on murder charge
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Victor Douglas Kelly, 33, of Gamp Pell, was charged with murder at the City Watchhouse today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Baby sitter on murder charge
TORONTO, Sun.: A baby sitter beat an infant to death with a beer bottle and a chair after becoming drunk from beer she found in the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Police seek gunman
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Collingwood detectives are searching for a man who is alleged to have fired two shots into a house in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Murder of constable Over 200 people questioned
MELBOURNE, Sun.: A homicide team of 40 detectives have questioned more than 200 people since Constable George Howell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Comic Court’s brother wins
ADELAIDE, Sun: Comic Knight, brother to famous Comic Court, won his first race when he took the Acorn Handicap at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Union’s “black” ban threat to police
MELBOURNE, Sun.: The Melbourne branch of the Painters’ Union intimated yesterday that it would place a “black” ban on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Assault
Kathleeh Fraps charged her husband James Evans with [?] When Mr. Evans name was first oaked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Albury Court Yesterday Man’s car drive from Melbourne ends in gaol here
The main wish of Albert Hart in Albury Police Court yesterday was to get the “whole thing over” in the shortest time possible. However, it took 85 minutes for police to put their case in a goods in custody charge and have defendant committed for trial…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gaol “Just Fun for Bush Natives”
DARWIN, Mon.: For bush natives gaol is just fun, according to 65-year-old pioneer Joe Israelson. He says natives…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Laborer on murder charge
MELBOURNE, Mon.: A 33-year-old laborer, Victor Douglas Kelly, of Camp Pell, appeared in City Court today on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man seeks to upset 10-year gaol term
MELBOURNE, Mon.: A Carlton laborer, Horatio Raymond Morris, 36, applied to the State Full Court today for leave to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police fire on crowd
TUNIS, Mon.: Police opened fire today on a crowd forming on the streets and killed one person in a renewal of violence…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Judge Stacy said in Quarter Sessions Appeals Court today that police had no right to question people without…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police warning on fodder donations
Police had received complaints that fodder donations were being sought in the Howlong district for bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court of Petty Sessions Thursday, January 31, 1952
Before the commencement of business at the Corowa Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday, Mr. Quiggan, S.M.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gaoled for ring theft
MELBOURNE, Tues.: [?] James Cooper, 48, of Beach rd., Port Melbourne, laborer, was sentenced to six months’ gaol at…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: A solicitor alleged in the Central Police Court today that a Perth barmaid, charged with stealing…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: A man whom police alleged was known as “The Whip” was discharged from Redfern Court today…
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