Another Russian Quits Amazing story of murder mission
BONN (Germany), Thurs.: A Soviet secret police captain, with orders to assassinate an anti-Communist Russian with poisoned bullets, has surrendered to the West…
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Former Leading Boxer in Court
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Hearing of a charge against former of leading Victorian boxer Norman Gent of offensive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy utensils were unclean, court told
Two dairymen were fined in Albury Court yesterday by Mr. McDonald, S.M., when they pleaded guilty to charges of having unclean dairy utensils, and one pleaded guilty also to a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Magistrate finds that artist assaulted policeman
SYDNEY, Fri.: Alan Pierpont Rigby was convicted in Central Police Court today on three charges of offensive behavior, resisting arrest and assaulting Constable Curtayne in Macquarie place on February 18…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police move on obscene publications rejected
MELBOURNE, Fri.: The Chief Secretary (Mr. Galvin) today rejected a police move for the setting up of an independent panel of civilians to deal with indecent publications…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →“Mr. One-by-One” must stay in gaol for 7 years
SYDNEY, Fri.: An appeal by Edward Charles Windeyer against the severity of a seven yearsâ gaol sentence for forgery was dismissed in the Appeals Court today. Windeyer, 39 laborer, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police will take a hand in Victorian onion “war”
MELBOURNE, Fri.: The attacks made on Wednesday night on a truck driver carrying onions from the Colac district to Sydney had been made with utter disregard for the safety of other read users…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Sentenced on Betting Charge
MELBOURNE, Mon.: A man was sentenced to six monthsâ gaol in Footscray Court today for alleged street betting…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Lock-up Stealing Brings £5 Fine
Two men were today fined £5 each for stealing the £9 worth of property of a prisoner in Deniliquin Lockup. The offence took place as the men were themselves being released from custody…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soviet Ignores Police Request
SYDNEY, Mon.: The Soviet Embassy had not replied to police requests for an inventory of goods in a flat formerly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man’s Ear Bitten, Court Told
MELBOURNE, Mon.: A migrant, who was alleged to have bitten a piece off another migrantâs ear, was committed for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder charge follows “boast”
TORONTO, Tues.: A charge of murder was yesterday laid against Bruce Maclean who was said to have boasted to his girl…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Alleged Bank clerk on trial
MELBOURNE, Tues.: A Crown witness told the Criminal Court today it was a bank manager, and not a junior…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court will not allow son to be flown north to see his father
MELBOURNE, Tues.: The Supreme Court today refused a divorcee access to his seven-year-old son by having him flown to him in Queensland for periodic holidays…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police court told of boy’s shocking injuries
BRISBANE, Wed.: Shocking injuries to a 12-year-old boy, allegedly inflicted with a doubled stockwhip, could have caused death, a doctor told the Police Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Three fined for alleged contempt of court
SYDNEY, Wed.: The Full Supreme Court today fixed the publishers of the âSydney Morning Heraldâ £250 for contempt of court. The court also fined the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Month's Gaol for Woman Shoplifter
Mrs. Mary Censar, 54, domestic, of Glebe, screamed and collapsed in Sydney Central Court when sentenced to a month's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder of husband alleged
SYDNEY, Thurs.: The mother of three children appeared in Central Police Court today on a charge of having murdered her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Join Labour Council
The Labour Council of N.S.W. granted affiliation to the N.S.W. Police Association; which has a membership of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police chief praises men
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Standard of conduct by the Polio Force during 1953 was good, the Commissioner of Police (Mr C…
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