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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

655 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 33

[?] MURDER Nazis' Mass Shooting American Prisoners LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 1

Results of the investigation into the cold-blooded shooting of 115 Americans taken prisoner near Malmedy are…

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Constable Charged Alleged Theft From Serviceman SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 4

Rupert Kenneth Alexander Bodel (41), police constable, was to-day at Central Court charged with having stolen a wallet…

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Arbitration Court Delays Judge Blames Unions SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 1

The unions themselves were responsible for much of the delay in getting cases heard by the Industrial Commission,…

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Popular Police Magistrate Mr. F. T. Scroope Farewelled

Guyra Argus · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 8

Throughout the circuit solicitors, police and Court officials in taking leave of Mr. F. T. Scroope, Police Magistrate, have paid tribute to the…

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Walcha Police Court Five Men Committed For Trial at Armidale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 16

Before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., at the Walcha Police Court on Wednesday, John Henry Wright (25) and Alfred Boney (19), charged…

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Theft and Vandalism At Armidale Cemetery

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 8

That of tools and acts of vandij[?] have been recently committed at the Armidale cemetery. It [?] reported to the Armidale…

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Police Changes

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 4

Sergt. Toone leaves for his new duties at Moree on Thursday morning next. Sgt. McGuiness. his successor, will arrive on 10th instant. Sgt…

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Half-drunken Boys Charged

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 2

Two half-drunken boys, aged nine and five, were caught on Saturday attempting to open a safe in a factory office at…

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Military Court Italian P.O.W. Gets 18 Months The Kelly's Plains Case

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 4

The sentence of the Military Court established to hear a charge of indecent assault against Cpl. Micele Gualano, an…

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Alleged Attempt to Murder Doctor

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY Tuesday.—Four men were charged at Central Court to day with having attempted to murder Dr Reginald…

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City Murder Robbery the Motive SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 1

The police have made no progress in their search for the murderer of Maurice Joseph Hannigan in a shop in King Street, City,…

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City Murder Robbery Believed the Motive SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 2

Police have made no progress in their search for the murderer of Maurice Joseph Hannigan in a shop in King-street, City yesterday…

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Citizens’ Tribute To Police Officials Very Representative Gathering

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 3

A striking tribute to the high esteem in which two Sergeants of Police, Sergts. A. F. Toone and M. J. McMahon, are held by the…

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"Last Night on Earth" Doctor Tells Court of Shooting SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 4

Dr. Reginald Stuart Jones said at the Central Court to-day that two of four men who were in the car with him…

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Night Assault Girl Badly Knocked About SYDNEY

Guyra Argus · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 1

Attacked by a man while on the way to her home at Matraville last night, an 18-year-old girl was badly knocked about…

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Fight for Budapest Germans Mass For Final Assault LONDON

Guyra Argus · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 1

Though severely mauled by Russians, German tank groups west and north-west of Budapest are massing for a new and possibly…

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Stole Wristlet Watch From Guyra Boarding House Young Man Sent to Gaol

Guyra Argus · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 1

On a charge of having stolen a wristlet watch from a boarding house at Guyra on December 27, 1944, a soldier, Arthur Raymond…

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Dr. Jones Replies to Questions Hearing of Charge of Intent to Murder

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Dr. Reginald Stuart Jones denied at the Central Police Court…

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"Last Night on Earth" Doctor Tells Court of Shooting

The Uralla Times · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 4

Dr. Reginald Stuart Jones said at the Central Court yesterday that two of four men who were in the car with him at Maroubra, in the early…

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Court Felicitations Welcome to Police Magistrate

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 8

Mr. A. E. Hodgson, P.M.,who Has succeeded Mr. F. Scroope, P.M., as magistrate with jurisdiction in the New England area, had his first…

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