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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

655 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 33

Bogus Police Steal £200

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 2

Four men who posed as police ransacked a flat at Potts Point, Sydney, the other night, and look £200. The nun knocked at…

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Arrest Made for Two Yean Old Murder

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 4

A police man hunt which lasted almost two years ended with the purest of a man whom the police found hidden behind two…

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Warn Criminals Death Penalty for Murder SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 16 April 1945 · page 1

State Opposition leaders yesterday urged that in order to check the current wave of crime in New South Wales. the Government…

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Police Force— :o: • Inadequacy of Pay SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 16 April 1945 · page 1

More than 500 members of the police force would resign immediately if the manpower permitted them to do so, the President of the N.S.W. Police…

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Police Dissatisfied Would Leave Force if Allowed SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 16 April 1945 · page 5

More than 500 members of the Police force would resign immediately if manpower permitted them to do so, the President of the N. S. W…

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Police Sergeant Turns Auctioneer Keen Bidding' at Armidale Sale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 16 April 1945 · page 4

Goods, ranging from bicycles and fountain pens to children's felt handbags, were auctioned by Sergt. E. W. Freeman, of the Armidale…

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A.B.C. APPOINTMENT High Court's Ruling Will Not Restrain Commonwealth SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 16 April 1945 · page 2

Justice Williams, in the High Court to-day, refused to grant an injunction restraining the Commonwealth…

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Fatal Accident Driver Charged

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 4

A rather unusual case came before the Inverell Court of Petty Sessions on Monday. It was one in which Thomas V. Guyer was charged with…

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Sale of Car Parties in Court

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 7

Aft the Court of Petty Session on Monday, before the P.M., Mr. A. E. Hodgson, Mrs. Emily Morris, of Ros[?]lyn Street, wife of Mr. Walter Morris,…

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King's Cross Arrest Police Charge Three Men SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 2

Three men—one an Englishman, one a South African, and the third, an Australian—who were arrested in Bayswater Road, King's Cross,…

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Armidale Divorce Court Restitution Order Issued Goodsell v. Goodsell

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 12

An order for restitution of conjugal rights was granted the petitioner at the Armidale Causes Court [?]v Mr. Justice Halse Rogers…

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Tommy Gun Found On Sydney Sportsground Police Believe Civilins Have Hundreds SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 2

An Austen sub-machine gun in good condition was found early to-day on the Sydney Sportsground. This is the…

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City Council Court House Fence to Go Public Works. Department Approves Proposal

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 8

In a letter to the Armidale City Council on Monday, night the Public Works Department approved the demolition…

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Burglary

The Uralla Times · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 2

Neighbours last Thursday noticed a window open in Mrs E. Barnes' residence, West End, and, as they knew that she was not then in residence…

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Shocking Crime Boy Charged With Murder of Mother and Brother Auckland (N.Z.)

Guyra Argus · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 1

Thirteen years old Noel Ingram Brooks was yesterday committed for trial on charges of murdering his mother, Ethelwyn Florence Brooks…

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Nazi Murder Factory

The Uralla Times · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 4

"I have just seen the most terrible place on earth—the German concentration camp at (Maidanek, Poland, which was a veritable factory for…

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13-year-old Boy on Murder Charges

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 1

AUCKLAND, (N.Z.) Thursday. Thirteen years old Noel Ingram was yesterday committed for trial on charges of murdering his…

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Police Rewards Unclaimed

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 21 April 1945 · page 2

In the past 10 years rewards totalling £10,000 have been offered for information that would lead to the eclution of…

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"Chinese Cat," Excellent Chan Murder Film

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 21 April 1945 · page 2

The new Monogram film, "The Chinese Cat," is a thoroughly entertaining murder mystery with the clever Charlie Chan…

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Bathurst Gaol Break

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 23 April 1945 · page 7

Two young men aged 21, both serving a six months' sentence at Bathurst Goal Farm far breaking and entering, escaped from the farm…

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