Electrocuted at Court
ADELAIDE. Thursday.—Peter Cain, 45. electrician, of Parkside, was electrocuted to-day while repairing a live wire at Adelaide Police…
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Courts & crime, 1942
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U.s. Navy's Amazing Record of Success in Island Assault
HONOLULU, Thursday (A.A.P.): An amazing catalogue of destruction was issued to-day by the United States Navy in a detailed account of the smashing air and sea assault on the Marshall and Gilbert Islands…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Court To-day (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. S.m.,) Indecent Language. Police Division
A fine of £3 was imposed upon James Henry Young, 31 engineer, who was convicted of using indecent language in Hunter-street on February 13…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Police are searching for two men and a girl believed to have been the last to have seen alive William Malcolm…
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REMANDED.âOn a charge of having driven a car negligently in Hunter-street on December 27, Edwin Cecil Dark, 53, labourer, was remanded to…
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NAIROBI, Feb. 13.—Lord Carbery, 50, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labour for selling American aircraft shares…
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ADJOURNED.—An adjournment to March 30 was granted in the cases in which James Hetherington Millar, 40, engineer, was charged with having driven…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Court To-day Police Court (Before Mr. A. R. Raschke, J.p.) Falre Representation Charge
Waiter Owen Wildman and John Keith Carl Orr, salesmen, were remanded to Friday, February 20, each on a charge of endeavoring to obtain £100 from…
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"I think there were extenuating circumstances. I consider the offence proved, but make a special order for dismissal of the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—No bill will be filed by the Attorney-General (Mr. Martin) against Conald Donald Pagett. 47, who was committed for…
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Four bicycles and two motor cycles were among the articles reported as stolen to Newcastle police to-day…
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It was inferred at Newcastle Summons Court yesterday that by an unwritten, law, trading in hotels can continue until 9.30 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Court To-day Before Mr. C.O Carr-Boyd, S.M. Police Division Stealing Charge
Alma morgan, 21, was charged with having stolen a cigarette case and £1 (total value of £2 5s) the property of cecil Mervyn Heicher, on February 13…
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LONDON, Feb. 15.—A Catholic priest of Castletown, Very Rev. Francis Moran. was committed for trial on a charge of having killed…
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SYDNEY.—Catherine Mary Thompson, 41, domestic, who is charged with the murder of her husband. Horace Lee Thompson,…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Unless reforms promised by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) are speedily put into effect, it is feared that…
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Newcastle police have recovered a motor utility truck reported stolon by William Davis, Thalaba Road, New Lambton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Court To-day (Before Mr. G.J. Johnstone, P.m.) West Maitland Soldier Remanded
Cecil Woods, 41, soldier, was charged with having had in his possession four white leghorn cockerels, which may reasonably be suspected of having been…
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BETTING CASES.—to four cases of illegal betting on Saturday lines imposed totalled £65. Records token from Donald Ronald…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Sentence of six months' gaol for having contravened the National Security Regulations was imposed on Gilbert…
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