Spoke From Dock Woman Denies Part in Murder
GRAFTON, Thursday.—She had had nothing to do with the killing and burning of Stanley Bartlett, the woman accused in the Grafton…
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Courts & crime, 1942
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Assaulted Son-in-law in Court
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A stir was caused at the Central Summons Court to-day when Mrs. Alice Dashwood lost a case in which she proceeded…
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SYDNEY.— "Take that!" said a mother-in-law In the Central Summons Court yesterday, as she slapped the face of her…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Three men and two women were to-day remanded on bail at the Central Police Court on a charge of having stolen 12 kegs…
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Sentences of imprisonment might he imposed in future on people who wilfully evaded obligations to the Taxation Department, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the Courts Police Division (Before Mr. C. W. Naylor, J.p) Stealing Charge
Stanley Arthur Robinson, 21, soldier was charged with stealing a doormat, valued at £2, the property of John Philip Trimm. Great Northern Hotel…
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SYDNEY: "You can't send him to gaol. He's only a baby." chorused a dozen sobbing women in the Quarter Sessions yesterday…
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GRAFTON: Cecil Raymond Ellem, 21, who was found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the death of Stanley Edwin…
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SENT TO GAOL.—A sentence of one month's imprisonment was imposed on William Arthur McLaughlin, 46, labourer, who pleaded "Guilty" to having…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Hilton West, 35, car washer, was remanded at Central Police Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Ernest…
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LONDON. Friday (O.S.C.).—Bloodhounds, soldiers with tommy-guns and an aeroplane are being used in a search for a man…
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The Newcastle Police and Citizens' Boys' Club has a membership of 2560, and an average attendance of 112 at the club each day, the…
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SYDNEY: Two young women and three men who were found drinking beer around a 27-gallonkeg in a house in Young Street…
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SYDNEY: When a warden was convicted at Newtown Police Court yesterday for calling a constable a Gestapo, Mr. Thornton…
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Mr. Frank Clayton, well-known in Newcastle turf circles, lost £7/10/ when his home at Gordon-avenue, Hamilton, was burgled early…
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GRAFTON, Sunday.—Cecil Raymond Ellem, 21, who was found guilty at Grafton Supreme Court of the manslaughter of Stanley. Edwin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Transfers: A.l.p. Critical
The Premier (Mr. McKell) will be congratulated by Carrington branch of the Official A.L.P. upon his instruction that a number of…
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The action of the Premier (Mr. McKell) in revoking the transfer of 17 members of the police force from the city to country areas was praised…
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LONDON. Jan. 24 (Air Mail).—When a man chased by a policeman, tried to escape in a crowded London street, he was brought low…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Court To-day Divorce Court (Before Mr. Justice Edwards) DAVIES v DAVIES
An order for the restitution of conjugal rights was made in the case in which David Reece Davies. butcher, of Cessnock petitioned against Winifred…
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