Two Men, Two Women on Murder Charge
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Found unconscious on a vacant allotment of land at Darlinghurst on May 4, Ernest Hoffman, 56, chef at the Royal…
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Courts & crime, 1942
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Thefts Reported to Newcastle Police
Newcastle police have been informed of the theft from the BHP golf links of four gallons of thurban oil and four gallons of…
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An applicant for exemption from military training in Newcastle Court of Petty Sessions this morning claimed…
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INDECENT WRITING.,—"I believe they were done by different persons," Fredrick Arnold Howell, formerly manager of the Bank of Australia, Newcastle, said…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Victorian detectives have begun a manhunt as a result of important information about the movements of Gladys…
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By breaking open the side door of Walter Reid's garage in Croft Street, Wickham. thieves stole three spanners, it has been…
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MELBOURNE—Detectives say they have vital information which may lead to the clearing-up of the three recent killings in and…
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MELBOURNE. —Detectives investigating the murders of three women in Melbourne, yesterday arrested an American soldier,…
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REASONABLE DOUBT.—"This is a case in which the Bench must entertain a reasonable doubt; I am disposed to think that this man was in the room…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—Charged with the murder of her husband, Alexander Thompson, at Rockhampton on March 4, Julia Eileen Thompson…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—An indication is given in the Government Gazette to-day that the transfer of control of the Police Force from the Chief…
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A mail bag containing mail matter from Niagara Park to Gosford was stolen from the parcels office at Gosford Railway Station…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—An allegation that Lieutenant Eric Louis Murphy, of the 14th Battery Anti-tank Regiment, had used live ammunition in…
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SYDNEY.—An indication that transfer of control of the Police Department from the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) to the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—A youth of 17, now in the A.I.F., was released on bond to-day by Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy in the Criminal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In Court To-day Police Division (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. Sm) Theft of Petrol
William Henry Archibald, 28, bus driver, was charged with stealing two gallons of petrol and a petrol cap (value 12s 10d), the property of James…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Following a gun duel yesterday with alleged car thieves, two men were charged with having shot with…
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MELBOURNE: The American soldier, who is being held in close confinement, will be charged with…
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The Secretary of the Steel Works Golf Club (Mr. Phillip P. Jordan) has reported to Newcastle police, that on Saturday night…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The American soldier detained at the City Watchhouse in connection with the murder of…
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