Court Rejects Vichy Consul's Claim
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Alleging that a deserter from a Free French warship had been wrongfully detained because Free France was not…
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Courts & crime, 1942
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More Damage in Trains Schoolboys in Court
Damage to and removal of railway carriage fittings by boys travelling free on the Toronto-Newcastle "school" train had the attention of Mr. G. J…
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SYDNEY.—An American private who borrowed an Australian army truck and knocked down and killed a 17-year-old cyclist has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Courts (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. Sm) Police Division Expensive Joy-ride
Harold John Lagan, 18/, a solder, took a motor cycle, the property of Clive Alexander Clark, of West Maitland, on August 26 and with another…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
INDECENT LANGUAGE.—For having used indecent language at the entrance to the City Hall on Wednesday night, Richard Victor Porter, 28, soldier, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Confidence in Mr. Baddeley
The Executive of the Police Association carried a vote of confidence in and appreciation of the work of the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley)…
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SYDNEY: Twenty-one more sentences arising out of court-martials held at Victoria Barracks have been promulgated, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
SOLDIER ACQUITTED.—Alan Kitchener Blakemore, 26, soldier, who pleaded "Not guilty" to having taken and used a motor-cycle without the consent…
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CANBERRA, Sunday.—Legislation will be introduced in the Budget session to suppress profiteering and stamp out black markets. The view…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Double Murder in Welsh Hotel
LONDON Sunday: Dr. Reay, whose wife and another man were murdered in a North Wales hotel on Friday night, died in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boilermakers' Claim in Arbitration Court
SYDNEY: The application mode to Judge Drake-Brockma[?] in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nine Die in Clash with Indian Police
NEW DELHI. Sunday.—Nine people, it is believed, were killed when police fired on 200 Indians who were attempting to attack a railway station between Tundla and Hathras, north-west of Lucknow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mayor Renews Demand for More Police; Fire in Park Building
Renewed demand for more police supervision and protection was made by the Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Aid Young) to-day, following a fire which early this morning partially destroyed the new brick pavilion on No. 2 Sports…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Bankrupt Leaves Gaol
SYDNEY. — Mrs. Elizabeth Gladys Beer, who was sent to Long Bay Prison on August 25. 1941 for contempt of the Bankruptcy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd. S.m.)
GAME OF "TWO-UP."—Twenty men pleaded "Guilty" to the charges made against them after a police raid on premises in Robertson-street…
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CANBERRA: The Government contemplates amending the law to send men to gaol for substantial periods without option of a fine for flagrant profiteering and for trafficking in ration tickets…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Recover Goods
Police investigating a series of robberies in the city and suburbs, extending over six weeks, have recovered bicycles, overcoats, sheets,…
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SYDNEY.—A Violent struggle with the police was described at Redfern Court when Albert Frederick Denny, 25, was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shots Fired at Camp Sentries; Murder Theory
MELBOURNE: Shots were fired at three sentries at a military camp in the Queenscliff district and it is thought that one may…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thefts of Liquor Reported to Newcastle Police
Newcastle police said to-day that they were anxious to get information which would lead to the recovery of 26 bottles of gin…
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