Theft 'To Improve His Knowledge"
LONDON.— A plea that he stole "to improve his knowledge on medical subjects" was made in a London Court by a young soldier,…
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Courts & crime, 1944
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Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
SEAMERN BOUND OVER.—Wilfred Gerald Monthero, 52, seaman, for indecent behaviour at Carrington on Tuesday, was ordered to enter into…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The President (Sergeant Driscoll) told the Police Association conference that 1000 recruits would be necessary to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Divorce Court Undefended Actions
SYDNEY, Wednesday.âMr. Justice Bonney heard a number of undefended divorce petitions from Newcastle and district, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Free Travel for Police Reservists
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Police reservists are not permitted to travel free between their homes and the police stations when on duty a…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Judge Stacey in the Quarter Sessions sentenced Edward Robert Hiam, 23, William Samuel Love, 19, and Henry James…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Director-General of Manpower (Mr. Cameron) to-day disclosed the existence of a Manpower, office at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.—James Herbert Morris, 18, labourer, was charged with having on April 8 and April 17, at Mayfield, broken and entered the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Lambton Man on Murder Charge
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Cecil Bobbs, 27, metalworker, of New Lambton, appeared in the Fitzroy Court to-day, charged with the…
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LITHGOW. — An official railway announcement this morning states that as a result or servicemen evading payment of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →High Court Packed for Hearing of Censorship Case
SYDNEY: The High Court was packed to capacity to—day when the actions by Sydney newspapers to test the legality of the censorship authority's power to suppress certain articles and editorials came on for hearing before five…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Courts Police Division (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd Sm) Remanded
Thomas L. Powell 41 mechanic was charged with breaking and entering the shop of perry H. Townsend Pacific Highway Admstown, and…
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NEW YORK, Friday.—Edward Broderick. who defended Wayne Lonergan (recently sentenced to 35 years for the murder of his…
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REMANDED.—Because of the illness of one of the accused, a remand to May 26 was granted when Thomas Leslie Powell, 41, mechanic, Norman Hughes…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—William John Patrick Blanchard, 58, of Punt-road, Windsor, was acquitted by a jury in the Criminal Court of a…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—A claim that he was asleep in the back seat of a car at the time of the shooting of Pearl Oliver, waitress, on…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Full High Court of Australia to-day rejected submissions by the Commonwealth that Monday's…
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SYDNEY. — Helen Auld. 46. housekeeper, of Longfield Street. Cabramatta, was found dead at the rear of her home last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →They Opposed Meat Rationing: Three Men Charged
SYDNEY: People who might be described as enemy agents had been working behind the scenes against meat rationing, declared Sir Henry Manning (for the Crown) in the Special Federal Court to-day…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Thirty-two United States military police, veterans of the Papuan campaigns, were awarded the unit citation ribbon at…
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