Woman Tells of Other Man New Turn at Murder Trial
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Another man, not the one accused of the crime, had told her he had shot Luigi Orilga and Mrs. Ethel Wells,…
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Courts & crime, 1946
2,563 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 129
Many Resign From Police Force For Better Positions
SYDNEY. — Twenty-one detectives have now resigned from the N.S.W. Police Force in the last three months. LATEST C.I.B. resignation is…
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PARIS, March 19. A.A.P.—Dr. Marcel Petiot, who is said to have admitted having killed 63 persons, and is charged with 27 murders,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A bill to bring the police force under the Industrial Act was introduced in the Legislative Assembly to-day by the…
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CAR HIT CONSTABLE.—About 6.15 p.m. on February 19, when Senior Constable Silvey, on a motor-cycle, pulled up at the rear of a stationary tram…
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SYDNEY.—Claiming that the war ended more than six months ago and that National Security Regulations therefore expired on March…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Kurri Police Court (Before Mr. H. L. Sargeson P.m.) Offensive Behavior
William Oliver Foster pleaded guilty to a charge of offensive behavior in Lang Street. Kurri, on February 26. and was fined £1 2s with 8s costs…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—William Robert Bathgate, 47, farmer, of Forbes, was to-day found guilty and sentenced to death for the murder of…
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LONDON, March 20. A.A.P.—Police from an ambush fired on an American Army ambulance which failed to stop when signalled near…
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New Lambton branch of the A.L.P. decided, on the motion of the Secretary (Mr. A. Edden) and Mr. J. Williams, to seek more police surveillance at night…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In view of the decision of 200 Naval Supply Depot employees to resign from the Federated Ironworkers' Union and…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—All assessments issued since the beginning of this year in respect of income derived during the year ended June…
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REMANDED.—Charged with having taken a motor-cycle without the consent of Charles Nesbitt, at Broadmeadow, an February 23. George Ernest Douglas…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.âMichael Xuereb, chief Crown witness in the hearing of a murder charge at Central Criminal Court to-day, told Mr…
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Two of the four claims heard by Judge Perdriau at the Compensation Commission at Newcastle were adjourned to Sydney…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Tooth's Brewery management has agreed to a further application to the Arbitration Court for a settlement of the beer strike. The undertaking was given this afternoon to members of the New South Wales Trades…
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At Cessnock this morning, the President of the Industrial Commission (Mr. Justice Taylor) heard evidence relating to a vital inter-union dispute involving Hie introduction of haulage mechanisation at Aberdare…
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NEW YORK, March 21.—Detroit police are investigating an alleged plot to poison Detroit's Cardinal Mooney during a civic banquet in…
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INDECENT LANGUAGE.—Lawrence Thomas Edward Young, 20, seaman, was fined £3 for having used indecent language in Hunter-street…
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Ellis Campbell, farmer, of Ducken-field, who was admitted to Maitland Hospital on Thursday night, told West Maitland police that he…
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