Remanded On Stealing Charge
Ronald L. Peate, 19, seaman, was remanded to tomorrow at Newcastle Police Court on a charge of stealing a suit case, 100 cigarettes, and a…
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Courts & crime, 1946
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Japs Sentenced to Die for Borneo Death March
LABUAN (Borneo), Monday: Captain Takakuwa, arch war criminal, Commander of Sandakan Camp, responsible for the death of 824 prisoners of war, was sentenced to death by hanging today at Labuan Military Court. Captain…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—There were no developments to-day in the hunt for the murderer of Mrs. Jean Wicks, whose battered body was…
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CAIRO, Jan. 6. A.A.P.—A 20-year-old Egyptian, stated to be the son of the Under-Secretary for Communications (Tewfik…
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CAIRO, Sunday: Shouting "Down with Nokrashy, the Unjust!", thousands of youthful demonstrators jammed a mile-long procession at the funeral of Senator Amin Osman Pasha, who was murdered on Saturday…
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MELBOURNE: In the Commonwealth Arbitration Court 1085 applications were lodged last year—287 fewer than in…
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CAIRO, January 7. A.A.P.—It is alleged that when police searched the house of the Under-secretary for Communications (Tewfik Ahmed Bey),…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seaman Gaoled for Stealing
Ronald L. Peate, 19, seaman, was charged with stealing a suitcase containing 100 cigarettes, clothing and other articles, valued at £9 10s, the…
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KEMPSEY, Monday.—A man and two youths have been arrested following the theft of a safe from the garage of A. Gibson and Son, at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES.—Arthur Wilson, 20, labourer, was charged with having at Williamtown on December 31, 1945, falsely pretended to James Op[?]e,…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. John Laidlaw, 71, retired stipendiary magistrate, collapsed and died in North Sydney to-day…
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SYDNEY: Bail was refused Edward James White, 65, laborer, at Central Court today on a charge of maliciously wounding Charles Edward…
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LONDON, Jan. 7.—Mass meetings by Glasgow policemen, who demand better conditions, were banned by the Chief Constable (Mr. Malcolm…
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WASHINGTON, Monday.—The United States Solicitor-General (Mr. J. H. McGrath), asking the Supreme Court to refuse to review General…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Swam River Twice to Evade Police
KEMPSEY, Monday.—A youth swam the Macleay River twice in an effort to evade arrest on cattle-stealing charges. The river is 100…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Athens Police Stand to Transport Strike Paralyses City
LONDON, Jan. 7. A.A.P.—The Greek Government banned all public gatherings in the streets of Athens when a strike of electricity workers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese Tortures On Ambon Told At War Court
AMBON, Tuesday: Japanese placed a huge bomb dump in an Australian P.O.W. camp, according to the affidavit by a captain of 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion, who was acting adjutant for P.O.W's…
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When he spoke to Charles David Matthews, 59, boilermaker, about distributing, three-place betting cards, Matthews hit him in the mouth with…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Douglas Ronald Morris, 25, was charged at Central Police Station to-night with having murdered Mrs. Jeanette Wicks, 45. Mrs. Wicks's body was found in a pool of blood in her…
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8. A.A.P.—Herbert Sorrell, leader of the recent eight months' film strike, was convicted in the Supreme Court on…
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