Lords to Debate Unwritten Law in Murder Appeal
LONDON, April 17. A.A.P.—Forty-eight hours before the time fixed for his hanging, a condemned man in Lincoln gaol was told that…
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Courts & crime, 1946
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"Police Earned £7 a Day Selling Tickets"
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Some policemen were earning wages under false pretences by making up to £7 a day selling tickets for charity,…
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SYDNEY.—The appointment of the State A.L.P. Vice-President, Mr. W. C. Taylor, as vice-chairman of the Australian National Airlines Commission was contested in the Special Federal Court today before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Court Decides Against A.N.A. Leave to Appeal Refused
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Full High Court to-day unanimously refused Australian National Airways Pty. Ltd. permission to appeal to…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Three men, two of them brothers, were arrested to-day and charged with the murder of Myles ("Face") McKeon,…
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MALE SHOPLIFTER.—For having stolen a shirt, valued at 5/11. the property of Selfridge's Ltd. on Wednesday. Thomas Leslie Cook, 21, barman,…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—After having been locked up overnight and again to-day, the jury in the counterfeit ration case late this afternoon…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Policemen, criminals in gaol, mental patients, and aborigines were the only members of the community who had no…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sugerman, K.C. Appointed to Arbitration Court
SYDNEY, Thursday—The appointment of Mr. B. Sugerman, K.C., a leading Sydney barrister, as a Federal Arbitration Court Judge was…
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Arising from a successful appeal to the Supreme Court by Thomas Charlton Wrightson, Health Inspector of Greater Newcastle Council, William…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Vote Count in Court R.S.P.C.A. Tally Queried
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Voting cards used at the R.S.P.C.A. meeting on March 4, which supported William Francis Webb Painter as…
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George Thomas Williams, 44, of West-avenue, Cessnock who was critically injured on Wollombi-road, Cessnock, on Thursday night, when struck…
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AUCKLAND, Saturday: Bank notes and securities valued at £6000 were dug up in the beach near Gisborne…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Driving through Lakemba at 2 o'clock this morning, Constable Bah recognised a stolen car and gave chase. Reaching speeds of…
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AUCKLAND, Sunday.—Constable P. Clemence, who it is alleged tried to reason with a Maori, after the latter had demanded free beer and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murwillumbah Murder Theory Not Yet Abandoned By Police
SYDNEY.—Sydney and Brisbane detectives and local police have not yet abandoned the theory that the Banana Board Inspector, Angus Butters, 56. who was found dead in the yard of the Royal Hotel, Murwillumbah, was murdered…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Sunday.—The body of Angus Butters, 50, of Eyles-avenue, Murwillumbah, was found in the yard of the Royal Hotel,…
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LONDON, April 22. A.A.P.—Kenneth Charles Heald, 22, a formet radio officer of the merchant navy service, has been charged at…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday.—John Jepson, 16, was charged with having fatally stabbed his stepfather during a quarrel. The…
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MILAN, April 22. A.A.P.—Armed with light machine-guns and hand grenades, 2500 prisoners, who began a revolt in San…
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