9 Charged with 369 Murders
LONDON, Tuesday.—The Austrian State police have arrested a doctor and eight nurses of a mental home on the outskirts of…
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Courts & crime, 1946
2,563 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 129
Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
DROVE WHILE DRUNK.—A fine of £10 was imposed on John Francis Irving, 20, marine, for driving while under the influence of intoxicating…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—When a city waitress refused Gaston Firmin-Guyon, 17, a kiss as he accompanied her to a tram late last night he…
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BUDAPEST, Jan. 8. A.A.P.—The People's Court sentenced to death as war criminals, three of Hungary's most prominent Nazi supporters. They…
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SYDNEY: "The accused maintains his innocence, and there is no likelihood of him making away," said Mr. H. J…
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SYDNEY.—More than 200 applications have been received by the Police Department from disabled servicemen desirous of…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Because of serious discontent in the New South Wales police force over pay and conditions, and a recently…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Stand By, Fire Near Manly
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Fanned by a strong north-easterly wind, a fire gained a strong hold on 200 acres of bushland at Dobroyd Point, near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Janitor and Wife Are Held for Mad Murder of Child
CHICAGO, Tuesday: Police have detained a 63-year-old janitor and his wife for the murder of Suzanne Degnan, aged 6, whose dismembered body was found in sewers near her home…
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. A.A.P.—The United States Solicitor-General (Mr. J. H. McGrath), asking the Supreme Court to refuse to review…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tried to Murder Baby Son, Is Allegation; Man Sent for Trial
SYDNEY: On a charge of having attempted to murder his six-month-old son, Barry Thomas Jones, with a butcher's knite, Charles Alfred Jones, 24, laborer, was committed for trial in Parramatta Court yesterday…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—Gloria Swanson's legal comedy-drama ended to-day after at brief run at the crowded State Supreme Court…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A Communist organiser who refused to pay a fine of £5 imposed on him at Central Court for offensive behaviour…
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COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.—Arthur John Connor 34, seaman, and Bernard Patrick Connor, 25, labourer, were committed for trial at the Quarter…
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Miss Elizabeth E. C. Bather (centre), first Chief Inspector of Women Police at Scotland Yard, is shown with Miss Dorothy Pete, Superintendent of Metropolitan Women's Police, leaving Scotland Yard. Until recently Chief Inspector Bather was a senior staff officer at R.A.F. Bomber Command…
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SYDNEY: Norris Nichols, 30, photographer was charged in the Central Police Court today with shooting at Colin Fitzgerald last night with…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At Central Police Court to-day, Douglas Ronald Morris, 26, journalist, was remanded until February 13 on a charge of…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday: A blood-stained yellow blanket and a knife, found behind the apartment where…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Parking Matter for Police
A request that car parking should be restricted to the northern side of Hunter-street was received from the Newcastle A.L.P. Municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Want Owner for Compass
Newcastle police are seeking an owner for at dry card ship's compass which was found in the streets recently. Persons interested are…
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