Lie Detector Tests for Suspects in Chicago Murder
CHICAGO, Jan. 9. A.A.P.—Two janitors have been detained by police in connection with the murder of six-year-old Suzanne Degnan,…
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Courts & crime, 1946
2,563 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 129
Trial on Charge of Attempt To Murder Son
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A man has been committed for trial at Parramatta Court on a charge of having attempted to murder his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Raise £6600 for War Veterans
Newcastle police effort in the recent appeal for War Veterans' Homes realised £6600. Yesterday the Superintendent (Mr…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Another two New South Wales detectives have resigned from the Police Force, making seven in a week…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Although general recruiting for the police force is slow, more than 200 applications have been lodged by disabled…
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FALSE PRETENCES.âArthur Wilson, 20 labourer, was sentenced to 14 days imprisonment for false pretences at Williamstown on December 31…
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LONDON, January 10. A.A.P.—The Baillie-Stewart, former officer of the [?] was sentenced at the Old Bailey to [?] imprisonment on a second in[?]…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—State Cabinet is to consider amending legislation to enable Boyd Sinclair to be brought before a jury to determine…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The 19-year-old wife of a Dutch serviceman was committed for trial from the Coroner's Court for the murder of…
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ORANGE, Thursday.—Police are searching for a 17-year-old youth who escaped to-night from the Orange police station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jap Commander of Sandakan Camp Charged with 1100 P.o.w. Deaths
LABUAN, Friday.—Six-foot, arrogant Captain Hoshijima, a former commanding officer of the Sandakan compound, was charged at Labuan today with having direct responsibility for the deaths of 1100 Australian and British prisoners of war and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Function Of The High Court
A SPEAKER at the Newcastle Trades Hall Council meeting last night said: "It seems to me that the High Court dominates everything."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Not Abnormal Says Premier Resignations in Police Force
SYDNEY, Thursday.—There was nothing abnormal about the resignations from the New South Wales Police Force since the wartime…
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LONDON, Friday.—Captain Robert Cecil, 29, son and heir of Lord Cranborne and second heir of the Marquis of Salisbury, was fined £5…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
SUBSTANTIAL BAIL.—"The defendant is unfavourably known to the police," said the Police Prosecutor (Sergeant W. G. Wallace) when…
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LABUAN, Friday.—Sandakan prisoner-of-war camp would live long as a blot on the barbaric Japanese Army, declared the prosecutor,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District Court Dates
Sittings of the District Court, presided over by Judge Nield, will be held at Newcastle on February 4 (noon), April 8, June 3, July 29,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Miss X" Gives Evidence at Murder Inquest
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Principal witness at the inquest into the death of Leslie Ernest Walkenden was a pretty brunette, referred to as "Miss…
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ROME, Friday: A large force of bandits, armed with automatic weapons and hand grenades, swooped down on a Carabinieri…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Secretary of the New South Wales Police Association (Mr. Cosgrove) said he could not understand a statement…
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