Police Shoot Two Men Robbing Railway
MELBOURNE: Two men were shot by wireless patrol police at South Melbourne Railway Station at 4 a.m, today and both are in hospital under police guard. One was shot in the back and…
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Courts & crime, 1946
2,563 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 55 of 129
Limit Defence Speeches Nuremberg Court Opposed
NUREMBERG, June 13. A.A.P.—The War Crimes Tribunal has fixed a limit of 14 days for the final speeches of German counsel…
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LONDON, June. 13.—With wine and gin packed ready for a getaway, three armed bandits were disturbed by the police, but shot their way…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Any case for a 40-hour week on behalf of the Waterside Workers' Federation was not within the Court's jurisdiction, during the currency of the shipping coordination regulations, the Acting Chief Judge…
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VAGRANCY CHARGE.—"I am getting a pension of £3/5/ a fortnight,' said Edward Albert Anderson, 72, when charged with vagrancy…
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It was quite a wedding for Newcastle in those days— well before the last war. Eighteen hansom cabs took the bride and groom and all the visitors away from St. Philips Church in Watt Street…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Stuart Robson, 66, a former police superintendent in New South Wales, died last night. As a detective he figured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Police Fire Shots in Taxi Chase
MELBOURNE.—Shots were fired by a police wireless patrol early to-day in a chase after the theft of a taxi in the city…
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DUBBO, Sunday.âPolice are searching for Thomas John Winning, 27, who escaped from Dubbo Gaol this afternoon…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A 23-year-old man was arrested at his home in West Ryde late last night and charged with the rape of a 22-year-old…
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LONDON, Sunday.—A, London polisher, aged 43, had the following Casanova-like activities alleged against him at…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — Various articles, believed to be the property of Richard James O'Sullivan, of Nithsdale-street, Sydney, who has…
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NEW YORK, Sunday.—Three 35-second New York policemen were responsible yesterday for sending New York's two-minutes burglar, Ernest…
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SYDNEY.—A few minutes after taking portion of a headache powder yesterday, a 37-year-old woman complained of pains in…
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BELGRADE, June 16. A.A.P.—The Court rejected an offer by American airmen and others to fly to Belgrade to give…
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SYDNEY: Police dog Souri has been sent to Dubbo to assist in the search for Thomas John Winning, 27, who escaped from…
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On a charge of stealing a bicycle valued at £8, Peter Parker was fined £7 at Cessnock Court today. Sergeant Griffith said that the…
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SINGAPORE, June 17. A.A.P.— The Court sentenced 38 Indians to three months' rigorous imprisonment for…
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SYDNEY, Monday.— Detectives were given a new clue in the hunt for the Newtown murderer this afternoon…
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BELGRADE, June 17. A.A.P.—Questioned about the murder of a British Army officer, Major Terence Atherton, who parachuted…
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