British Soldier Shot by Police in Scuffle
LONDON, Jan. 11. A.A.P.—A British soldier garrisoned in Rome was shot dead by the Carabinieri during a scuffle on a trolley car, says the…
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Courts & crime, 1946
2,563 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 129
Half-head Victory to Royal Court
SYDNEY: Royal Court had to be ridden out by A. Mulley to defeat Mr. F. W. Hughes's pair, Shining Vision and Tibalina in…
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SYDNEY: Though 20 detectives and uniformed police searched all night for the man who outraged a nine-year-old girl in the bush at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dr. Evatt Nominated As Member Of World Court
LONDON, Saturday: Australia's Minister for External Affairs (Dr. Evatt) has been nominated to the United Nations' General Assembly for one of the 15 judgeships in the International…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Himmler's Widow Leaves Gaol
LONDON, Jan. 13. A.A.P.—Himmler's widow and daughter have left Nuremberg gaol, says Reuter's Nuremberg correspondent…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Entering the "Friend in Hand" Hotel, Glebe, thieves carried the hotel safe from the second floor to the ground floor…
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HONOLULU, Jan. 13. A.A.P.—At an inquiry following the fatal crash of a Liberator recently, a civilian flight engineer. John…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Will Die for Theft of Fat Ration
COLOGNE, Jan. 13. A.A.P.—An Allied Military Court has sentenced to death two gang leaders who led a raid on a fat storage cellar and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Street Fight Ended At Police Station
Percival T. Hicks, 31, laborer, and Lionel C. Ellick, 40, fitter, engaged in a running fight in Hunter Street, yesterday afternoon. Ellick kept…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A.c.t.u. Plans New Arbitration Court
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Removal of the present Commonwealth Arbitration Court judges, repeal of the existing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mrs. Livesey, Too III To Attend Court, Remanded
ADELAIDE: Mrs. Ethel Livesey, 46, called under the name of Florence Elizabeth Ethel Gardiner, did not appear in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charged Clerks Brief Defence Counsel
SYDNEY, Monday.—Eminent King's Counsel and several other prominent barristers have been briefed to defend the seven members of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
RECOGNISANCE ESTREATED.—The Magistrate estreated the recognisance of Ronald George, or Clark, 24, engineer, against whom were charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Claimed Quarrel Provoked Murder
BRISBANE, Monday.—When John Erasmic Willis, 58, was charged at the Police Court with the murder of Sarah Willis, at Moorooka…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wailing Army Defaulters In N.Z. Gaol
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: For the seventh consecutive night, military defaulters in Auckland Gaol kept the neighborhood awake with yells, coo-ees, songs and cat-calls. Their concerted "coo-ees" and pre-arranged choruses echoed over a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hitler Ordered Murder of Allied Seamen
NUREMBERG, Jan. 16. A.A.P.—Hoping to render Allied shipping construction useless by creating a shortage of seamen, Hitler ordered U-boat commanders to fire on lifeboats carrying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Find Still and Liquor
KATOOMBA, Monday.—Police and Customs men found a still working in a shack at Megalong Valley. They seized a large…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Investigate Explosion on Beach
Police investigating a report by an official at Nobbys of an explosion near the beach on the sea side of Nobbys promenade about 10.30 last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mrs. Livesey Too Ill to Attend Court
ADELAIDE, Monday.—At the Criminal Court, Mrs. Ethel Livesey, 46, charged under the name of Florence Elizabeth Ethel Gardiner,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.N.O. Police Force Britain Anxious for Action "Herald" Service
LONDON, Jan. 14.—The British Government is anxious that the military staffs of the various United Nations' Governments…
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