Two Guards On Jap "Hell-Ship" Sentenced To Die
YOKAHAMA, May 9. A.A.P.—An Eighth Army Tribunal sentenced to death two of nine defendants charged with the mistreatment of…
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Courts & crime, 1947
2,634 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 45 of 132
Left Hospital to Face Murder Charge
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Shortly after he had been discharged from St. Vincent's Hospital to-day, Henry Jenkins, 50, widower, was arrested…
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LONDON, May 9. A.A.P.—The Home Office announced its intention of equipping each county in Britain with a central radio station linking…
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SYDNEY.—Kevin Leslie John Murray, 23, was remanded at Central Court today on charges of stealing a three-ton truck at Darwin, the…
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An assortment of the most miscellaneous junk imaginable sold readily to a crowd of more than 150 men and women at the Police auction sale of unclaimed articles this morning…
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SYDNEY.—Judge Rainbow decided in the Workers' Compensation Court yesterday that children of a deceased worker,…
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SYDNEY.—William Foster, secretary of the ex-Imperial Sailors, Soldiers' and Airmen Club, was charged in Central Court today…
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LONDON, May 11. A.A.P.—General Telford Taylor, Chief United States Prosecutor, handed to the Nuremberg War Crimes Court an Allied indictment of 12 German Generals, accused of having murdered…
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BALTIMORE, May 11. A.A.P.—Winning the 24,700 dollars Dixie Handicap with the greatest of ease, Assault to-day became the third…
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A youth, after stealing £130 from his landlady's handbag had hidden the notes in a beer bottle, Newcastle Police Court was told…
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HOBART, Sunday.—Two members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council have been summoned to appear at Hobart Police Court on June 4 on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. [?]. G. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) Rubbed Woman's Handbag
According to Police Constable Scott, Sidney James M[?]gan, 24, laborer, a boarder at a Stockton home went to a room occupied by Duicie Muriel Ling and stole £2…
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By defeating last season's premiers, South Blue, 1-nil, on Saturday afternoon, Police Boys hold a one-point lead in the Men's Hockey…
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ALBURY, Sunday.—Detective-Sergeant G. B. Munro said to-night that he had received instructions to investigate the Albury poll in the State elections. "I am to inquire into certain…
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sunday: Crack squads of police are busy today on a drive to rid the city of gangsters, hoodlums and racketeers, said to be arriving from Chicago in an effort to "muscle in" on gambling and horse racing rackets. The move follows yesterday's dis[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Royal Commission Inquires Into Transfer of Police Sergt. Keogh
SYDNEY: The Royal Commission appointed to investigate the transfer of Police Sergeant Alfred John Keogh from Peak Hill to Bathurst was opened by Judge Kirby today in the District Court, and was adjourned to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrorists Murder Police in Busy Street of Palestine
JERUSALEM, Tuesday.—Sirens wailed in Jerusalem last night when terrorists stalked two plain-clothes policemen in a home-going crowd and shot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court Newcastle (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
REMANDED.—George Henry Noble, 50, miner, was remanded to Juno 2 on a charge of having maliciously wounded Frank Stewart Robertson, at Maryville,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) on Vagrancy Charge
Stated by police to have had only 8d in his possession when arrested, Sidney Thomas Wren, 42, mechanic, was remanded until Thursday for sentence on a charge…
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PHILADELPHIA, Monday.— Six hundred bullet-proof vests have been issued to all police officers who use patrol cars…
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