Gestapo Men Face Charges Of Escapees' Murder
LONDON, July 1. A. A. P.âReuters Hamburg correspondent states that 17 Gestapo men were brought before Hamburg War Crimes Court…
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Courts & crime, 1947
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Lad in Gun Duel with Police
This 15-year -old lad, Edward Bancroft (left) engaged police at Hoston, U. S. A., in a gun duel. He injured one. During the fight he used William Honan (right) as a shield. Bancroft was caught by policeman, who "slugged" him from behind. Pictures were taken in the police station, Where Honan was sobbing after his terrifying experience…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The appointment of two or three new Supreme Court judges is expected to be decided this week by State Cabinet…
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LONDON, July 2. A.A.P.—A jury at the Old Bailey convicted Flying Squad Detective Sergeants Albert Edwin Compton and Harry Gordon…
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DARWIN.—A break from Fanny Bay Gaol was made last night by two natives awaiting trial on charges of robbery with violence…
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DISCHARGED.—After evidence had been given that he had been an employee at the Steel Works, John Warner, 52, labourer, was discharged on a…
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MANILA, July 2. A.A.P.—Philippines Government officials reported that 45 prisoners, who escaped from Mindore Province gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) Indecent Behavior
Maxwell Roy Maxwell, 24, laborer, was fined £3 or six days' imprisonment for indecent behavior in a lane off Scott Street, UNLICENSED HAWKER…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The hearing of a murder charge was dramatically interrupted in the Roma Police Court today by the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A young mother who had booked to sail for England by the Asturias yesterday was prevented at the last moment by…
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FRANKFURT, July 3. A.A.P.—An indictment charging former Nazi "action troops" and commandos with the murder of 118,430 Jews between…
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SYDNEY: A gaol warder, concerned in happenings in a room at the Supreme Court on June 26 with David Stewart Dawson, his father and a young woman, was today dismissed from the service. IN a Public Service Board inquiry…
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DARWIN, Thursday.—Two natives awaiting trial on charges of robbery with violence escaped from Fanny Bay Gaol. They were on the way…
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NO LICENCE.—For having carried on business in Newcastle as a hawker on July 2 without a licence, Hugh Parker, 36. blecksmith, was fined £5…
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The following matters are set down for hearing by Mr. Justice Bonney at the Divorce Court, in Newcastle, to-day…
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NEW YORK, July 3.—The newly announced suggestions for a United Nations police force are both encouraging and depressing. It is encouraging that an estimate, however doubtful, has finally been given…
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Evidence that 24 panes of glass had been smashed in a hut at Greta and four window frames damaged was given at a District Court-martial at…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—A taxi driver was charged in Brighton Court to-day with having stolen a diamond bracelet worth £1000, the property…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court Teralba Before Mr. H. L. Sargeson, S.m. Summons Division
DANGEROUS DRIVING.—The Magistrate found a charge of dangerous driving on Newcastle-road. Wallsend, on December 14, proved against Neville…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—Patrick Kerry Copley, 43, Labour M.L.A. for Kurilpa, and Arthur Joseph Stevens, 39, business manager, were…
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