Magistrate Wore Shorts in Court
CANBERRA, Friday.—Canberra's Special Police Magistrate (Mr. J. T. Goodwin) to-day appeared in Canberra Police Court in army shorts…
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Courts & crime, 1947
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Police Court Newcastle (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
REMANDS.—Charged with having driven a motor lorry in a negligent manner in Fullerton-street. North Stockton, on September 18, last year. V. E…
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ROME, Jan. 24. A.A.P.—Americo Dumini, one of four men charged with participating in the murder of Matteotti, the "Socialist…
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There was a large gathering in the Masonic Hall on Thursday night, when the Belmont District Chamber of Commerce held a social to say…
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SYDNEY.—Police are mystified by the appearance of a motor cyclist—seriously injured—at Canterbury District Hospital early…
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NEW ALBANY (Indiana), Jan. 24—A jury acquitted Mrs. Goldie Sutton, 43, of a charge of murder in the first degree by shooting her…
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BOMBAY, Friday.—Police and military reinforcements have been moved into Lahore, capital of Punjab, where demonstrations followed the arrest of eight Moslem League leaders…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Robert Henry Ward, 47, of Coolong-road, Vaucluse, described on the charge sheet as a labourer, but stated by the police…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Two charges against Lieut.-Commander Robert John Hodge, captain of the frigate H.M.A.S. Condamine, at a…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Alleged to have been criminally assaulted by a man in a stormwater channel at Auburn this afternoon, a 12-year-old girl…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—New appointments to the New South Wales Supreme Court Bench are expected to be shortly…
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WARSAW, Jan. 24. A.A.P.—The leader of the Polish Peasant Party (Mr. Mikolajczyk) announced that he would ask…
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BOMBAY, Jan. 24. A.A.P.—Nine people were killed and 24 injured when police were forced to fire several times on crowds rioting in Bombay and Calcutta…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — At Kogarah Police Station, Ashton Arnold Roden, 32, was charged with having maliciously wounded his wife with intent…
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Neville Cecil Martin, 20, laborer, was charged with having, at Mayfleld, on January 25. assaulted Edwin Holliday occasioning actual bodily harm. He was remanded…
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NEW YORK, Sunday.—Frank Sickles, 27, was given four life sentences plus another 150 years by an Illinois Court—for giving away to an impulse. He broke into the house of Dr…
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BRISBANE.—Charged with the murder of Bronia Mary Armstrong (19), stenographer, Reginald Wingfield Spencer Brown…
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"You appear to be an incorrigible vagabond." remarked Mr. Carr-Boyd. S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court today in sentencing Leonard Plump,…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—The charge of wilful murder against Reginald Wingfield Spence Brown, 49, account ant, will be heard in the City Police…
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The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay) and Superintendent Blackley, of the Newcastle Police, today paid a courtesy call on the Mayor…
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