Man Charged After Fatal Fight
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A man has been charged with manslaughter following a fight at Liverpool yesterday…
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Courts & crime, 1948
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Two Face Murder Charge
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A printer. 35, and a labourer, 47, were charged this afternoon with the murder of Eric Allen Vicar, who…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday.—A small white dog helped lead to the arrest of a man by police investigating the discovery of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Close Street For Princess, Duke
PARIS, May 16. A.A.P.—Police closed the Rue du Faubourg St. Honore to all traffic when Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of…
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ARMIDALE, Monday.— At Armidale Court of Petty Sessions to-day, Thomas Leslie Burns, alias Francis Oswald Ritchie, 29, was…
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MELBOURNE: The trial of an 18-year-old farm hand on a charge of murder was stopped suddenly in the Criminal…
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SYDNEY, Monday.— Police officials from all parts of Australia and New Zealand assembled in Sydney to-day for a three-day…
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SYDNEY.—Police believe that a thief who gashed his arm and lost a lot of blood while robbing a factory early today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.)
REMANDED.—Edward Winstanley 31, driver, was remanded till June 11 on a charge of having driven a has negligently in Toronto-road,…
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MELBOURNE—A Greek fishmonger, who was alleged to have stabbed his employee on April 26, died in Pentridge Gaol…
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Gordon Griffiths, 23, labourer of Kearsley-street, Bellbird, was charged at West Maitland Court yesterday with having assaulted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.)
BAIL FORTEFIED.—Edwin Thomas [?], 55, labourer, failed to answer a charge of having behaved offensively on Monday, Hiss ball in £5…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Drunken Driving
A fine of £3 was imposed on Leslie George Ledwidge (33), laborer, when he pleaded guilty to having driven a horse and cart in Darby St…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Harold Henry Kohlman, 28, was sentenced to six months' gaol to-day for escaping from lawful custody,…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A Supreme Court writ has been taken out on behalf of Mrs. Noreen Byres, of Parkdale, against…
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SYDNEY.—An investigation has been ordered by the Metropolitan Police Superintendent (Mr. Sweney) into a report that…
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SYDNEY: Two circulars which related to the claim by policemen for a new award and the issue of which by the Police Commissioner (Mr. Scott) was described by the President of the Industrial…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A woman chemist whose body was found in the bush off the Pacific Highway, Cowan, this morning, is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.)
INTOXICATED DRIVER.—For having driven a horse and cart in Darby-street while under the influence of liquor, on April 16. Leslie…
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