Alleged Stabbing, Man Charged
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A man who alleged that he had been stabbed in the side with a pair of scissors was treated for an incised…
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Courts & crime, 1948
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Two Charged With Hotel Hold-up
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— After Boyd Bennett, 21, had been remanded to January 29, without bail, at Central Court to-day, on…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.— If was alleged that when John Smith ("Jock") Garden discussed negotiations on the sale of a…
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MOSCOW, Thurs. (A.A.P.): A Russian woman employee of the British Embassy has been gaoled for selling imported dress material at speculative prices…
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 21.—Seven were killed and many injured when students clashed with police in an attempt to break the cordon at the…
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DOBLIN, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—Sean Gantly, chief of the special political branch of the C.I.D., was shot dead in a running gun-battle between_police, troops and three gunmen. The chase began when police entered a house sheltering…
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GOSFORD: Police alleged in the Coroner's Court today that a postman had admitted shooting a fisherman after that fisherman had caught him kissing his wife goodnight…
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MELBOURNE.—Following the decision of the council of the South Australian Branch of the A.R.U. to withdraw their…
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THE COALFIELDS Hospitals' Association was prepared to discuss with the Hospital Employees' Union the renewal of…
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TALLY CLERK CHARGED.—On charges of having failed to pay £45 for meals and accommodation at the Criterion Hotel, Newcastle, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Offensive Behavior
Walter Henry Lee, 27, and Robert Alexander Cross, 19, seamen, after having several drinks yesterday linked arms and started an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Theft of Wheat
After delivering bread to a vessel at the Silo Wharf, Henry Melville, 23, motor driver, loaded two bags of wheat on to his vehicle and drove…
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AUCKLAND, Jan. 22.—While a portable radio was playing on the footpath in a city street where a man and a married woman were…
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SYDNEY. — The funeral of the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. J. MacKay), who died suddenly at his home last night…
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Many civilians were catching sex-offenders in the Newcastle district, but releasing them after hearing pleas for sympathy, said…
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GUNNEDAH.—All stocks of a particular medicine in the Gunnedah Hospital have been seized by police and will be sent to the Government Analyst to assist in solving the mystery of the death…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The New South Wales Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. J. MacKay) collapsed and died at 9.10 o'clock…
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LONDON, Jan. 22. A.A.P.—The Chief Superintendent (Sean Gantly) of the Dublin Police was shot dead in a gun battle with three young…
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Priority of allocation of "permanent" type homes to satisfactory tenants of the Community Centres at Newcastle will be determined strictly on the respective commencing dates of tenancy of…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A man and his wife, charged in St. Kilda Court to-day with haying neglected their 10-month-old…
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