Sentences For Gaol Escapees Increased
MELBOURNE: Two convicts who unsuccessfully attempted to escape during the Ballarat gaol break last Saturday were given…
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Courts & crime, 1950
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Gaol Escapees Captured At Deniliquin
DENILIQUIN, Friday.—Three convicts who escaped from Ballarat Gaol last Saturday were recaptured at pistol point by police…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—Frederick William Harrison, 27, of Eildon Court, St. Kilda, and Norman Edwin Bradshaw, 24, of…
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FRANKFURT, Sat. (AAP). — Two American occupation soldiers, sentenced by court-martial for refusing to pass…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The State Full Court of Criminal Appeal to-day reserved judgment on the appeal by Laurence Louis Sharkey,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£400 Jewel Theft In Maitland
Diamond rings and wrist watches valued at £400 were stolen from a jewellery shop owned by Mr. Noel Love in Church-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Driver Charged; U.s. Rail Smash
NEW YORK, Feb. 19. A.A.P.—The driver of one of the trains in the Long Island Railways collision, in which 29 people were killed and 116 injured, was arrested and will be charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inquest On Albert Park Murder Opens
MELBOURNE: The City Morgue was crowded today when the inquest was opened on Elizabeth Maureen Williams, 20-year-old Victoria Barracks typist, whose body was found near the water's edge at Albert Park Beach on Dec. 28. Present in custody was 25-…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Detectives are investigating the mystery of a body which was found floating in Sydney Harbour, near Glebe…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Four detectives last night chased a utility truck 10 miles in a patrol car which had been extensively…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soviet Police Unearth Plot Against Stalin
BERLIN, Feb. 19. A.A.P.—A large-scale plot against Mr. Stalin, led by Marshal Govorov, had been detected by the Soviet secret police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Confession In Murder Case
MELBOURNE: "I decided to cut him up and carry him in pieces," Olaff Karl Kharlsen said in a signed statement, it was alleged in the Coroner's Court today. Charged with the murder of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Solicitor Welcomed at Court
Mr. J. C. Herrald, of Fullerton-street, Stockton, was welcomed as a solicitor at Newcastle Court yesterday by Mr. R. A. Hardwicke,…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—John Bryan Kerr, 25, radio announcer, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of having murdered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court at Newcastle Vagrants Gaoled
Harold Ernest Plumeridge. 38, laborer, and George Henry Woolfe, 42, laborer, were each sentenced to three months' gaol on vagrancy…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Smashed Car-Stealing Gang, Sydney Police Claim
SYDNEY: Police believe that a daring gang of car thieves has been split up with the arrest of two of four young men surprised in a stolen car. Detectives are now seeking two well-known criminals, one…
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BRISBANE: A 49-year-old clerk, Alan John Cameron, pleaded not guilty in the Criminal Court today,…
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SYDNEY: A woman who sued her two nieces for heavy damages in the Supreme Court today alleged that they had assaulted her on the day of her mother's funeral…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A woman was charged in Central Court to-day with having abducted her two-year-old son…
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A temporary police station is located next to the secretary's office for the duration of the Show…
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