Taxi-driver Pose Ends In Gaol
SYDNEY, Friday.—A young man at the Newtown Court to-day, pleaded "Guilty" to five charges involving the use of a motor-car…
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Courts & crime, 1950
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Sack Sweater Fainted When Sent To Gaol
LONDON: A 34-year-old Stepney motordriver fainted and fell headlong in the dock at Thames Court when…
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LONDON, Sat. (A.A.P.): The five death-dealing stabs that killed Stanley Setty were re-enacted at the Old Bailey yesterday. Doctor E. Camps, the man who carried out the post mor-…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police And Workmen Released Pigeon
LONDON.—Police and workmen worked for more than seven hours in the pouring rain to release a pigeon which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Allows Girl To Marry
SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. E. J. Etherton, S.M., at Campsie Court to-day, gave permission to Valma Bryant, 18-year-old blonde trainee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Dig Up Body Buried In Orchard
LONDON, Sat. (O.S.R.): Police digging in the orchard of a house at Barrington, East Northumberland, unearthed the body of Mrs. Lilian Crockett, 56, swathed like an Egyptian mummy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Arrest Suspect In U.S. Hold-up
NEW YORK, Jan. 20. A.A.P.—Police in Miami (Florida) yesterday arrested Arthur Longano, 45, of Englewood (New Jersey) on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Men Arrested After 80 m.p.h. Police Chase
MELBOURNE: Four men were arrested last night after a chase by a police wireless patrol at 80 miles an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Comic Court and Carbon Copy in Two Sprints
MELBOURNE.—Comic Court, whose scratchy action on the training tracks is causing some concern, galloped twice at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
DRIVER FINED.—Frank Edward Cox, 43, musician, was fined £10 for having driven a car in Tudor-street, Hamilton, on October 22…
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A comb with the name "H. Smyth" on it had been found in the hip pocket of one of three men charged with assaulting and robbing 85-year-old Henry Smyth on Dec. 29, Det-Sgt. D. G. Sutherland said in…
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MELBOURNE: An eight-year-old boy, allegedly shot by has 13-year-old brother at their home…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood. S.m.) Adulterated Drinks
Two cordial manufacturers, who pleaded guilty to selling adulterated drinks, claimed that the acute sugar shortage had compelled them…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.—Following the death to-day of a 33-year-old single woman, Elva Eugenie Stewart, railway carriage…
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Three men, who, police said, assaulted and robbed an 85-year-old man at his home in High-street, Maitland, on December 29, were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court Cat Defies Magistrate's Order For Ejectment
Jury, the court cat which gave birth to four kittens under the judge's bench in Newcastle Court yesterday, has defied a court order by the Magistrate (Mr. R. A. Hardwicke). Mr. Hardwicke made the ejectment order yesterday, but…
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LONDON. — A magistrate who was said to have juggled with his conscience to get trifling sums of money because…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.—After police investigation into the death on Saturday of Douglas James Lokan, 27, labourer, of Hectorville,…
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AUCKLAND, Jan. 23. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Barbara Mary Wingrove, 25, widow, was to-day committed for trial on charges of having…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Seeking Property Owners
Newcastle police have several small sums of money, a number of women's handbags and an engagement ring, all of…
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