Four Years' Gaol For Car Thefts
SYDNEY, Thursday.—John Lloyd Stocks, 23, tailor and car salesman, of Beresford-road, Rose Bay, was sentenced…
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Courts & crime, 1952
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Communist Leader Charged Riots, Arrests in France
PARIS, May 29. A.A.P.—Jacques Duclos, No. 1 French Communist, was charged to-day with having illegally carried arms, and ordered to stand trail…
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SYDNEY: A witness, described as a "mischievous humbug," was ordered from the courtroom today by the Liquor Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Maxwell) after the judge had threatened to send him to Long Bay Gaol "where he would not get out in a hurry."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Geraghty Court" Stir Over Name of Flats
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Naming a block of Housing Commission flats after Mr. Geraghty, Independent Labour member for North Sydney, may be raised in Cabinet next…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Liquor Commission Gaol Threat to Witness
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Liquor Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Maxwell) to-day threatened to gaol a witness for contempt of court. After the witness had given evidence before the…
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PARIS, May 30. A.A.P.—Strong police guards and reinforcements stood by last night in case of renewed rioting in Paris. These precautions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Manacled Boy Got Car From Police
NEW YORK, May 30. A.A.P.—A youth, seized during an investigation of a car theft at Chicago yesterday, escaped from two detectives, followed them to a police station and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£44,600 Theft From Shrine
NEW YORK, June. 1. A.A.P .— Two jewel-encrusted gold crowns, valued at 100,000 dollars (A£44,600) were stolen from figures of the Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus in…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—Army men using mine detectors will assist in a, search of the Currumbin Hill area…
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SYDNEY: The Liquor Royal Commissioner, Mr. Justice Maxwell, said today he wanted to know why the police had not been able to find out about the activities of night clubs and sly grog shops…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court At Maitland (Before Mr. F. R. Wood. S.m.) Driving Charge
A charge against Herbert Luke Cormick (27), fitter, of First Ave., Rutherford, of having driven a motor car on the…
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SYDNEY.—Det. Sgt. J. Aldridge and science expert Detective A. Clark arrived…
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A witness at Newcastle Sessions yesterday said that when he saw a man leave a hotel and start a motor-cycle, he asked "What flowers would you like on your grave?" "Carnations,"…
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Anyone who saw an accident in Hunter-street West about 11.50 p.m. on Saturday should communicate with…
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SINGAPORE, Tues. (O.S.R.).—The story of a love pact, pledged in a woman's blood mixed with milk and which ended in the murder of the woman, has been unfolded in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Control Of Traffic Praised
Police control of traffic in Lambton Rd., when pupils were leaving school, was greatly appreciated,…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—In the Central Criminal Court to-day, a woman refused to answer questions about an allegation that her husband had confessed to having murdered her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tooth's May Police Its Own Hotels
SYDNEY: As a result of disclosures before the Liquor Royal Commission, Tooth and Co. is considering policing its hotels and will probably appoint its own inspectors, although it does not want to usurp police functions…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—An application was filed with the Deputy Industrial Registrar to-day for the Full…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Liquor Royal Commission Judge Puzzled: Police, Clubs
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Liquor Royal Commissioner said to-day that he wanted to know why police had been unable to find out the activities of nightclubs and sly grog shops discovered by the Commission…
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