"Gamble" Fails; More Gaol
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A 25-year-old truck driver who appealed to the State Full Court to-day against the severity of a 10-year gaol sentence for rape and…
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Courts & crime, 1952
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Wharf Man Gaoled For Assault
Harry Mackinnon, 35, wharf labourer, was sentenced by Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., at Newcastle Court yesterday…
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KATOOMBA, Wednesday.—A Brisbane man to-day was fined £40 on seven charges of offences committed 21 years…
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Donald Lloyd Craft, 20, of Kendall-street, Bellbird, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment by Judge Brennan…
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DARWIN.—John Novoty (20) and Jerry Koci (19), both former Czechs, were hanged at Fanny Bay this morning…
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LURE (Southern France), Thurs. (A.A.P.)—Police left Lure shortly before midnight yesterday for a swoop on an undisclosed village in their hunt for the killer of British food expert,…
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LONDON, Aug. 6.—The hunt for the slayers of the Drummond family in the South of France has taken a new turn. Cesarino Donati, 23, an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Supt. Had Race Betting Win This Year (Continued from Page Three)
SYDNEY: Metropolitan Police Superintendent W. C. S. Thompson told the Liquor Royal Commission today that his most recent win on racing had been this year. He said that his answers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m.) Fined Over Bananas
1. Srneon of Rock Valley (Llsmore), was fined £2 8s with 12s costs for failing to treat bananas against fungus…
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SYDNEY: Thieves broke into Narwee Post Office and stole a safe containing £25 in cash and a…
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Because of the flood position at Maitland, the Magistrate (Mt. F. R. Wood, S.M.) could not attend the usual…
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SYDNEY: Barry Flynn (22) pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions today to five charges of theft of registered mail from the P.M.G.'s…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A box containing a £33,000 Army payroll was stolen from the armoured car section of Mayne Nickless, Ltd. at the corner of Collins and…
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DARWIN, Thursday.—Two young Czech migrants were hanged simultaneously at Fanny Bay Gaol at 8 a.m…
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SINGAPORE, August 7. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Police are searching the Sarawak jungle for four bandits who killed a…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two young men to-day were committed for trial on a charge of having murdered William…
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POLICE had to interfere in the most eventful match in which L. E. ("Leo") Torpey, now a central umpire in…
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If a hint from the Queen's dressmaker is any indication, debutantes may be presented at Court in white gowns, feathers and tiaras in Coronation year…
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HAMBURG.—A 52-year-old German said here he could sleep well again now after confessing to a…
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The Minister for Mines (Mr. J. Arthur) will meet a deputation from the Lambton Progress Association in…
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