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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

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Police Refugees to Leave Berlin Surprise Russian Order LONDON

The North Western Courier · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 1

The German Municipal Council on Saturday informed the Jewish community in Berlin that the Russians had decided that all Polish refugees in the Russian sector must, leave Berlin to-day for a camp at…

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Knife and Blanket Found In Chicago Murder CHICAGO

The North Western Courier · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1

The police found a red stained yellow blanket and knife behind the apartment where the six-year-old Suzanne Degnan was dismembered…

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Baillie Stewart in Court London

The North Western Courier · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1

Norman Baillie Stewart, 37, a former officer of the British Army, was charged at the Old Bailey Court on two indictments alleging high…

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18 Germans Charged For Exterminating 2,200,000 LONDON

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 1

Eighteen Germans, including three generals, have been charged before the Minik District Military Corut with exterminating 2,200,000 Russian…

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'Killer' Caldwell's Combat Record Court Martial Statements Evidence of 'Sideline' Activities

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 1

Group Captain Clive ("Killer") Caldwell had taken part in 367 operational sorties, it was stated at his Court-martial today on a charge of having sold liquor at Morotai…

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£700 King's Cross Theft Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 8

Detectives are investigating the theft last night of £700 from a flat at King's Cross during the temporary absence of the occupants…

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Police Find Man's Body in Darlinghurst Lane Residents Heard Brawling Early This Morning Suggestion of "Restaged" Scene

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 1

A post mortem examination is being held to determine the cause of death of Joseph Clive Tynan, 30, glass worker, of King's Cross, whose body was found propped against a fence in Oswald Lane, Darlinghurst…

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Port Melbourne Murder Witnessed by Couple MELBOURNE

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 1

Following the discovery of the body of Ethel Mavis Nyman (17) of Coburg, in a few inches of water under Princes' Pier, Port Melbourne…

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Australian for International Court London

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 February 1946 · page 1

The Security Council of the United Nations elected an Australian, Professor Bailey, and fourteen others to the International Court of Justice…

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Astounding U.S Court Disclosure 73 Year Old Judge "Sold Justice" Inquiry Indicts Nine. Confederates

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 February 1946 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday—A former Federal Judge, Albert Johnson, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, has "sold justice in his court for all the traffic it could bear declared the Recorder of the House to the…

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Calcutta Riots Serious Disturbances Calls of "Murder"! by Indians

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Thursday.—Casualties in the three days' rioting total 32 dead and nearly 300 injured…

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Kiosk Murder Inquiry Arouses Public Interest Witness Heard Screams

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 1

Women, some of whom had waited two hours for the doors to open, again rushed for seats in the gallery at the City Coroner's…

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£200 Rifled from Murdered Woman's Wallet Morris' Request to Police When Charged

The North Western Courier · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—When the inquest into the death of Mrs. Jeanette Wicks was resumed today before the City Coroner, Mr. Cookson, Detective Sergeant John Henry Aldridge alleged that when told he was to be…

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Strange Murder Case Professor Dies In Hamburger

The North Western Courier · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday.—The police have now ascertained that the Canadian, James Carson Taylor, 31, who was fatally injured in a street…

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Morris Committed for Trial On Kiosk Murder Charge Witness Who Visited Flat in Box

The North Western Courier · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. Donald Douglas Morris, 26, journalist, was committed for trial at the Coroner's Court to-day…

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Military Court in Occupied Germany

The North Western Courier · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 1

Two German civilians, accused of harbouring, wanted Nazis are being tried by an Army of Occupation Court. An interprete (left). stands beside one of the accused—London OWI…

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Brewery Strike Case Before Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day, Judge Omara adjourned until Wednesday next his inquiry into the…

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Airmen Executor Sentenced

The North Western Courier · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Thursday. — "You robbed two gallant American airmen of their lives in such a manner as to send a shudder through the civilised…

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Two Sentenced Brief Sessions Sitting

The North Western Courier · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 7

Two offenders were sentenced to terms of imprisonment by Judge Storkey at the Quarter Sessions on Tuesday. A third…

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Special Federal Court

North West Champion · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 6

On Tuesday last a special Federal Court was held, over which Mr. R. C. Atkinson S.M., president, when several persons were proceeded against…

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