Railway Stealing Cases
Mr T. H. Brooke, PM, in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions this week sent three of the defendants-- Lindsay Richard Davis, Harry…
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Courts & crime, 1944
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Conspiracy Charge Police Officers For Trial Murder Case Echo
After a hearing which lasted five days, two police officers were committed for trial to the Lismore Quarter Sessions on May 9 on a charge of conspiracy by Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., at the Lismore Police Court…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The body of the woman who was murdered in Centennial Park yesterday has been identified as Joyce Patterson,…
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LISMORE, Friday: After a hearing which lasted four days, two police officers Were today committed for…
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Mare than 200 foolscap pages of depositions were typed by the clerk (Mr. Stuart Cox) at the Lismore Police Court during the…
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BRISBANE, Sunday: Charged with assaulting two women, with intent to do bodily harm, Fred Bryson, negro soldier, of the U.S…
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At Woodubrn Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., Archibald Roland Giggins (48), Mervyn Stanley Giggins (29),…
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CASINO, Monday.—Before Mr. E. J. Smith, Chamber Magistrate, at Casino Police Court this morning, Leo Mercy, an old offender, was…
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Stating that a prima facie case had been made out, Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., at the Lismore Police Court yesterday, committed Ernest Harold Fletcher, 41, officer in charge at Nimbin Police Station, to…
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CAMDEN, Thursday —The story of a struggle in a hut on the banks of a lonely part of the Nepean River was related by Lillian May…
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BRISBANE, Thursday: Cattle stealing has increased to such an extent since meat rationing that members of the United Graziers'…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday: A Sydney man arrested in Melbourne is reported to have confessed to the murder of Mrs Joyce Pattison…
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SYDNEY, Saturday: The Deputy-Director of Manpower (Mr Bellemore) stated tonight that, to date, about 80 applications…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Deputy Director of Manpower (Mr. Bellemore) stated to-night that to date about 80 anplications had been…
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At Coraki Police Court, before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., Arthur [?]yton, an aboriginal, appeared on two charges of entering the Coraki…
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MELBOURNE. Monday. — In the Criminal Court to-day Ferdinand James Kennett, 35, of Footscray. nler.ded not guilty to charges of…
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Charged, on summons, by Jimmy Nutta Singh with assault at North, Lismore on February 2, Hareld Roberts, of Tuncester, was lined…
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Stating that aborigines were "children of the open" who did not appreciate that imprisonment was a deterrent to crime, Mr. W…
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WASHINGTON, Monday (AAP). — A Pacific Fleet communique, announcing results of the devastating attack on the great Japanese Central Pacific naval base of Truk last week, says the initial approach of the American forces was not detected…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At the Central Police Court to-day John Joseph O'Connor 33, and Ciiarles Russell Kelly, 32, wharf labourers,…
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