Paris Police Chief Bans Beauty Contest
PARIS, Wednesday: The Paris Prefect of Police, M. Roger Leonard, has banned a contest fixed for January 6 between two…
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Courts & crime, 1949
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More London Police to Fight Crime Wave
LONDON, Wednesday AAP). — Scotland Yard is planning a redistribution of its forces to fight London's crime wave…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fireman for Trial Charged with Murder of Lismore Teacher
SYDNEY, Thursday: A ferry fireman, Hilton Thomas Green, 23, was committed for trial by the City Coroner, Mr Austin,…
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CASINO, Thursday. — A charge against Thomas Birch, 45, saddler, of Wheat Street, Casino, of unlawfully assaulting Margaret Winnifred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Navy Veteran Sentenced For Marrying White Girl
NEW YORK.--A 32-year-old Navy veteran alleged to have a negro great-grandmother, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment under Mississippi State law for having married a white girl…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Attorney-General (Mr. Martin) said to-day that the Crown would abandon proceedings against John McGrath,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lismore Teacher's Death Leads To Murder Charge
SYDNEY, Thursday. — At the City Coroner's Court today Hilton Thomac Green, 23, fireman, charged with murder, was committed for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Busy Year For Court
More cases were heard in the Murwillumbah Court of Petty Sessions last year than in 1947. Charges heard last year totalled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lismore Theatres Star Court
"TARZAN TRIUMPHS".—One of the most exciting adventures yet experienced by the jungle man Tarzan will be screened tonight at the Star Court,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greek Police Burn Man Alive in Building
ATHENS, Thursday: The authorities at Patras "eliminated" a man identified as a local Communist commissar by setting fire to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Force Car off Road
BRISBANE, Friday: Two men apprehended by the police today on the road between Monto and Bukali are now in Monto…
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BRISBANE, Friday: The police would take a firm stand tomorrow to ensure adequate protection for the volunteers for the city's cleansing services, the Metropolitan Police Chief, Inspector Harold,…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Arthur William Hotham, 40, butcher, of Bondi, appeared before Mr. Oram. S.M., at the Central Court to-day…
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A young man recently appeared in the Mullumbimby Court of Petty Sessions as a sequel to an escapade at a dance at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court Told Child Scratched with Hot Fork
MELBOURNE, Friday: A seven-year-old girl had been scratched with a hot fork and beaten to try to make her confess where…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aggravated Assault
SYDNEY, Sunday: Police this morning arrested a 45-year-old man and charged him with having committed an aggravated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Huge American Jewel Theft
NEW YORK, Sunday: Jewellery valued at 200,000 dollars has been stolen from the apartment of a wealthy textile broker…
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PHILADELPHIA, Sunday: Bus Dorazio, 31, former heavyweight title contender, was held without bail today for the fatal beating…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday: Four armed escapees exchanged several shots with the police before being recaptured in rough country near Ravenswood, yesterday…
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CASINO, Monday.—James Martin, 48, labourer, of Pine Street, Rockhampton, Queensland, was remanded in Casino Court of Petty…
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