British Police Close to Arresting Murderer
LONDON, Monday: The police believe they are on the point of arresting the gunman who murdered George Black, manager of…
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Courts & crime, 1949
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Moke Cases at Kyogle Court
More cases were heard at the Kyogle Court during 1948 than 1947. Total registrations of births, deaths and marriages…
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An 18-year-old youth yesterday pleaded guilty at Lismore Court of Petty Sessions to charges of drunkenness and indecent language…
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CASINO, Tuesday.— Ashley Cool-well, 43, labourer, of South Casino, was sentenced to six months' hard labour when he pleaded guilty in…
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GRAFTON, Wednesday. — Lance Mervyn McLaren, 36, baker, of Ballina, pleaded hot guilty in the Grafton Court of Petty…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — A woman who was alleged to have married five men during the past 18 years was committed for trial at…
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HILLSTON, Thursday.—Leslie Frederick Parr 28, married, shearer, of Hills ton, was this afternoon committed for trial on a charge of having murdered his sister-in-law…
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LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—Six Africans and an Indian, sentenced to be hanged for a ritual murder by the Basutoland High Court 15…
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CASINO, Thursday.—A man who was sentenced at Casino Court of Petty Sessions to-day to two months' gaol, was described by the…
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LONDON, Thursday (AAP). — Two sons and one daughter left out of the will of Robert Addy Hopkinson, a Huddersfield engineer,…
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"ROUGHSHOD."—Tonight at the star Court Theatre the Western comedy drama "Roughshod" will head the programme. Robert Sterling, Gloria…
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GRAFTON, Thursday. — A young man was charged at the Kempsey Police Court late this afternoon in connection with the attempted…
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WAGGA, Thursday. — Armed police and detectives are scouring the Wagga district in search of a man who threatened to kill a…
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PERTH, Friday.—A prisoner undergoing a sentence in the Fremantle gaol has passed his Junior Certificate examination in all six…
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SYDNEY, Friday: Douglas Francis Hardie, 22, laborer, of Macksville, was charged in Kempsey Court today with having tried…
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LONDON, Friday: Eire police have informed Scotland Yard that a man they want to interview about the murder of bank manager…
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Glen Innes horse trainer, Francis Neville Hilton, 38, was fined £4 in Murwillumbah Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Police today arrested a boy and a youth and charged them with having broken [?] and stolen 13…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday: Detectives this morning arrested a man and charged him with having thrown an explosive substance on…
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A man described as a kleptomaniac gave the stolen goods to others, it was stated in Murwillumbah Court of Petty Sessions yesterday. The man, Michael Cedric Bassett Popkin, 39,…
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