Brtish Military Court Death Sentence SINGAPORE
A British Military Court has imposed the death sentence on Cloves Osborne Woodford (51), a Eurasian, for collaboration during the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1946
458 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 6 of 23
Bourke Police Court
Before the local Police Court this (Friday) morning, a seaman Geoffrey Davis Woollcott, aged 19 years, was charged with stealing a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and General POLICE & Firemen's Ball
The annual Police & Firemen's Ball will be held in the Wonderland Theatre on Tuesday, June 13th. Further particulars of this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kiosk Murder Sydney
Douglas Ronald Morris, journalist, charged with the murder of Mrs. Jeanette Wicks in her York Street. kiosk, will stand trial on April 8. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Choulish Paris Murders Dr. Marcel Petiot Charged Argument Over Number of Bodies Accused Claims Sixty-three Victims "In the Cause of France" Paris
A ghoulish argument, concerning the number of murders with which Dr. Marcel Petiot is charged, occurred when the Public Prosecutor mentioned 33 bodies. Petiot himself insisted that the number should be 63, but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court Man Convicted. Accomplice Bound Over
In the Wellington Police Court on Tuesday morning before Police Magistrate Mr. W. K. Earle Thomas J. Dawson of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Forbes Farmer Sentenced to Death
WILLIAM Robert Bathgate, farmer, 47, of Forbes, was found guilty and sentenced to death for the murder of an Italian market gardener, Luigi Orilga. Orilga, with Mrs. Ethel Wells,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Bluebeard" Trials Court Crowded PARIS
Little has been proved against the "Eluobeard," Dr. Marcel Petiot, who is charged with 27 murders. Several newspapers are doubting whether he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Short of Police One Man for Trangie District
Other towns complain when there police force is reduced by one Trangie's large district is looked after by one officer for weeks at a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Police Sergeant Arrives
Sergeant Eugene Auld, newly-appointed officer in charge of the Coonabarabran Police, arrived in town on Tuesday, and has taken…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Birchii Family Lands Squatter in Court
Barris Birchii and his family, unwanted and unwelcome guests who, uninvited squatted themselves on some of the broad acres…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Court Appeal Upheld. Dirty Premises Conviction Quashed
In the Wellington District Court on Thursday last, before Judge P. J. Shortland, the appeal lodged by H. N. Grace,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Found Guilty of Negligent Driving Court Case Aftermath of Nine- Months - Old Accident
AT THE COONABARABRAN POLICE COURT ON TUESDAY OF LAST WEEK, JOHN REGINALD LOVEBAND, A FLIGHT-SERGEANT IN THE R.A.A.F., WAS FINED £3, WITH 8/- COSTS AND TO £2/15/0 WITNESSES’ EXPENSES, ON A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Little Boy, You’ve Had a Busy Day Teddy Toohey Cops It At The Court
Edward Lawrence Toohey, a 29 years old Coonabarabran laborer, is only a little man but on Tuesday of last week he had a very busy day. In fact, it was a very, very busy day for little Teddie Toohey…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bourke Police Court
The usual monthly Court was held in the Bourke Court House on Wednesday last, the 27th,before Mr. A. G. Morgan, Police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police & Firemen's Ball
Although the big ball held annually by the Police & Firemen is some months off, a preliminary notice in another column announces…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General Licensing Court
Before the LicencinG Magistrate (Mr. A. G. Morgan) on Wednesday last, the license of the Central Australian Hotel was transferred…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commonwealth Police CANBERRA
Negotiations arc proceding with senior N.S.W. police officers for their transfer to the Commonwealth to strengthen the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Sentenced To Death BRUSSELS
The High Court has sentenced to death a former international skating, champion, Yvonne Deligne, on a charge of murdering her husband…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Mission to India Declaration By Sikhs Punjab As a Homeland Murder Of Delegate Threatened New Delhi
"We came to India with no scheme, either on paper or in our heads. We are working on a clean slate" declared Sir Stafford Cripps, replying to Indian press criticism. He added "Independence is no…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →