Victory Gesture Reduction in Gaol Sentences
Prisoners in State gaols serving sentences up to three months will obtain a reduction of seven days under the plan approved by the Minister of…
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Courts & crime, 1945
109 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 6
Alleged Theft of Trousseau Man Committed for Trial
Oscar Joseph Lennox (39), cabinet maker, who was alleged to have represented himself as an American Associated Press reporter, was…
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Arising out of an incident last Sunday night, two defendants were charged before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M. at the Court of Petty Sessions this…
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SINGAPORE.— "We all knaw we were going to die. We stood waiting. There were no protests. Sisters died bravely and their marvellous courage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mass Murder Charges Belsen Camp Guards on Trial LUNEBERG, Monday (A.A.P.)
At the opening day’s trial of 44 Belsen Camp guards, including 19 women, the Prosecutor, Colonel T. M. Backhouse, said there were no words…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Breaking and Entering Two Men Charged
Arising out of an incident last Sunday night, two defendants were charged before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M. at the Court of Petty Sessions last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaol For Driving Car Without Owner’s Consent
Before Mr. McElroy, P.M., at, the Canberra Court on Wednesday, Leslie William Murphy, of Acton, appeared to answer a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Traffic Police Active
The N.R.M.A. and R.A.C. A. warn motorists that the traffic police are much more active than they have been during the-war years, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]Hdri Serial Story Murder at the Paradise Hotel Chapter I.
HUGE and glittering, built by millonaires for people who like to feel like millionaires, the Paradise Hotel slosd in the winter morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Department's Weird Move
The Police Dept. is insisting upon the abandonment of head-on parking to Goulburn and a reversion to the old, cumbersome tail-in system. A…
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The night was gay, and they soon forgot Sam Hupp. Champagne popped and flowed. Pedro and his orchestra sweated at their instruments. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court Offensive Behaviour
Before Mr. F. Scroope,. P.M., at the local. Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday last, Thomas Mitchell was charged with behaving in an…
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The window was open. Jimmy poked his head out and looked from side to side. "This is the way they got in…
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Frederick Henry Thompson, 32—a married man with two children—was yesterday with the murder of Evelyn Maughan, aged 7, on July 8…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General Yamashita Charged as War Criminal MANILA, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
“The Tiger of Malaya ” General Yamashita, did not look like a tiger as he faced the War Crimes Tribunal at the opening session of his trial…
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In her agitation Madame Ambrosia forgot her French accent and fell into Cockney. She argued and pleaded, and it seemed to Gwen, who stood by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“Murder Factory” Trial of German Men and Women WIESBADEN, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
When the trial opened here of six German men and women charged with the killing of over 400 Russian and Polish slave labourers at Hadamar…
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Police are also investigating an allegation that a 34-year-old single woman was attacked at Arneliffe by a man who stepped from behind a…
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This is the very first time we will hold a Police Ball, and the event will take place at the Bredbo Hall on the 26th inst. All locals are giving this…
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Police believe that Daisy Hughes, aged 65, a pensioner, who was found murdered in a King's Cross residential late yesterday, had been dead since…
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