Woman to Govern Famous Gaol
LONDON, July 18. A.A.P.—women, for the first time, has been appointed governor of the famous women's gaol,…
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Courts & crime, 1945
1,866 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 94
Two Years Gaol, "Nothing at All"
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—When he was sentenced to two years gaol at the Quarter Sessions by Judge Barton, Frederick James Fuller. 26…
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REMANDED.âArthur Hudson, 31, rigger, was remanded to July 26 on £10 bail, on a charge of having had in his custody, at Mayfield, on July 17,…
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ALICE SPRINGS, Wednesday.—After a short retirement, a jury found Tommas Traino 39, labourer not guilty of having murdered Sebas…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Five women and one man had been charged with the murder of Cpl. Vera Wiper, 23. W.A.A.A.F., of Adelaide,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday— In the Quarter Sessions Albert James Macquarie Chapman, 39, oral surgeon, is charged with having fraudulently…
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ALICE SPRINGS, Thursday.—Allegations that a Northern Territory pastoralist had shot two aborigines, killing one, for spearing a cow, were…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—William Ernest Latham, 44, labourer, veteran of two wars and father of 13 children, was alleged in Parramatta Court to…
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"Murder in the Library," claimed to be the best film murder thriller ever made will never be seen by the public…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday. — After police objected, bail was refused Ruby Carlos in the City Court. She, four other women and a man are…
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The police had never given accommodation to anyone at the police station, but when travellers on late trains were unable to find…
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Twelve charges of breaking and entering and stealing from business premises in the Newcastle district. involving large quantities of butter,…
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ASSAULT CHARGES.—Because of the illness of Cedric Romaro, 37, clerk, a remand to August 10 was granted when Romaro and Maurice Curby, 28, motor…
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ROME, Friday.—An Italian alleged to have murdered the Italian Socialist leader Matteotti in 1924 has been arrested…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—In the Criminal Court Mr. Justice Philp expressed alarm at "ridiculous sentences" by magistrates in wharf theft cases…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The power of the Liquid Fuel Control Board to cancel the licence of a motor spirit retailer was challenged in a test…
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LONDON, Sunday:—Twenty-four hundred Italian criminals, who barricaded themselves behind steel…
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James Stanley Mills, 44, dockside worker, was sentenced to one month's gaol at Newcastle Police Court to-day for S.P. betting in the bar of…
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PERTH. Sunday.—Two fires, which caused £1000 damage at the State School, Claremont have been attributed to a boy aged 14, whom…
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When a squad of police, comprising Detective-Sergeants M. T. Emerson and R. Bodel and Detectives W. Pollock, L. Norton and L. S. Latham…
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