Made Whisky In Gaol Bakery
NEW YORK, Wednesday. — A 10-gallon whisky still and seven 50-Rallon barrels of mash were found concealed behind a secret…
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Courts & crime, 1945
1,866 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 54 of 94
Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
REMANDED.—Charged with having assaulted Joe Thomas Jenkins, at Adamstown, on Tuesday, and robbed him of an overcoat, valued at £5/15/6…
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DARMSTADT, Aug. 1. A.A.P.—Seven out of 11 German civilians on trial for the murder of sir American airmen were sentenced to death…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£10,000 Hold-up Plot Nipped by Police
ROCKHAMPTON, Wednesday. — A daring plan to hold up and roll the Mount Morgan mine payroll car of £10,000 to £12,000 was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court-martial Inquiry Mr. Forde Names Committee
CANBERRA, Wednesday. — The personnel of the committee to investigate Army court-marial and detention systems was announced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heresy Hunt Developing In Petain Trial; Court Impatient
PARIS, Thursday: Testimony had turned into a search for those responsible for France's defeat, said the Court President at the Petain trial yesterday. Army and civilian witnesses were throwing the responsibility…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Men on 56 CHARGES Court Exhibits Worth £1000
A large range of goods, including clothing, radiators, wireless sets and garden utensils, valued at £1000, alleged to be the proceeds of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gaol Sentence for "Plausible Rogue"
"He seems to me to be a very plausible rogue," said the Magistrate (Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M.) at Newcastle Police Court yesterday in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Court Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m
FINED FOR THEFT.—A fine of £5 was Imposed on Arthur Neville Miller, 23, labourer, for having stolen, at Carrington, on July 27, an overcoat, valued…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Arthur Olive, 50, organiser of the Balmain branch of the Federated Ironworkers' Union, went to gaol for 20 days…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Men for Trial Charges Breaking, Entering, Stealing
On 35 charges of breaking, entering and stealing. Albert Gordon Richardson, 25, labourer and Ronald Gilmore, Jenkinson, 35, steel dresser,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Fear Crime Outbreak As Rackets Collapse
SYDNEY: An outbreak of violent crime is feared by police officials following a collapse of sly-grog rackets which extended from Sydney to Newcastle. GANGSTERS and racketeers have for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Human Torch" Was Silent in Court
SYDNEY, Thursday.—James Samuel Frederick Bonus refused to give evidence at Newtown Court against his wife, Marjorie Gene Mary Bonus…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
REMANDED.—Thomas Cambridge 62, rigger was remanded to August 14, on £10 bail on a charge of naving had In a garage at Alexander-street…
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MELBOURNE. — Finding that a prima facie case of murder had been made out against each of the accused, either as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sequel to Murder of Sind Premier
SUKKUR (India), August 3. A.A.P.—More than two years after the murder of the Sind Premier (Mir Allah Baksh), former Revenue…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mass Escape From Gaol Nipped In Bud; Plot At Long Bay
SYDNEY: A daring plot to organise a mass escape from Long Bay Gaol was foiled by detectives and prison officials. THE break was planned by three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Full Inquiry Into Murder Australian's Death in Nazi Prison
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Minister for External Affairs (Dr. Evatt) said the Australian Governments had taken immediate action to ask the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →High Court Grants Editor's Appeal
SYDNEY, Friday.—An appeal by Brian Penton, Editor of the "Daily Telegraph," on the question of qualified privilege, was successful in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court Sequel to Sale of Colt
AUCKLAND, Friday.—Litigation associated with the sale of a Rajputna colt, which began when a Sydney merchant, S. E. Chatterton,…
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