No Bail in Murder Charge
SYDNEY, Sunday.—On a charge of murdering John Leonard Hudson, 27, son of a Nyngan grazier, William James Morton, 37, labourer, of…
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Courts & crime, 1946
2,563 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 58 of 129
Ex-King Peter's A.D.C. Charged With War Crimes
LONDON June 3. A.A.P.—Ex-King Peter's A.D.C., Colonel Kosta Mushicki, one of the men accused, with General Mikhailovitch, of…
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NEW YORK, Sunday.—A man charged with strangling his wife and burying her in the garden is pleading that he suffered from "Dementia Americana"—American madness. The man is wealthy 52-year-old Fred Hills…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Egyptian Armed Police Guard Grand Mufti
LONDON, June 2. A.A.P.—Egyptian armed police, with Bren guns and armoured units, are guarding five residences in Egypt, in any one of…
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SYDNEY.—At what age may an Australian boy be considered to have reached man's estate by requiring a shave?…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two U.S. Police Shot by Russian Soldier
LONDON, June 23. A.A.P.—A Russian soldier, in a stolen American jeep, shot and wounded two American military police who ordered the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guilty Wife Asked for Smoke: Story in Divorce Court
"That's O.K. Will someone give me a cigarette?" commented Mrs. Jean Adelaide Boa (formerly Sinclair), of Steel Street,…
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Edward J. Ross, alias "Tiggy" Ross, 32. butcher, was charged at Newcastle Police Court today with breaking, entering and stealing from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
FOOTBALL LOTTERY.—"Club secretaries have been warned by the Secretary of the League against permitting the sale of these tickets," the Police…
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Police are conducting a "blitz" on cyclists who fail to observe traffic regulations at Mayfield, according to statements made by…
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LONDON, June 24. A.A.P.—More than 100 commanders of the "Free Germany" underground terrorist organisation have been arrested in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Men Acquitted By Jury Of "Face" McKeon Murder
SYDNEY: Three men charged with the murder of "Face" McKeon were acquitted by direction of the judge at the Central Criminal Court today after the first Crown witness, "Okey Doke" Atkin had given evidence…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The hearing of the case in which Frank Lancelot Hanlon, agent, of Hamilton, and four fishermen seek an injunction against…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →15,000 AWU Members Already Had 40 Hour Week, Court Is Told
MELBOURNE: Between 14,000 arid 15,000 of the 120,000 members of the Australian Workers' Union were already working a 40-hour week, Mr. George Henry Buckland, A.W.U. Industrial Officer estimated today at the resumed hearing of the 40…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Deserter On Stealing Charge
"This man is a deserter from the British Navy," said Constable J. Martin (Police Prosecutor), at Newcastle Police Court today, referring to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
ON FOUR CHARGES.—Edward Joseph Ross, 32, butcher, was remanded until July 9 on charges that on April 12. he broke into the store of Hilton…
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Bail was fixed at £100, with a surety of £100, when Frederick William Hawkins, 18, soldier, was remanded to appear at Kogarah Court…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Greater Mechanisation, Court Told
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—There had been a substantial increase of mechanisation in food preserving in the past few…
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FRANKFURT, June 25. A.A.P.—On July 1 the American occupation of Germany would enter the interim period between military occupation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court Newcastle Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m
STEALING CHARGE.—Leslie John Cable, 18. soldier, was charged with having at Newcastle on June 23 broken and entered the shop of Helen Payzis,…
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