Police Court Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m
REMANDED.—Richard Earl Boswell, 25, coaltrimmer, of Latt-street, Carrington, charged with having unlawfully assaulted Ethel Eileen Brennan and Enoch…
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Courts & crime, 1947
2,634 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 132
Eluded Police Cordon
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Police cordoned off a residential area at Chatswood to-day and made a house-to-house search for a young…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boys Sent To Gaol For Five Years; Judge "Relentless"
SYDNEY: Saying he was determined to convince adults and children that crime did not pay, Judge Berne, at the Quarter Sessions today, sentenced three 'teen-age boys to five-year gaol terms for smash-grab raids and possession of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Warning on Sex Perverts
SYDNEY: A grim warning was sounded at Parramatta Court today by the Police Prosecutor (Sgt. Whelan), when he said that a "tout" was a dangerous sex pervert and likely to commit any crime if the mood took possession of him…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colonel Charged With Desertion
LONDON, Feb. 12. A.A.P.—The "Daily Telegraph's" Calcutta correspondent says Colonel W. J. Cumming, 49, who commanded a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wants Gaol for Price-breakers
The Merewether branch of the A.L.P. wants gaol without an alternative for price-breaking businessmen. It will ask the Prices…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court Newcastle Before Mr. C. G. Carr Boyd, S.M.
REMANDED.—A remand to February 25 was granted when Herbert James Thomas, 34, fitter, was charged with having stolen a hand saw, valued at…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—More than 100 prisoners at Pentridge Gaol who went on strike on Monday over a meal were sentenced to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charged Tenant £10 for Key; Fined £50
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A former Mayor of Erskineville was to-day fine £50 for charging £10 for the key of a house in Newtown when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Drive on Traffic Breaches
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Traffic Superintendent (Mr. Fraser) said to-day that no more leniency would be shown to motorists by the police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chop Suey A Clue In New "Dahlia" Murder
NEW YORK, Wednesday: An hour before she was murdered, Mrs. Jean French, former actress, had eaten chop suey, and hundreds of police are now searching Los Angeles cafes for clues to the killer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Called to Works; Union Visit
POLICE were called to a Newcastle industry yesterday when union officials and men went to the works to deliver…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electricians to Refer Wage Claim to Court
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A mass meeting representing 2000 electricians covered by State awards decided to-night to refer to the Court their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Court Not Moved By Threats," Says Judge Cantor
Mr. Justice Cantor said in the Industrial Commission In Newcastle today that the Commission would not be moved by threats to hear cases. He added: "It is most improper to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Echo Of £5000 Theft From Chinese
SYDNEY: Theft of £5000 from the bedroom of an elderly Chinese was charged against Horace Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gaol Strike Leaders Segregated
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Ringleaders of the Pentridge Gaol strike are not to be removed to another prison but will be segregated for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Theft of Pigs Is Alleged
Frederick Shepherd, 64, pig farm I was charged at Newcastle Police Court today with fraudulently concerting to his own use at Croudac…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Schoolgirl Assaulted: Man Sent To Gaol
SYDNEY.—Alexander Edward Geo. Lyle, 39, laborer, was sentenced to 12 months' hard labor at Balmain Quarter Sessions today for assaulting a…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Alexander Edward George Lyle, 39, labourer, who was interrogated by police on the murder of a little girl in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court Newcastle Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m. Summons Division
R.S.P.C.A. CASE.—The allegation that he was threatened to have his nose punched in the performance of his duty was made by Inspector W. J. Phillips,…
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