Found Not Guilty of Murder Charge
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Francis Authorn McGregor Williamson, 35, of Ballarat, who had pleaded "Not Guilty" to having murdered his wife…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1947
2,634 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 132
Criminal Escapes From Police
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Police are making extensive search for a well-known criminal who escaped from Kogarah Police Station about 12.30…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Boys, South Blue In Hockey Lead
Police Boys and South Blue now share the lead in the men's A grade hockey competition. On Saturday the undefeated Police Boys' team drew…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Britain Takes Albania To World Court
NEW YORK, May 25. A.A.P.—Britain has formally asked the International Court of Justice for a judgment against Albania for damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Boys' Club Hopes to Get Its Own Premises
(To the Editor.)Every suburb and town of importance was clamoring for a Police Boys' Club, and it was planned to spend £250,000 to £300,000 on them in the next few years, Sgt. A. Williams told the Newcastle Rotary Club today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Carl Thomas, Romano's And Mrs. Barry In Court
SYDNEY.—Carl Hubert Thomas (54), restaurateur, and one of his waiters were remanded until July 7 at the Licensing: Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Traffic Problems Not Reason for Transfer of Keogh, Court Told
SYDNEY: Minor, traffic problems at Bathurst would have nothing whatever to do with the transfer of Police Sergeant Alfred John Keogh from Peak Hill to that city, said Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M. Offensive Rehavior
George Thomas Warby, 29, laborer, was fined £5 or 10 days' Imprisonment on a charge of having behaved in an offensive manner In Hunter Street, Newcastle, on May…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Police Court (Before Mr. G. L. Berry, P.M.)
James Hesston (54), laborer, fulled to appear to answer a charge of having used indecent language in Mount Vincent Road, Kitchener, on May 24. His bail ol £5 was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. S.m.) Butchers Prosecuted
"This is a very high adulteration. The percentage is nine grains to the pound." remarked Inspector T. C. Wrightson, of the City Council, in the charge against…
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SYDNEY.—Claude Phillip Shoebridge, 29, lorry driver, was charged at North Sydney Court this morning with having murdered Violet May…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cafe Takes Court Action For Phone
SYDNEY.—A motion for a mandatory injunction against the P.M.G., directing the restoration of a telephone service to Christy's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Divorce Court 'Buying Of Evidence' Is Mentioned
A woman said in the Newcastle Divorce Court to-day that, following a raid by her husband, she told him…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Govt. to Appoint: Rail, Transport Chiefs: More Judges For Supreme Court
SYDNEY: New chiefs of the Railway and Transport Departments and more Supreme Court judges will be appointed by the N.S.W. Government this year. It is expected that before the end…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Charged With Neglecting Child
SYDNEY—Detectives who have been searching for the parents of a baby found abandoned in a Paddington residential on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m
REMANDED.—Jock Aitchinson, 41. traveller, was remanded to June 20 on charges that, on February 6, he drove a car at Everton-street, Hamilton, while…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) Remanded
Arthur William Delancy, 21, was remanded to June 12 on a charge of taking and using a motor lorry at Cardiff without the consent of Douglas Daubney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Town Clerk Sent For Trial On Theft Charge
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Cecil Havelock Hirst, Town Clerk of Kuringgai Council, in the Hornsby Court to-day, was committed for trial by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Query For Police On Parking
Greater Newcastle Health Committee will ask the police what action they have taken to restrict parking in King-street, Newcastle, between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appeal Dismissed By Licensing Court
The Fell Bench of the State Licensing Court at Newcastle yesterday dismissed an appeal by Harold Blakemore against the refusal by the…
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