Preferred Death to Court
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Acting City Coroner (Mr. Morgan) said to-day that, rather than face a police charge, Robert Westley Pratt, 27…
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Courts & crime, 1947
2,634 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 61 of 132
Police "Camouflage Patrol" To Catch Road Hogs
MELBOURNE.—A police "camouflage patrol of old trucks with new engines has been introduced to catch bad drivers who have…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—John (Hughie) Martin, who was sentenced to 20 years' gaol and 15 lashes for his part in the Coles Arcade…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Argentine U.N.O. Delegate Refused Police Summons "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, June 20.—The Police Chief (Mr. Adolph Menzel) of Matawan (New Jersey) has protested against alleged insulting behaviour…
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DUNGOG, Sunday.—At Dungog Police Court on Saturday morning three Newcastle men were remanded on charges of having unlawfully…
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TOKYO, June 22.—Fifteen Japanese, five of them women, were yesterday sentenced to prison terms ranging from five months to five…
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LONDON, Sunday: All the locks are being changed at Wandsworth Prison (London) from which eight penal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Britain, U.s. Charged by Hungary
BUDAPEST, June 22. A.A.P.—Allegations that Britain and America had promised direct financial support to the group led by the former Prime Minister of Hungary, Ferenc Nagy, and had used the group for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. S.m.) Did Not Pay Fare
Denis Walter Smith, 40, laborer, was lined £3 and ordered to pay 8s 6d compensation when he pleaded guilty to having travelled in a railway carriage on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Arrest Italian Fascist Plotters
ROME, June 22, A.A.P.—Italian police claim to have uncovered a Fascist terrorist organisation called the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Industrial Court Upholds Deputies' Appeal
SYDNEY.—The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission today granted an appeal by the Illawarra Deputies and Shotfirers' Association against a judgment of Mr. Justice Webb of the Commission which upheld the action…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Returned Soldiers' League and the Australian Legion of Ex-servicemen and Women have protested against the decision…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Increase In Crime, Says Police Commissioner: More Murders
SYDNEY: A serious increase in crime since the end of the war, and especially in crimes of violence, is revealed in the report of the Commissioner of Police (Mr. MacKay) for 1946…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →B.h.p. Advocate Says Court Can't Act Merely As "Rubber Stamp"
In no sense could the N.S.W. Industrial Commission act merely as a "rubber stamp" for other courts, Mr. W. Sheldon, appearing for several steel companies, declared before Mr. Justice Cantor, at the B.H.P. Steel Works in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Industrial Court SAYS:—Sydney Firm May Put Off Men If Coal Stocks Are Too Low
SYDNEY: As a result of an order by the Industrial Commission today, Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd. (Matraville) may stand down any or all of its employees without pay if the coal shortage makes it impossible to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m
BETTING OFFENCES.âFines of £20 cach were imposed on the following for having used premises for betting.âDavid williams, 33, shopkeeper,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. S.M.)
INDECENT BEHAVIOH.—James Smith. 50, laborer, was fined £3 or six days' imprisonment for indecent behavior in a lane off Market Street, Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Praised By Magistrate for Coolness, Courage
SYDNEY, Monday.—A woman Who shielded her father during a hold-up at their home was commended by Mr. Cookson, S.M., in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death-Dive By Youth Held For Murder Of Father
LONDON, Monday—Douglas Robert Gordon, 19, on remand on a charge of having murdered his father, dived head-first to death from, the roof of a building in Durham Prison. Gordon eluded his guard while at exercise, climbed a 20ft…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ironworkers Not at Court Hearing
THOUGH affected by the claims before the Industrial Commission at the B.H.P. yesterday Newcastle branch of…
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