M.L.A., Manager Charged With Conspiracy
BRISBANE, Friday.—Patrick Kerry Copley, 43, Labour M.L.A. for Kurilpa, and Arthur Joseph Stevens, 39, business manager, were…
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Courts & crime, 1947
2,634 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 66 of 132
Cut Artery With Razor Blade; Suicide In Gaol
John McCarthy, 31, of Paxton, who was found dead in his cell at Maitland Gaul on June 12, had committed suicide, the Deputy Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Held Maid As Slave: Wealthy Couple Charged "Herald" Service
SAN DIEGO (California), July 4. —Mrs. Alfred W. Ingalls, who, with her husband, is charged with having held their Negro maid in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Say Youth Made Study Of Safebreaking
SYDNEY, Friday.—Described as one of the most expert operators in recent times, 19-year-old George Edgar Robinson, process worker, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Going to Court, B.H.P. Tells Union "Collective Bargaining Methods Out"
The B.H.P. told the Federated Ironworkers' Association yesterday that it would not take part in collective bargaining. It said it intended to ask the Industrial Commission for…
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SYDNEY: Mr. Collins. S.M., said in the Federal Court today that he would seriously consider sending a butcher to gaol except for the fact…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rangoon Police Strike
RANGOON, July 6. A.A.P.—More than 1000 police are on strike in protest against the Government's withdrawal of the £1/10/ a week cost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Charged With Posting 100 "Filthy" Letters
SYDNEY.—Alleged to have sent 100 letters of a "filthy character" to a Tasmanian resident, James William Ernest Fraser (27)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Raid African Farms
JOHANNESBURG, July 6. A.A.P. —Police in cars from Pretoria and Johannesburg, under instructions from the Prime Minister (Field-Marshal…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A hotelkeeper last night slammed a door on a hold-up man and warned other people in the hotel that a gunman was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aged Rabbiter Was Wealthy, Police Believe
TAMWORTH, Sunday.—Albert Warfe, 65, rabbit trapper, whose body was found about two miles from his bush camp in Weabonga district, near…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Tennis Court at Dalwood
A new tennis court was opened it Penfold's Ltd., Dalwood, by the Manager of Dalwood Wine Cellars (Mr. P. A. McGuigan)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Believe Safe Removed In Stolen Utility
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Thieves who stole a safe from Gummed Products Pty. Ltd., in Mitchell-road, Alexandria, last night, are believed to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Used Gun in Struggle on Ship
When a man rushed at him with an upraised knife on board a ship in Newcastle harbour early yesterday morning, a police sergeant had to fire his revolver to keep him at bay…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—A 33-year-old labourer was arrested to-night and charged with the murder of Thomas O'Brien, 67, pensioner, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chinese Charged with Smuggling
SYDNEY.—Continuing their "blitz" on smugglers sneaking goods in from Japan, Customs officers last night raided a house…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
FINED FOR THEFT.—There had been numerous complaints of thefts from the cafe, said Constable Irwin, in the case in which Jack Williams, 27, labourer,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C H. Blackmore. S.m.) Had Pillion Passenger
For unlawfully carrying a pillion passenger on his cycle in Tudor Street. Hamilton, on April 14. Tony Francis, of Waratah Street. Kahibah. was fined £3 with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Business Men Sent To Gaol On Receiving Charge
SYDNEY, Monday.—Material consigned from London to Sydney and found in the possession of Sydney firms was the subject of a receiving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police To Act On Newcastle Accommodation
There was an acute shortage of first-class hotel accommodation in Newcastle, Licensing Sergeant W. Airs said in Newcastle Licensing Court today. Sergeant Airs said that recently all…
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