Inquiry On Gaol Riot
AUCKLAND, Mon. (By Radio Telephone): Yesterday's six-hour riot at Mt. Eden Prison…
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Courts & crime, 1948
2,001 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 101
3 Charged with Robbing American
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Three men who are alleged to have robbed and assaulted an American sailor early this morning, have been…
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NEW DELHI, Mon. (A.A.P.): People are "souveniring" the earth on which Gandhi was slain. Officials at Birla House (in front of which Gandhi was…
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SYDNEY: Four young men were charged at Redfern Court today with having raped a young married woman at North Brighton on the banks of the Cook's River in the early hours of Jan. 19…
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AUCKLAND, Sunday.—Every available constable in Auckland was sent to Auckland Gaol to-day to help warders quell a disturbance…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A 21-year-old salesman arrested to-day has been charged with armed hold-up. Police allege he was one of four…
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DARWIN, Monday.—A report that a native speared another and was then killed in the same way by a third tribesman has sent Darwin…
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Gordon Paul, 35, salesman, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment by Judge Nield at Newcastle Sessions on two charges of having…
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In a report last Friday of a case before the Summons Division of Belmont Court It was incorrectly stated that Raymond John…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—The body of Mrs. Eileen May Shields was found in a house in North Yallourn to-night…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Leslie Leonard Carpenter, 24, was charged at Campsie Court to-day with having negligently driven a motor truck…
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GAOLED FOR THEFT.—A sentence of two months' imprisonment with [?] labour was imposed on [?] Patrick Boyne, 41,[?] steward, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cessnock Court (Before Mr. W. Avery, S.m.) Offensive Behavior
Leonard Dawes and Frederick Tremayne pleaded guilty to a charge of having behaved in an offensive manner at a dance at Wollombi on…
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SYDNEY Tuesday. — A tray of 12 gold rings set with diamonds, valued at £195, was reported to have been stolen from Colin…
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FIVE CHARGES.—A seaman, Holton William Conklin, 21, was fined a total of £7/10/ when he pleaded "Guilty" to charges of unlawful…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Stole Bicycle
Keith Faye, 21, machine operator, took a bicycle from outside the Cross Keys Hotel, Tlghe's Hill, and repainted it, the Court was told…
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Jack Leslie Patrick Delaney, 35, labourer, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment by Judge Nield at Newcastle Sessions for…
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A portable radio was stolen from this shop at Mayfield after the thief had thrown a brick through the plateglass window. Workmen are replacing the shattered glass, while Miss Isobel Stevens, of Wallsend, an employee, holds the brick…
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NEW DELHI, Feb. 4. A.A.P.—In a swoop before dawn in Old Delhi and New Delhi, police arrested 50 members of the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — After men had been seen breaking a class door, 20 detectives, with revolvers drawn and assisted by other…
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