Two Natives Face Murder Charges
DARWIN, Sunday.—Two aborigines brought to Darwin last night on board a patrol craft will be charged with having murdered two…
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Courts & crime, 1948
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Father On Intent To Murder Charge
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Joseph Reginald Gordon Young, 40, was charged at Emu Plains yesterday with having maliciously shot at his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Stand By In Belgian Strikes
BRUSSELS, Feb. 15. A.A.P.—Police and gendarmerie have been ordered to stand by and a battalion of parachute troops is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chemist In Court On four Charges
In the Special Federal Court at Newcastle to. day, the Magistrate (Mr. R. C. Atkinson) said he intended to impound a chemist's drug book for "further inquiries"…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A car was chased by six police cars for 20 miles through the western suburbs last night…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—In a State-wide broadcast to-night, the Premier (Mr. Hanlon) emphasised that his Government would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. B. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Offensive Behavior
John Robert Gorman, 34, seaman, and Thomas Samuel Williams, 37, laborer, who, according to police evidence, were engaged in a fight in…
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SYDNEY: Former Labor M.P., J. S. ("Jock") Garden and three other men appeared before the Special Federal Court today jointly charged with conspiracy. The others were Garden's son…
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BOMBAY, Feb. 16. A.A.P.—Indian police have arrested two men suspected of complicity in the Gandhi murder plot. It is believed…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—John Smith Garden, Harcourt Garden, Edward Farrell and Raymond Parer have been charged, on summonses…
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Newcastle Rugby League decided last night to advise the New South Wales League that it will protest in the case of any Newcastle player…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.)
FINED FOR THEFT.—A fine of £5 was imposed on James Marshall Ta[?] to labourer, for having stolen cigarettes, valued at £1/1/, the property…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Court (Before Mr. W. Avery, S.m.) Traffic Breach
Harold Cecil George was fined £2 with 3s costs when he pleaded guilty to having failed to give way to a vehicle on his right at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →West Maitland Court (Before Mr. W. C. Avery, S.M.)
A fine of £2 10s was imposed on Robert James New (44), laborer, for having behaved in an offensive manner in High St., West Maitland, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Seaman Fined
Robert Sneddon, 21, seaman, was fined £3 and ordered to pay £4 3s costs for having assaulted John Thomas Fenwick yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—State Cabinet to-day appointed Superintendent J. F. Scott Commissioner of Police. Making the announcement, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke S.m.)
DISCHARGED.—The police had an evidence to offer when Eric Lawson Cook, 36, plasterer, was charged with having driven a car negligently along…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Indecent Language
After being released on bail from Newcastle Police Station for drunkenness, Andrew Forsyth (20), seaman, was heard to use indecent…
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ATHENS, Feb. 18. A.A.P.—An emergency court-martial sentenced 10 Communists to death for collaborating with the guerillas…
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SYDNEY: A blood-stained hammer was found near the body of a woman at Annandale on Jan. 25, it was stated at the City Coroner's Court today. The Acting Coroner, Mr. J…
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