Mr. Garden on 3 SUMMONSES In Court
SYDNEY, Friday.—Summonses of two charges of forgery and one of falsification of a document were issued this afternoon against John Smith Garden…
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Courts & crime, 1948
2,001 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 101
Newcastle Court (Before Mr. K. R. Wardell, Acting S.m.)
FOUGHT IN STREET.—Donald Cummings, 21, seaman, and Russell Stace, 21, machinist, were each fined £1 far having behaved in an…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Police are investigating a report that a 19-year-old girl was assaulted by a man at Matraville early to-day…
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SALT LAKE CITY, Sun.: The Chamber of Commerce aims to sue the State of Nevada if Nevada…
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WEST WYALONG, Sunday.—Arson squad detectives from the C.I.B. conducted investigations to-day into the fire which gutted West…
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SYDNEY.—Bones which were alongside a crashed car near Brooklyn are believed by police to be those of a bullock…
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Members of the legal profession, police, and Newcastle Court administrative staff welcomed Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., who began…
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The Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan) today described the action of the person who cut 150 yards of line from a surf reel on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chinese Slashed; Men Charged
SYDNEY, Monday. — Two labourers were charged in Central Court to-day with having maliciously wounded a Chinese, Foo…
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PERTH, Monday.—The theft of £5000 in bank notes from his home in Mt. Lawley at the weekend has been reported to Perth…
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SYDNEY.—Athur Andrew Beach (47), ship's steward, who has been charged with the "trunk" murder, was again…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—Shot on his property while milking on Saturday morning, Ernest Edward Portch, 52, dairy farmer, of…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Drugs he took to offset overwork and study made him an addict, said a chemist at Central Court to-day…
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SUSPENDED SENTENCE.—When he pleaded "Guilty" to the charge of having stolen a bicycle valued at £10 from Russell Champion, at Port…
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James Rodney Stedman, 23, laborer, was charged with breaking, entering and stealing from the house of Thomas Hough…
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FINED FOR BETTING.—A fine of £10, with 8/ costs, was imposed on ivy Mary Dorn, 55, for having used the kitchen of a house in…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A young man alleged to have snatched a watch from a tray at Saunders' jewellery shop, King-street, was…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A 20-year-old labourer, Mervyn Conroy, was charged to-day in the Central Court with having assaulted Muriel Muir,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Amazing Beer Theft Alleged: 11,000 Bottles
SYDNEY: An amazing story of how a 19-year-old clerk allegedly obtained more than 11,000 bottles of beer by forging authorities on Tooheys brewery was told in Central Court today…
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SYDNEY. Tuesday.—Arthur Andrew Beach, 47, steward, charged with murder, was further remanded at Central Court to-day until…
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