Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
FOR TRIAL.—Two whard labourers, Carl Alfred St. Clair Balcombe, 44, and Frederick Emile Fancourt, 37, were committed for trial at…
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Courts & crime, 1948
2,001 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 101
12 Years' Gaol for Killing Mother
SYDNEY: A 21-year-old upholsterer, who battered his mother to death with a hammer in their home at Annandale, on Jan. 23, was sentenced in Central Criminal Court today to 12 years' penal servitude…
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Maitland and Paterson police scoured the Paterson district over the week-end for the masked man who attacked an elderly couple Mr…
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After combing the Paterson district, police are satisfied that a man whom they wish to interview concerning the assault on Mr. and…
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Unclaimed goods to be auctioned at West Maitland police station on Saturday include three motor tyres (6.00 x 16) bicycles, ice chest,…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Arthur Andrew Beach, 47, ship's steward, was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court to-day of the…
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Miscellaneous goods collected by the police will be auctioned by Sergeant G. A. Ball at the police garage, Watt-street, at 10 a.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →9 Hurt In Crash: Driver Charged
Nine persons had been taken to hospital from an accident in which four motor vehicles were involved, Sergeant Gleeson…
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SYDNEY: The body of a man, fully clad, was found floating in Darling Harbor today. Police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Discontinue Search For Body
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Police have discontinued their search for a woman's body which a nurse reported having seen a man lower…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Roster Dispute Before Court
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Members of the Federated Ironworkers' Association and the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Kill or Free Me," Court Plea
SINGAPORE, May 4. A.A.P.—"Kill me or set me free," cried Utoh, a Banjarese (native of an island off Sumatra) from the dock…
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OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR.—Jack McCord was fined £2/10 for offensive behaviour in Westcott-street, Cessnock, on May 1…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
REMANDED—Leslie William Clarke, 30, labourer, was remanded to May 12, and £50 bail, on charges that at Newcastle, he obtained £9 from Joyce…
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SINGAPORE, May 5.—Utoh, a Banjarese (native of island off Sumatra), who ran amuck with a penknife on the Singapore-Kuala…
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SYDNEY.—Members of the N.S.W. Police Association resent what they term "unjustified interference" by the…
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MELBOURNE.—Late last night detectives were investigating the death of Clive Bretherton, 38, who was found dead…
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LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—On Scotland Yard orders a passenger train from London to Norwich was stopped and…
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LONDON: Derek Pearn, 17. strode into a police station, brandished a rusty sword, and demanded that the girl he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.)
DRUNK IN COURT.—For having been drunk in the courtroom on Tuesday, John Patrick Walsh, 43, seaman, was fined 10/. Walsh was…
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