Registered Mail Theft
G.P.O. THEFT.—Registration section at the Sydney G.P.O., showing where a thief removed a sheet of glass, climbed through and stole more than 140 registered packets and par eels…
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Courts & crime, 1948
2,001 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 43 of 101
Gaol For Bag-Snatcher
SYDNEY: A 19 year-old gardener, who was employed at the Prime Minister's Lodge, Canberra, was sentenced in the Quarter Sessions today to two years for bag-snatching. Bernard Cleveland Morgan…
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NEW DELHI, June 3. A.A.P.—In response to defence counsel's request for a longer period to prepare their case, a special judge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Katoomba Police Station Robbed
SYDNEY: Detectives rushed to Katoomba today to investigate a report that Katoomba Police Station had been robbed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Landlord Sent To Gaol For "Rent Gouging" "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, June 3.—One of the worst "rent gouging" cases on record had an ending satisfactory to the tenants when the landlord,…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mrs. Catherine Allen, 36, of Banksia, was refused bail in Campsie Court to-day on a charge of murder of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. K. Wardell, C.m.)
ALLEGED THEFT.—On charges of having stolen coal valued at 5/ and having stolen wheat, valued at 5/ the property of the Railway…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Thomas Frederick Moran, 26, labourer, found guilty of having stolen 126 cases of brandy, worth about…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A thief last night summoned a Katoomba constable to a "serious accident" at Medlow Bath, and in his absence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. K. Waddell, C.m.)
REMANDS.—Two seamen, Winston Milley, 24. and Frank Prady. 23, were remanded till Monday on charges of having secreted themselves on the…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Two men were charged at Darlinghurst Police Station with assault after two policemen had tried to quell a…
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MELBOURNE: An action over the sale of the racehorse Royal Pageant for 2500 guineas today resulted in a County…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dramatic Appeal By Maltese In Court
SYDNEY: "May God lead you judge and jury to a right conclusion," declared a Maltese dramatically from the dock in Central Criminal Court today, in concluding his defence to a charge of attempted murder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M. Indecent Language
Charged with having used indecent language on June 4. Frederick Charles Thomas, 33. laborer, was fined £2…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A farmer was sentenced to death to-day for having wounded his step-daughter with intent to murder…
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SINGLETON, Monday.—A model T Ford utility truck, which disappeared from the Albury district in 1930, was found abandoned…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A couple jitterbugged along George-street to-night under police supervision. They were en route to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.)
DISCHARGED.—When the police had no evidence to otter Alan John Frith, 39, cabinetmaker, was discharged on a charge of having driven…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Contempt Of Court Alleged: C.S.C. Employees' Stand
SYDNEY: Six unions that had disobeyed a direction of Federal Conciliation Commissioner L. P. Austin on shiftwork at the Commonwealth Steel Works, Newcastle, had adopted an attitude of contempt to the court and its Commissioners, the company's representative, Mr. F. A. Daury, said today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Struck Out
When police offered no evidence against Hiram Ainslie Oldham, 42, butcher, on a charge of having driven a motor lorry in a negligent…
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