Singapore Police Get New Powers
SINGAPORE, June 24. A.A.P.—The Government to-day officially announced that the Governor (Sir Franklin Gimson) had…
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Courts & crime, 1948
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Austrians Demand Release Of Police Chief
VIENNA, June 24. A.A.P.—An Austrian Government Note to the Allied Control Council demands that the Council order the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Farewell To Mr. Atkinson
Members of the legal profession and police farewelled Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M., in the Special Federal Court at Newcastle…
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ASSAULT IN BUS.—Harry Barclay, 67, labourer, was fined 30/ for having unlawfully assaulted Francis Leslie Allen at Charlestown on…
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INDECENT LANGUAGE.—Hughie Donald, who pleaded guilty to having used indecent language in Station-street, Weston, on June 8, was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., Committed for Trial
Brynolf Viggo Holmstrom, an 18-year-old Swedish seaman, was committed for trial at Newcastle Quarter Sessions on July 26 on a charge…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—In the Quarter Sessions to-day, Judge Markell said a restitution offer by a grocer saved a bank teller from going to…
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A story of a parting immediately after a wedding was told my Mrs. Marjorie Jean Monday in the Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday…
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ATHENS, June 25. A.A.P.—Six Communists who were sentenced by a military court in Athens for taking part in the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A 19-year-youth, alleged to have stolen a handbag from a George-street theatrette to-night, dashed past…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.— Mr. Galvin, Federal Conciliation Commissioner to-day decided to ask the Registrar of the Arbitration…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. E. J. Gibson, S.m
REMANDED.—Daniel Edwards, 46. horsebreaker, was remanded to August 5 on a charge of having stolen two horse collars and a shovel,…
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SINGAPORE, June 27.—Two men were shot dead to-day in a clash between British Forces and communist terrorists in Johore State. This followed seven murders in the region within 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland Court (Before Mr. W. C. Avery, S.m.) Fined for Trespass
For trespassing on railway property at High-st. Station. William Edward Lane, of Melbourne-st., West Maitland. was fined 15s with 8s costs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Illegal Betting
Fines totalling £165 were imposed for illegal betting on Saturday. Found betting at premises at Boreas Rd. Broadmeadow, Florence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R A. Hardwicke S.m.) Fined for Stealing
For having stolen a wall mirror, valued at 30s, the property of the Newcastle Air Force Association, on June 25, Thomas Henry Parker. 35…
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REMANDS.—Ross Smith Andrew Bayllss, 28, litter and turner, was remanded till July 6, on £50 bail, on barges of having felomously slain…
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DROVE UNDER INFLUENCE.—Frederick Joseph Crittenden, 42, hotel licensee, was fined £5 for having driven a motor vehicle while…
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SYDNEY.—In Central Court today Dr. Donald Robert Sheumack, Medical Superintendent of the Royal Hospital for…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Two boxes containing £400 in florins, missing from the freighter Lanena which arrived in Hobart from…
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