Police Allege Man Had Toy Revolver
SYDNEY: A man arrested after a police car chase yesterday had been found in possession of a mask and a toy revolver, said Sgt. Milne, police prosecutor, in Central Court today…
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Courts & crime, 1948
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In Brief Path To Gaol Was Flower-strewn Lottery Win May Provide Home
Fritz Schoenauer, chairman of the Frankfurt Social Democrat Party, went to gaol with flowers in his path, a long procession and a brass band. A U.S. military court sentenced him to 10…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Illegal Betting
Fines totalling £170 were imposed for illegal betting on Saturday: Found betting on three-place horse cards in Hunter-st. Henry Mordecai…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A youth who allegedly climbed into a girls' dormitory at Curl Curl at 2 a.m. was sentenced in the Quarter…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The third death occurred to-day as the result of an accident at Liverpool last night, in which a motor truck, a…
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BOUND OVER. —When William Millar Milliken, 50, launch driver, was charged with having had in his custody, in Newcastle, on May 12,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Rode While Drunk
Frederick John Avery. 26, motor mechanic, was fined £10 for having driven a motor cycle in Scott St., Newcastle, on July 3, while…
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SYDNEY.—Thomas George William Gough, 25, plumber, who was charged with having assaulted Edward Moss…
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The first Police Association ball for seven years will be held at the Palais Royale, Newcastle, on September 9. Proceeds will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Hears Challenge To RSL Ban On Reds
SYDNEY: The ban on Communists by the Returned Soldiers' League was challenged by a State officer of the organisation before Mr. Justice Maxwell in the Supreme Court today. Arthur Burgeest, signwriter…
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STRUCK OUT.—Because there was no appearance of the parties, the information was struck out when Norman John Thomas Sylvester, 40,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M.)
William george [?] laborer, was [?] ti one month's gab on a charge of stealing a pair of women's [?] and [?]…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.— After an inquest on Joyce Marjorie MacDonald, 20, at a flat at the housing settlement at Banksia on June…
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HOBART, Wednesday.—Douglas Lloyd Lewis, pilot, was charged to-day with two breaches of air navigation regulations, as a sequel…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A report will be made to the Commissioner a Police (Mr. Scott) on the delayed investigation of an alleged assault…
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MILAN, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—Police riot-squads hurled teargas bombs in Milan after workers had occupied part of a…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Extra police were called to control the crowd at Killara Soldiers' Hall this afternoon when Lady Olivier opened…
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SYDNEY: Interviewed at the Newcastle Police Station, a man had confessed to killing Mrs. Alice Victoria Gashing, 57, in scrub near Taronga Park Zoo on June 10, police alleged in the Coroner's Court today. James Michael Murray, 30…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Rules For A.J.C. On Turnover Tax
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The State Full Court to-day upheld the power of the Australian Jockey Club to collect 1 per cent of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
BAIL FORFEITED.—When Ronald Neville Lumby, 21, labourer, failed to answer to a charge of having used indecent language in the…
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