Baby-Murder Charge Against Man, Wife
SYDNEY: A man and his wife were charged today with having murdered an unnamed child at Herne Bay on July 19. Charles William Mason, 28…
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Courts & crime, 1948
2,001 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 54 of 101
Report Probed Russian Secret Police Here
SYDNEY: Rumors that members of the N.K.V.D. (Soviet secret police—formerly known as O.G.P.U.) have arrived in Sydney are being investigated by the Commonwealth Special Investigation Branch…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Year's Gaol For Radio Parts Theft
DARWIN, Monday.— Donald Speed, 37, of Bruce-street, Toorak, Melbourne, Managing Director of Autoterms Ltd., Melbourne, who…
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SYDNEY: A young widow who, on her honeymoon, saw her husband washed overboard from a launch near Smoky Cape last September, was granted leave in the Probate Court to swear to her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cessnock Court (Before Mr. W. C. Avery)
David waugh, 73-year-old pensioner, was fined £9 for having 18 opossum skins in his possession and £5 fur having in his possession a…
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SENT TO GAOL.—John Lynch, 24, no occupation, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for not having lawful means of support, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Court Before Mr. W. C. Avery, S.m
BETTING FINES.— For having used a place sluated at 9 Elgin-street, West Maitland, for betting, Stanley Victor Nowland, 30, labourer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. Hardwicke, S.m.) Negligent Driving
John StoKoc, Cowlishaw St., Redhead, was lined £1 with 10s costs when he pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent driving in Hebburn St…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court Before Mr. W. C. Avery, S.m
POSSESSED SKINS.—David Waugh, a pensioner, was fined £9 for having 18 opossum skins in his possession, and £5 for having a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Father Feared For Kiddies, Police Say
GLEN INNES: A man charged with murdering his six children had told him that he had shot them because they had "animal consumption," Detective R. Collings said in the Coroner's Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m
REMANDED.— Peter Alexander Martin, 34, seaman, was remanded to July 30 on a charge of having stolen 11 rolls of material, valued at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Stole Wireless
Gerald Palmer, 23, seaman, was fined £5 when he pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a wireless valued at £ 10, the property of the…
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SYDNEY: The inquest into the death of Phyllis Van Gercken, the 27-year-old wife of a Double Bay dramatic art student, Gene Valentino Van Gercken (2), opened before the City Coroner (Mr. Austin )…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Theft Revealed When Motor Parts Returned
An effort by a purchaser to have some motor parts replaced by the firm they had been stolen from resulted in a man being charged in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barrister On Charges Of Assault, Robbery
SYDNEY: John Cameron Foster (38), a Sydney barrister, was today charged in Central Court with assault and robbery and assault with intent to rob. With Ernest Jack Skidmore (23) laborer, Poster was…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Police allege that a 15-year-old escapee from Parramatta Girls' Home produced a loaded revolver from her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Battle With Jap Strikers
TOKYO, July 28. A.A.P.—Reuter. —a pitched battle between police and strikers developed at a paper factory in Harada village, near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Boys' Club Soccer Team
Newcastle Police and Citizens' Boys' Club under 21 years Soccer team which will visit Brisbane on August 5. Left to right: M…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Many Murders In Egypt: Police Inactive
LONDON. July 28. A.A.P.— Reports from Egypt indicate that murders are being committed daily in the streets, and that the police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
STOLE WIRELESS. — Gerald Palmer, 23, seaman, was fined £5, and ordered to pay £3 compensation, for having stolen a wireless,…
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