Police Break Door to Rescue Man
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Police used an axe to smash down a door to get to a man lying unconscious in a Newtown residential last night…
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Courts & crime, 1948
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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr R. A. Hardwicke. S.M., No Evidence
When police offered no evidence. Matthew Gibson, 34, laborer, was discharged on a charge of negligent driving in Hunter-st., Newcastle, on…
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SYDNEY: A mother, whose son was robbing her, sought police action "only as a last resort" to put her boy on the right path, said Sgt. Goode (Police Prosecutor) in Central Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Magnet To Seek Murder Weapon
MELBOURNE. — Detectives have ordered a powerful magnet from Sydney to search the muddy bed of the Maribyrnong…
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GLEN INNES.—Police-sergt. Henry Arthur MacDonald, who was found shot in the stomach at Deepwater Police Station…
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A fresh appeal to the public to obey police traffic rules has been made jointly by the N.R.M.A. and the R.A.C.A. following talks with Superintendent W. R. Lawrence, of the Police Traffic Branch. "Many road deaths are nothing less than murder," said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Royal Andrew Beats Comic Court
SYDNEY. — Royal Andrew narrowly beat Comic Court in the first heat of the Moorefield barrier trials today. Comic…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Say Rat Trap Baited For Children
ADELAIDE, Monday.—A woman in a Norwood home handed to police a rat trap allegedly baited with sweets to attract children in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Ruling Against Board on Reinstatement
SYDNEY, Monday.—By a three to two majority, the High Court to-day ruled that the Central Coal reference Board had no power to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bedside Court Hearing In Swansea Will Challenge
SYDNEY: Propped up on pillows in bed, Mrs. Elizabeth Beer, 65, today challenged the granting of probate of her brother's £7000 will. The Probate Court was con…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. HARDWICKE, S.M.
DISCHARGED.—Police offered no evidence when Matthew Gibson, 34, labourer, was charged with having' driven a motor-lorry negligently In…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Maitland Court Before Mr. A. R. Raschke, S.m
STOLE CATTLE.—On two charges of cattle stealing Daniel William Edwards, 46, horse-breaker, of Lochinvar. was fined £20. with £4…
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MELBOURNE—A 47-year-old tractor driver, employed at the McKay-Massey Harris Harvester Works at Sunshine, is being…
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SYDNEY: Dr. George Stanley Thompson (66), Macquarie-st. specialist, and Gene Valentino Van Gercken (23), dramatic art student, in the City Coroner's Court today were exonerated on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Kidnapped, Police Believe
Police believe a young man was kidnapped at the Bank Corner, Hunter-street, last night. A search for a high-powered car which began about 9.30 was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Kidnapping" Report Scouted By Police
Newcastle police this afternoon discounted the theory that the young man who was bundled into a car near the Palais Royale in Hunter-st. last night was kidnapped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Probate Court In Bedroom
SYDNEY, Tuesday.— A Probate Court was constituted in Mrs. Elizabeth Beer's bedroom to-day to enable her to give evidence from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.)
REMAND.—Cecil Ernest Jack, 49, fruiterer, was remanded till September 14, on £30 bail, on charges of having driven a utility truck in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Allowed £200 BAIL
Bail was fixed at £200 when Hugo Alwyn Wagner, 18, masseur, was remanded to Aug. 26 on a charge of having broken into Elliotts Pty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Charged With Murder Of Cripple
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Police to-day charged Eric Stanley Jacobi, 47, tractor driver, of Gordon-street, Footscray, with the…
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