Death Sentence For Murder
TAMWORTH, Tuesday.—Frederick Charles Hall, 48, labourer, was sentenced to death at the Supreme Court at Tamworth…
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Courts & crime, 1948
2,001 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 64 of 101
Insanity Plea In Taronga Murder
SYDNEY: The defence of a man charged with the Taronga Park murder, in which a woman was allegedly strangled, was that he was insane at the time, the Crown revealed in Central Criminal Court…
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The cricket section of the Police Boys' Club (all teams) will meet at headquarters at 7.30 to-night…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A man who recently was fined in North Sydney Police Court for having used offensive language and assaulted police…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—An ex-serviceman, who last week threatened lo commit suicide, again did not appear at the Quarter Sessions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court at Newcastle (Before [?]) Motor Cyclists Fined
For having called a [?] on his motor cycle when not [?] for 12 months, william [?], last, was used [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Communists Fight French Police "Herald" Service and A.A.P.
PARIS, Aug. 31.—Fighting broke out last night between police and Communist demonstrators only a few hundred yards from where M. Robert Schuman, the Catholic Republican leader, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
HAD NO TICKET.—For having travelled in a train between West Maitland and Hamilton without having previously paid the fare, with…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Warrants alleging unlawful killing were taken out to-day against both drivers involved in yesterday's fatal…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Three men and a woman at Central Court to-day were committed for trial on a charge of having assaulted Paul…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Falstein M.h.r. Charged with Customs Breaches
SYDNEY: Sydney Max Falstein, M.H.R., and two other men were charged in the Special Federal Court today with breaches of the Customs Act relating to imported watches. There were six charges…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ex-newcastle Police Officer Promoted
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Super intendent R. H. Blackley, formerly officer-in-charge of North-eastern Police Administrative Division in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sunday Trams Issue in Court
SYDNEY: The dispute over Sunday trams will be heard by Mr. A. S. Blackburn (Federal Conciliation Commissioner) on…
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Evidence of a brawl between a police sergeant and a cyclist was given yesterday, when the hearing of assault and other charges,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. HARDWICKE, S.M.
SHOWMAN FINED.—Reo Rowsell, 22, showman, was fined £10 and ordered to pay £5/15/ compensation for having used a utility truck…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr R. A. RardwicKe, S.m.) Suspended Sentence
One month's imprisonment with hard labor was imposed on Arthur Roy Mowle, 31, fettler, sentence being suspended on condition that he enter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Charged With Bottle Assault
A detective said today at New-castle Court that a man admitted hitting another over the head with a bottle at Ash Island…
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LONDON.—The Rev. Thomas MacCleery (48), of Maplesdene Rd., Dalston, was acquitted at Clerkenwell of a charge of…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Four aldermen of Newtown Council were charged at Newtown Court to-day with having failed to attend council…
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HOLLYWOOD, Thurs. (O.S.R. and A.A.P.): The filmland anti-dope campaign may invoke big names in the movie industry, said police and Federal anti-narcotic agents today…
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