Suburban and District Daily Court at Belmont Sought
A request to the Attorney-General (Mr. Martin) to arrange for daily sittings of Belmont Court will be made by Belmont branch of the…
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Courts & crime, 1948
2,001 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 101
Husband Attacks Man on Rape Charge Outside Court
SYDNEY.—A wild scene occurred outside Campsie Court today after Neville James Murphy, 25, poulterer, had been remanded on a charge of raping a young married woman near Canterbury…
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RIDER FINED.—For having ridden a motor-cycle in Scott-street while tinder the influence of liquor, Keith Hall Cann, 20, labourer, was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kurri Kurri Court Before Mr. W. C. AVERY, S.M.
ASSAULT CHARGE—Kenneth Clyde Hancock, of Clark-street, Weston, pleaded "G[?]ty" to a charge of having assaulted John Bailey at the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—John Daniel Robertson, 35, diver, arrested at Maroubra this morning and charged with having assaulted women in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Police Chief Crowds Attend Funeral
SYDNEY: Despite drenching rain, Sydney people from all walks of life turned out in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
STOLE WHEAT.—On a charge of having stolen two bags of wheat valued at £1/16/, the property of the Australian Wheat Board, at…
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SYDNEY: Raiding a secluded, but well-known hikers' camp in the bush, five miles from Waterfall today, detectives arrested a man and subsequently charged him with the murder of his mother, Mrs…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Alfred Hart, 45, of Capel-street, North Melbourne, died in Royal Melbourne Hospital this afternoon from…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.— Police are investigating the suspected poisoning of a North Armidale woman with rat poison…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—People from all walks of life packed St. Stephen's Church, Macquarie-street, Sydney, for the funeral of the…
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SYDNEY. — At Parramatta Court today, Maurice Bouregis Sheldrick (33), laborer, of Boronia St., Granville, was…
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MELBOURNE: Torture had been used by police to obtain confessions from 18-year-old twins charged with a capital offence against a 21-year-old nurse in an allegedly stolen car between…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — George Paul Bechtold, arrested in the Blue Mountains to-day, was charged with the murder of Mrs. Maud…
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SYDNEY.—George Paul Bechtold (21), railway upholsterer, was remanded until Feb. 4, at Central Court today, on a…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — Appointment of a new Commissioner of Police is expected to be considered by State Cabinet on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Had Eight Children Born In Gaol "Herald" London Service
One woman had had eight of her 13 children horn in gaol, Mrs. E. G. Birley, of the Manchester prison visiting committee, revealed…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. — The Victorian police force had a good deal to do with the success of Pearlette when that filly won her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ward Apologises For[?] Court Outburst
SYDNEY: In a tense scene in the Garden case today, Garden's counsel (Mr. Simon Isaacs) demanded an immediate apology after the Minister for External Territories (Mr. Ward) had used the words, "Mr. Isaacs's bad professional…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Created Disturbance
Walter Ernest Booth, 24, laborer, who was intoxicated on Saturday night, was refused an admission ticket to the Palais Royale dance…
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