Given "Drunk's Bail" on Assault Charge
SYDNEY, Friday.—A mix-up at Phillip-street Police Station last night resulted in a man on a charge of assault being released on a…
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Courts & crime, 1949
2,591 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 130
Gandhi Murder Trial Ends
NEW DELHI, Dec. 31. A.A.P.—The trial of N. V. Godse and seven others charges with having murdered Mahatma Gandhi, ended…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Court Dealt With 5986 Charges In 1948
Charge cases before Newcastle Court during the year totalled 5986 compared with 4479 in 1947. Summons cases,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jap Police Give New Twist to Solomon Test
TOKIO, Mon. (O.S.R.): Osaka police adopted a democratic modification of Solomon's test when two women claimed possession of a three-year-old child. They instructed each to seize hold of one of the child's hands…
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LONDON.—Shopping for her holiday, Patricia Violet Southey, 18, assistant cook at the Queen Mary Hostel, Hoxton-st.,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Korean Police Arrest 400 Communists
WASHINGTON, Jan 3. A.A.P. Korean police to-day announced the arrest of 400 Communists in Seoul in the past few days "in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.Z. Police to Fingerprint Whole Town
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Jan. 3. A.A.P.-Reuter.—For the first time in New Zealand police are to undertake mass fingerprinting of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Wounded With Knife, Court Is Told
A 61-year-old pensioner, Joseph Mark Eather, who was charged with having unlawfully assaulted a young woman at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£2000 Theft Of Tobacco
MELBOURNE.—Thieves stole a panel van loaded with tobacco and cigarettes valued at £2000 from outside Spencer St. Railway Station today. The driver left the van for only two minutes with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three on Car Theft Charges
SYDNEY.—Scientific evidence would be called by police in connection with the alleged theft of cars valued at £2387…
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BEGA, Tuesday.—Eugene John Cleary, 44, charged with having murdered Cyrus Mason Williams, 53, plumber, at Bega on Christmas…
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KATOOMBA, Tuesday.—At Katoomba Court to-day, James Douglas, 32, baker, of Annandale-street, Annandale, was sentenced to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Among Newcastle Beach Crowds
Police in bathing costume will mingle with bathers on Newcastle beaches in future. Other police in plain clothes will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Busy Day at Traffic Court
SYDNEY.—At the Traffic Court this morning two courts were kept busy dealing with a list of 417 traffic charges…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A man, whom police said had lunged with the neck of a broken bottle at a policeman who was trying to arrest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Special Police Sought In London Crime Wave
LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.): Scotland Yard is appealing for 10,000 part-time special police to fight the city's crime wave. With the Police Force still I 5000 below strength this Is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
REMANDED.—Joseph Mark Eather, 61, pensioner, was remanded till January 24 on a charge of having unlawfully assaulted Betty June Perry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. a. C. Hook, S.m.) Bemanded
William Herbert Jones (201, laborer was remanded until tomorrow on three charges of having illegally used motorcycles. Ball was fixed at £50…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Craze For Motor Bikes" Results In Gaol Sentence
A man in Newcastle Court today told Mr. Hook, S.M., that he had taken and used three motor cycles because he had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Shortage Of Police In London
LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.—Reuter): Shortage of recruits for London's police is partly due to the housing shortage…
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