Theft of £5000 From Chinese
ROCKHAMPTON. — Detectives have arrived at Fairfield, Central Queensland, to investigate the theft of £5000 and…
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Courts & crime, 1949
2,591 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 130
Russian Fire On German Police
BERLIN, Feb. 7. A.A.P.—Five Russian soldiers exchanged shots with Russian sector German police in Berlin last night. A…
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"The defendant has died," the Police Prosecutor (Sergeant N. L. Howard) said at West Maitland Court yesterday when two charges…
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An order was given in the case in which Thomas Craig, of Pacific Highway, Charlestown. sought costs from Alan Ross, of Lindsay-st.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. G. C. Hook, S.m
OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR.—Robert Duncan Gallagher, 20, labourer, and Noel Edgar Brown, 25, labourer, were each fined £5 for offensive behaviour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Granted Bond
Alick Boyd Dudgeon, 33, restaurant proprietor, was released on a bond when he pleaded guilty to having driven a motor car while under…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Gaol sentences fox persons who contravened the law governing building material permits were advocated…
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Gordon McEwan, 54, dealer, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, cumulative on a sentence being served, by Judge Nield…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Increase In N.Z. Murder Cases
AUCKLAND (A.A.P.-Reuter).—A substantial increase in the number of murders in New Zealand has occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Warn of Truck Thieves
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Sydney police issued a warning to-day against a Sydney "truck snatching' gang…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Draw Batons On Soccer Crowd
LONDON, Feb. 8 .A.A.P.—Police had to use batons to control the crowd which tried to force the gates for the Manchester…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Secret Romance Ends In Court
LONDON, Feb. 8. A.A.P. — A secret romance between the daughter of a retired British naval officer and a German prisoner of…
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NO EVIDENCE.—A charge against Cecil Ernest Jack, 49, fruiterer, Mayfield, of having driven a utility in dangerous manner in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Teralba Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood. S.m.) No Evidence
The police offered no evidence against Ashley John Woods, of Macquarie-st., Cardiff, who was charged with driving a motor car negligently…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Children's Court Magistrate
Mr. P. Macreadie, Special Magistrate, of the Metropolitan Children's Court, will preside at Newcastle Court fortnightly to deal with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mitchum Sentenced To 60 Days' Gaol On Drug Charge
HOLLYWOOD, Thurs. (A.A.P.): Actor Robert Mitchum was sentenced today to 60 days' gaol and put on two years' probation for having used the drug marijuana. Actress Lila Leeds, seized…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reporter Charged; Hearing Adjourned
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Hearing of a charge against a "Sydney Morning Herald" reporter, J. H. W. Farland, of having been party to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Admits Theft Of Bicycles
Pleading "Guilty" to the theft of three bicycles in Newcastle, William Edward Fort, 39, labourer, was remanded to to-day for sentence by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ritchie Sands Sent To Gaol
KEMPSEY, Wednesday.—Ritchie Sands, a member of the boxing family and a brother of Dave Sands, Australian champion, was sentenced…
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9. A.A.P.—Ralph E. Juminez, who the police alleged was the biggest cocaine smuggler in the Western…
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