Newcastle Court (Before Mr. G. C. Hook, S.m.)
OFFENSIVE DEHAVIOUR.—Harold Sidebottom, 32, minor, was fined £4 for offensive behaviour in Scott-street. Constable Bell said that on…
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Courts & crime, 1949
2,591 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 130
Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. G. C. Hook, S.m.) Negligent Driving
Douglas Swan Edden St., Adamstown, was fined £5 with 10s court costs in default 11 days' hard labor on a charge of having negligently…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gaol With 70th Conviction
A man with 69 previous convictions, who was released from gaol on Wednesday, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Samford Bank Hold-up Men Sentenced
BRISBANE, Friday.—Four men involved in the Samford bank holdup up received sentences ranging from 10 to five years to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Divorce Court
Mr. Justice Bonney will preside at the sitting of the Divorce Court to start of Newcastle on Monday. 10 a.m.: W. H. Milton v. K A…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sussex Factory in Acid Murder Case
John George Haigh, 39, company director (right), has been charged with the murder of Mrs. Olive Durand-Deacon following the find of acid-reduced human remains in a factory in Sussex (England). land). Top: The small factory and yard where the acid-reduced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crowds Rush Acid Bath Murder Trial
LONDON, March 11. A.A.P.— About 150 men and women made a "bargain sale" rush to get into Horsham Magistrate's Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girls' Story Of Assault Shocks Members Of Jap. Parliament
TOKIO, Sat. (A.A.P.): Two girl secretaries shocked the Japanese Parliament yesterday with charges that a member of the House of Councillors had made improper advances to them. Each of the girls—Miss Onara…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramwaymen Flout Court Order
BRISBANE, Friday.—The Executive of the Brisbane Tramways' Union to-day decided to call another City Council tram and bus…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Toll-Keeper Barred Police With Body
LONDON.— The tollgate-keeper at Iffley (Oxfordshire) (charges, halfpenny single, penny return) refused to let…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. J. R. Love, S.m.)
FALSE PRETENCES.—Convicted of having obtained £15 the property of Harold Holwood Winchester licensee of the Cambridge Hotel…
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SYDNEY: A man charged with murder was allowed £1000 bail on remand by Mr. Denton, S.M., in Central Court today. Norman Wilfred McNamara, 26. rabbit skinner, of Balti-…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Gaol, Not Fines' For Building Racketeers
SYDNEY: Building racketeers should be given a minimum of five years' gaol without the option of paying fines, the General Secretary of the Association of Cooperative Building Societies (Mr. W. G…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ward 'Dumbfounded,' Says Police Inspector
SYDNEY: The Minister for External Territories (Mr. Ward) seemed "amazed and dumbfounded" when shown a letter and plan of Bulolo Valley signed "E. J. Ward, per J. S. Garden," on which Hancock and Gore had paid out £50,000, Det.-Inspector Wilks told the New Guinea Timber Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court at Newcastle Fined for Shoplifting
Pleading guilty to a charge that she stole a pair of woman's stockings, valued at 8s 2d. from W. Winn and Co. at Newcastle on Mar. 11,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man 'Led To Theft Like A Child,' Says Magistrate
"It seems that you were led like a little child," said Mr. G. C. Hook, SM., in Newcastle Court today, when he placed a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Youths on Stealing Charge
Ronald Edward Whybrow, 18, labourer, of Dawson-street, Nareamburn, Ronald Walter Hamill, 18, labourer, of Holterman-street, Crow's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →4 Years' Gaol For Clerk
SYDNEY: A 19-year-old clerk who had pleaded a dual personality was sentenced in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Promotions
SYDNEY.—Several prominent C.I.B. detectives are included in a list of promotions released today by the Commissioner of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Years' Gaol For Assaults On Boys
SYDNEY.—In sentencing Edward Davis, 60, in Quarter Sessions today to five years' imprisonment, Judge Lloyd said that…
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