Czechs Gaol Two U.s. Soldiers
PRAGUE, March 29. A.A.P.—In a secret trial the Senate of the Prague State Court has found two American soldiers guilty of espionage. It sentenced one to 12 years'…
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Courts & crime, 1949
2,591 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 130
Police Intervene At Meeting
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Police intervened to stop returned servicemen from attacking an assistant to Mr. Max Julius, Communist candidate for Lord Mayor, at a meeting at Clayfield to-night…
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Police last night advised Newcastle Council that action had been taken to ensure that all trailers parked in Newcastle streets at night…
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NEW YORK, March 29. A.A.P. —Mrs. Pearl Burrus, 41; has applied for the job of police chief of Evarts (Kentucky), a small mountain town,…
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WOMEN FINED.—Delma Carr, 36, domestic duties, and Mary Alma Neill, 36, domestic duties, were each fined £5 for offensive behaviour…
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SYDNEY. Wednesday.—A young wife told Mr. Denton, S.M., in Central Court, that when she refused to withdraw a summons for…
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SYDNEY: New week-end penalty rates were granted to-day by Mr. Justice Ferguson of the Industrial Commission,…
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HOLLYWOOD, Wednesday (A.AP.): Film actor Robert Mitchum and actress Lila Leeds were released today…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— Richard Robert Hollis, 16, of Mt. Elwyn, in the Criminal Court to-day was found not guilty of…
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MONTREAL, March 30. A.A.P.—Police and Communists fought in the streets of Montreal last night. The trouble followed…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A conviction and fine of £5 imposed on Sergeant Albert James Biddington by the Police Discipline Board…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A letter to his mother inreatening to [?] sister-in-law and "do away" with himself was found in a man's…
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SYDNEY.—Racehorse owner W. M. Reid of Brisbane, who was disqualified for five years as the result of an inquiry into…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Compensation Court (Before Judge Rainbow.) Compensation for [?]
John Henry Kellett, of Maitland-rd., Mayfield, who lost the sight of his right eye in an accident at New[?]olds Refractories, was granted £310…
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REMANDED.—Thomas Watkins, 18, labourer, was remanded to Wednesday on charges of having stolen a motor-cycle, valued £150, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Belmont Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.) Illegal Betting
Ronald Williams, 35 laborer, William James Richmond, 64, laborer, and Clare Williams, 32, domestic, were each fined £20 for S.P…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Cyclist Was Drunk
Gregory Mulrconry, 23, laborer, who rode a bicycle along Scott St., Newcastle, yesterday, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Charged that, as directors of a public company, they had fraudulently taken and applied to their own use £250…
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GRAFTON, Thursday.—A youth was charged to-day with arson after a fire in the E.S. and A. Bank's premises last night…
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NEW YORK, March 31. A.A.P. —A Jewish magistrate to-day refused to bear a charge of disorderly conduct against three young Jews…
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