Penalty Rates For Gaol Employees
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Justice Ferguson, of the Industrial Commission, to-day granted the first penalty rates to be awarded to…
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Courts & crime, 1949
2,591 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 130
Mitchum Made Film Plans In Gaol
HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 31. A.A.P. —Robert Mitchum, the film actor, who was freed from gaol yesterday after serving 50 days on a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Increases Widow's Legacy
MELBOURNE, Thursday.— Secretly married to a widow with four children, Dennis Joseph Fowler, wealthy fellmonger, left her an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Threatened Witness, Court Told
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A man alleged to have tried to frighten a witness into not giving evidence was to-day committed for trial, at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kate Leigh Complains of Police Action
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. P. N. Roach, solicitor for Mrs. Kathleen Barry (Kate Leigh), alleged in Central Court to-day that police…
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SYDNEY: Three Fijian seamen, who were charged in Central Court today with murder, brutally kicked two Indians to death in Adelaide on December 8, Sgt. J. Milne (Police Prosecutor) told…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£1000 Of Goods Court Exhibits
SYDNEY.—Jewellery, clothing, suit lengths and footwear, valued at over £1000, were tendered by police as exhibits in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
REMANDED. — John Lennan, 30, labourer, was remanded to April 8 on charges of having assaulted James Augustus Ham and Constable C. B…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Indecent Language
Hilton Charles Hawkins. 33 seaman. was fined £3 for having used indecent language in Hunter St. yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Donald Sydney McDonald, 46, of Melbourne, a chef, was sentenced by Judge Barton to six months' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Charged After Showground Death
MELBOURNE, Friday.—John Bateson, 74, of no fixed place of abode, died last night in a horse stall at Warragul Showground from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£7000 Jewellery Theft While Owner At Lunch
BRISBANE, Friday.—A car containing jewellery valued at between £7000 and £8000 was stolen while a Sydney jewellery salesman had…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Three Fijian seamen, charged at Central Court with having murdered an Indian at Port Adelaide on…
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LONDON, April 1. A.A.P.—The "acid bath" murder trial began to-day. The Prosecutor told the Court that John George Haigh, 40, who is charged with having murdered Mrs. Olive Durand-Deacon, had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Comic Court By Three Lengths
SYDNEY: Comic Court, odds-on favorite for the Three and Four-Year-Old Quality Handicap at Rosehill this afternoon, gave J. Thompson his second win for the afternoon. The race was made easier for Comic Court by the withdraw…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
REMANDED.—David Pepperall, 56, labourer, won remanded till Tuesday on charges of having stolen a bicycle valued £10, the property of a person…
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Bail of £300 was allowed by Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.M., in Newcastle Police Court today when he remanded a man till…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Police his afternoon charged with murder a man who walked into Darlinghurst police station and gave himself up…
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PRAGUE, April 3. A.A.P.—Dr. Joza Pijukovic, a former Hungarian opposition member of Parliament, has been sentenced to 10 years'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Young Man In Court On Murder Charge
SYDNEY: A 20-year-old tram conductor, who was charged in Central Court today with having murdered a man after a dance on Saturday night, was released on £500 bail by Mr. Pickup, S.M., when…
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