Man's Death in Police Station
One of four men to have been found drinking methylated spirits and essence of lemon, had died at…
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Courts & crime, 1949
2,591 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 130
Shipping Clerks May Go To Court On Ballot
SYDNEY, Friday.—An anti-Communist group in the shipping section of the Federated Clerks' Union may ask the Federal…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Detectives to-night went to Luna Park and, after questioning, charged two sailors with having assaulted and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft of £3000 Diamonds
SYDNEY.—A Rose Bay wholesale Jeweller, Mr. Maurice Wessfield, is offering £500 reward for the recovery of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Theft Of Handcuffs
SYDNEY: Two sailors were charged in Central Court today with having assaulted and robbed a policeman of a pair…
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SYDNEY.—Keith Smith, 28, salesman, of Lennartz-st., Enfield, was remanded until May 13 in Central Court today when…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Detectives to-night arrested a 20-year-old girl who they allege tried to poison a women at Double Bay this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →3 Years' Gaol Penalty Of Jealous Act
MELBOURNE—A jealous impulse which prompted Myles Patrick O'Reilly, 27, to explode a stick of gelignite on the roof…
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SYDNEY: Joseph George Eaton (33). fireman, was further remanded until May 4 when charged in Central Court…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →More Pay Suggested For English Police
LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.)—Increases in police pay amounting to about £4,000,000 a year are recommended by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Allege Man Embezzled to Bet
A young man charged with embezzlement had admitted taking the money to back racehorses, a detective said in Newcastle Court today. Before Mr. M. J. Austin. S.M…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →High Court Test Of Regulation
SYDNEY: A full bench of six judges sat in the High Court today to hear a challenge to the validity of Regulation 30A of the National Security (War Service Moratorium) Regulations in so far as the Defence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No More "Metho.," Men Tell Court
SYDNEY.—Three men, who according to police had been drinking methylated spirits and essence of lemon with a fourth…
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SYDNEY: A 20-year-old hairdresser, Judith Ivora Pauline Russell, charged with attempting to poison another woman, was remanded at Paddington Police Court this morning and later today will be examined…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Brief Small Joints Mean Broken Hearts Paper Says Court Circles Inconsistent
Britain's butchers are dying of broken hearts, a speaker sadly told the National Federation of Meat Traders. "Yes," he said, "all because it is no longer a pleasure to stand in the shops…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court at New Castle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Indecent Language
Henry John Thornton, 40, lorry driver, was fined £2 on a charge of having used indecent language on April 22…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Native Charged With Spearing Murder
DARWIN, Tuesday.—Constable F. Fay, while visiting Croker Island Mission, was told that a native was murdered on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Children Believed Burglary Culprits
Children are believed to be responsible for the breaking and entering of Cappers Pty. Ltd. at Maitland…
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William Thomson, 29, driver, was fined a total of £13 for having assaulted two men, one of them a police constable, in Newcastle on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Remand On Wool Theft Charge
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Charged with having had six bales of wool suspected of having been stolen or unlawfully obtained, Ronald Keir,…
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