£1000 Reward In Murder Case
SYDNEY.—A reward of £1000 for information leading to the arrest of the murderer of Miss Mary Fahy, 62, who was found…
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Courts & crime, 1949
2,591 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 48 of 130
More Shooting in Berlin Armed Police Denounced
BERLIN, May 23. A.A.P.—Shooting broke out again in the early hours to-day in the railway yards west of the Charlottenburg station…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
UNDER INFLUENCE.—For having driven a car in Maitland-road, Mayfield, on Sunday afternoon, while under the influence of liquor, John…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. Hardwicke, S.m.) Theft Charge
Thomas Richards (25), laborer, was charged with stealing an electric stove and other goods, valued in all at £50, the property of George…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Judge Calls Theft "Contemptible"
SYDNEY.—"It was a contemptible crime—to steal an accordion from a blind man who needed it to earn a living,"…
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday. (A.A.P.)—United States Atomic Energy Commission security officers took two bars…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bogus Engineer Sent To Gaol
A man who obtained £10 by posing as all engineer of Bundarra Shire Council was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment for false…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seaman Charged With Attack On Ship's Captain
In Newcastle Court yesterday Joseph Malone, 35, ship's fireman, was committed for trial by Mr. Austin, S.M., on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Assaulted By Police;" Claim At Sessions
Charged at Newcastle Sessions yesterday with having broken into the home of Mitchell William Kenseil, of Howe-street, Lambton on October…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Red Police Move Out Of Berlin Stations
BERLIN, Wed. (A.A.P.): Soviet-controlled police moved out quietly last night as armed reinforcements of Western Berlin German police began taking over all strike-bound railway stations in the Western sectors. Western military governors…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
BOUND OVER.—Colin Smith, 24, labourer, was placed on a £10 bond to be of good behaviour for 12 months when he pleaded "Guilty" to…
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Joseph Malone, 34, trimmer, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment by Judge Nield at Newcastle Sessions yesterday, for having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Sent To Gaol; Bonds For 2 Women
A man was sent to prison and a woman given a bond when they pleaded "Guilty" in Newcastle Court yesterday to charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Round Up Egyptian Terrorists
ALEXANDRIA, May 25. A.A.P. —The police to-day arrested 100 members of the outlawed Moslem Brotherhood and seized three radio…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Hidden in Saddles, Court Told
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A barman had admitted having hidden old in saddles with specially constructed pockets for dispatch to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
REMANDED.—Thomas Richards, 25, labourer was remanded till June 6 on a charge of having stolen an electric stove and other goods, to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Belmont Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.) Committed for Trial
Harold Ernest Haberley. 37. draughtsman, was committed for trial at Newcastle Quarter Sessions on July 25 on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Seaman Charged with Stabbing
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A seaman was charged with malicious wounding after another seaman had been stabbed in a fight on board the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Found House Ransacked
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Investigating a robbery at Dover Heights tonight detectives decided to inspect a neighbouring house and found it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Crowd At Police Ball
A UNIFORMED police officer opened car doors and greeted guests as they arrived for the Police Ball at the Empire Palais…
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