Seven Years For Assault, Robbery
SYDNEY, Friday.—A traveller was sentenced to seven years' gaol to-day for having assaulted and robbed a woman of money and…
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Courts & crime, 1949
2,591 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 56 of 130
Counterfeiter Gets Two Years' Gaol
SYDNEY, Friday.—Stanley John Wordley, 32, labourer, of Ashfield, who pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of possessing coining…
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SYDNEY, Friday.âAfter three hours' retirement, a jury in Central Criminal Court to-day found Edward Lance Williams, 34, of…
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LONDON.—It was a Sunday morning when Alfred Reginald Gulley. 42, dashed into Neville Leatherland's house…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Warnings By Police
THE Superintendent of Police (Mr. Wiley) last night warned people in the low lying areas about Seaham, Miller's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Appeal For Cooperation
The District Superintendent of Police (Mr. Wiley) today appealed to the public to co-operate with the police in…
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LONDON: After being told that a woman under escort opened the door of a train and tried to jump out, but was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. M. J. D. Austin, S.m
REMANDED.—Cecil Robert Perry, 40, miner, was remanded to July 4, on £20 bail, on charges of having ridden a motor-cycle in Tudor-street,…
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ROME, Mon. (A.A.P.).—Thirty-four persons have been charged in connection with the disappearance of Fascist…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Sentenced To Death 22 Times
LONDON, June 19. A.A.P.—A guerilla chieftain was sentenced to death 22 times by a penal court at Karditza, in Thessaly, yesterday…
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PERTH, Sunday.—John Arthur Stevens, 33, timberman, of Hannan's Lense, was arrested at Kalgoorlie yesterday and charged with…
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HUNDREDS of motor vehicles crowded the Maitland-road yesterday as people went to see the flood damage. The road was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Work Three Days Without Sleep
On duty without sleep or rest since 6 a.m. on Friday, police from Sydney, Newcastle, Maitland and other areas did magnificent work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Charge Withdrawn
A charge against Oswald Hunt, 36, seaman, of being a prohibited immigrant, was withdrawn. The court was told that Hunt had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nine Months' Gaol For Theft Of Bicycle
A youth, who was described by the police as a persistent bicycle thief, was sent to gaol for nine months today, for…
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BERLIN, Tues. (A.A.P.). — A U.S. District Court in Berlin has sentenced Bernard Eckmer, 46-year-old self-confessed…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—John Leslie Shinell, 33, an interstate criminal, was found hanged in Brisbane Gaol when a warder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder, Suicide In Glasgow
LONDON, Tues. (OSS): Water from a burst pipe dripping through a ceiling in Tradestown…
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New Lambton Park receives special attention and until such time as a resident constable is again placed at Lambton…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dripping Water Led To Murder Discovery "Herald" Service
LONDON, June 20.—Water started dripping throught the ceding of a flat in Tradeston, Glasgow, yesterday, and within a few minutes…
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