Airline Manager Fails To Appear At Court
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The managing director of an airlines company did not appear in Central Court to-day to answer a charge…
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Courts & crime, 1950
2,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 136
Newcastle Court Before Mr. M. J. D. Austin, S.m
OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR.—James Eric Thomas, 38, labourer, was fined £5 for offensive behaviour in Bull-street, Cook's Hill, on January 21…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Court (Before Mr. E. I. Cox, S.m.) Traffic Breaches
A fine of 30s with 7s costs was imposed on Herbert Shipley of Coughlan-st., Birmingham Gardens, when he pleaded guilty to having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Harwicke, S.m.) False Pretence Charge
A Blind man, Phillip Cecil Shepherd (32), brushmaker, appeared in Newcastle Court this morning charged with false pretences…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tram Conductor Charged With Murder Intent
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A 24-year-old tram conductor was charged late to-night with having shot John Carter, 43, tram driver, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sentenced to Death After Longest Murder Trial
LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—The longest murder trial in British legal history ended at Liverpool yesterday, when the death sentence was passed on George Kelly (26), laborer, convicted of murdering a cinema manager in a hold-up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Theft From Shop
Maitland police were told today that between last night and this morning, two boxes containing about £6 in silver and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Drunkenness As Plea In Court
LONDON, Thurs. (O.S.R.).—In an assault case at Glasgow the accused entered as a defence that he was drunk and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →District Court Before Judge Nield
DAMAGES CLAIMED.—After a jury of four had been empanelled, the hearing was adjourned till 9.30 a.m. to-day when Alexander Wickham, of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Joke That Misfired Sent Briton To Gaol Buenos Aires, Feb 8. A.A.P.
Frank Kriton, 43, an Englishman, is languishing in an Argentine gaol, apparently as the result of a joke that misfired…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Court at Newcastle (Before Judge Nield) Damages Claimed
Arising out of an accident at West Wallsend on April 25, 1949. Alexander Wickham of Albert-st., Wallsend. claimed £400 damages from John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m
THREATENED SERGEANT.—Patrick Griggs, 27, labourer, was fined £3 for having used threatening words to Detective Sergeant R. Whalen,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kurri Court (Before Mr. F. L. Cox, S.m.) Betting Charges
Jack Harold Britton (38) pleaded guilty to a charge of betting at Kurri on Jan. 21 and was fined £10. Sgt. Dawes said Britton was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Purse Theft Reported
The theft of a black purse. containing £6 4s, from a bedroom at his home in Devonshire-st., Maitland, was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sub. Commander Charged
LONDON, Feb. 9. A.A.P.—Lieutenant Charles Philip Bowers, 28-year-old commander of the submarine, Truculent, appeared before a court-martial to-day at Chatham's naval…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Remanded On Murder Attempt Charge
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Edward Michael Riley-Sexton, 24, tramway employee, in Paddington Court to-day was remanded without bail to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Argentine Police Release Americans
BUENOS AIRES, Thurs. (AJLP.).—Two Americans held incommunicado for eight days by Argentine police were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Solve Billy Rose Jewel Robbery
NEW YORK, Feb. 9. A.A.P.—The 100,000 dollar Billy Rose jewel robbery has been solved, a high police official disclosed to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Posed As Widower, Court Told
Three women, Mrs. "X," Mrs. "Y" and Mrs. "Z," gave evidence at Enfield when Frederick Hancock, 51, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sub. Captain Guilty; Reproved By Court
LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.): Lieut. Charles Bowers (28), commander of the lost submarine Truculent, was found guilty by court-martial yesterday of hazarding his ship by negligence or default…
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