Magistrate And Solicitor Clash In Court
Mr. M. J. D. Austin, S.M., and Mr. H. L. O'Neill, solicitor, clashed at the resumed hearing at Newcastle Court yesterday of charges…
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Courts & crime, 1950
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Gaol Escapee Mears Says Police Had "Kicked Him Like Dog"
SYDNEY: Police had kicked him like a dog and threatened him with guns to make him give a false statement, William Cecil Mears, 27, laborer declared today at Central Court…
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Before Mr. M. J. D. Austin, S.M., in Newcastle Court yesterday, four Hindu members of the crew of the steamer Oxfordshire were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gaol For Sex Offender
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Solling, S.M., in Paddington Court to-day sentenced Dr. Murdoch Matheson Lines, 26, of Bronte-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Television As Gaol Warder
NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.).—Television used as an ever-present guard would greatly reduce the number of prison breaks and robberies in the near future, the Radio Corporation of America reported today…
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PRAGUE, March 15. A.A.P.—At least three members of the Czech ice hockey team which should have played in the world…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Jack Molyneux, 37, foundry worker, was acquitted in Central Criminal Court to-day on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Death Sentence For Murder
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Stanley David Kennedys, 21, was sentenced to death in the Central Criminal Court to-day for the…
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GUILTY. Albert Guay (32), who Was found guilty of murdering his wife by blowing up an airliner which crashed on Sept. 9, 1949, killing all 23 on board. The trial lasted 13 days…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Cashboxes Switched, Police Say
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Police said in Central Court to-day that a hotel proprietor had wrongfully obtained £8250 in a private hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →U.S. Soldier Gets 50 Years' Gaol For Rape
TOKYO, March 15. A.A.P.-Reuter.âPrivate James Banks, 22-year-old American, was sentenced to 50 years' hard labour by a court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Allege Man Robbed Family
A man who had a month's holiday at Warner's Bay was alleged in the Teralba Court to-day to have robbed the family…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bicycle Parade At Police Station
Lost and stolen bicycles recovered by the police in the past six months will be available for identification at the Newcastle Police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Boys Teams in Main Basketball Match
Northern District Amateur Basketball Association will continue its second series of matches tonight at the Police Boys'…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
BOUND OVER.—Guy Alexander Herd, 19, labourer, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on each of three charges of having had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Cabbied Pillion Passengers
For carrying two pinion passengers, while holding only a motor cycle learner's permit, Colin W. Anderson, of Church-st., Newcastle, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Brothers On Stealing Charge
Two brothers had admitted opening the Cockle Creek railway goods shed with a stick and stealing a case containing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hindu Gaoled For Assault in Ship
Described as a ringleader of the trouble on the steamer Oxfordshire in Newcastle Harbour on Tuesday night. Amu Rundun, 26, Hindu…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mountain Police Seek Man, Son
KATOOMBA.—Police parties are searching the Valley of the Waters for a man and his 11-year-old son, who became lost…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Court Decision "Could Double 5/ Endowment"
CANBERRA, Thursday.—If the Federal Arbitration Court made a new basic wage on the needs of a man and wife only, the…
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