Police Say Gun Was Not Used On Mears
SYDNEY, Thursday.—William Mears was not threatened with a gun when he made a statement, Detective-sergeant Raymond…
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Courts & crime, 1950
2,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 136
Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
VAGRANCY.—George Peter Rich, 42, labourer, was sentenced to three months imprisonment for vagrancy. To permit his obtaining…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Belmont Court (Before Mr. M. J. Austin. S.m.) Betting Charges
Robert usware 1421, miner, was fined £20 on a charge of betting on vacant land off Ocean-st., Dudley, on Mar. 11…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.M. Rode Cycle Under Influence
For having ridden a bicvele white under the influence of liquor In King st. on March 10, George Maloney, 49 laborer, was fined £3…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Boxer Sentenced to 9 Months' Gaol
SYDNEY, Friday.—John Francis Gleeson, 23, professional boxer, was sentenced to nine months gaol in the Quarter Sessions to-day on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Constable Demoted For Assault
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Detective Senior Constable Francis Gerald Holland, of the Consorting Squad, was demoted to a first-class…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hire-Purchase Firm Slated By Magistrate
At Belmont Court yesterday the Magistrate (Mr. Austin) said a hirepurchase firm was apparently using the criminal law against a man to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Two Years' Gaol For Carnal Knowledge
SYDNEY, Friday.—Sentencing a man to two years' gaol for having had carnal knowledge of a girl aged 13, Judge Curlewis said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Firebug Is Sentenced to Five Years' Detention
LONDON, Sat. (A.A.P.).—A 15-year-old schoolboy, who set fire to a house in which three women afterwards died, went back home and watched the blaze from his bedroom window…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clairvoyant Aids Police "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, March 17.—The Pennsylvania police asked a "psychic" housewife to use her special powers to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Boys Thrill In Basketball
The main game in the Northern District Amateur Basketball Association competition on Thursday night between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →250,000 Face Gaol If U.S. Leaves Berlin "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, March 17.—A Quarter of a million West Berliners are marked down for Soviet concentration camps if the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Runaway Truck Nearly Kills Police Sergeant
A policeman, Sgt. Airs, of Newcastle Station, had a narrow escape from death at the scene of the big fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Survived Death Pact, Police Allege
MELBOURNE, Friday.—A 39-year-old woman, who, police allege, survived a death pact with her husband, was charged in the City Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wild Car-driving By Stars Annoys Police
HOLLYWOOD, Fri. (O.S.R.): Los Angeles police officials are losing patience with careless movie motorists. Lately there have been a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Outburst In Court By Mears
SYDNEY, Friday. William Cecil Mears, in another outburst in Central Court to-day, said "a comb should be run through the police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Solicitor in Court on 22 Fraud Charges
SYDNEY, Friday.—A solicitor appeared in Central Court to-day on 22 charges of having fraudulently misappropriated amounts totalling…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
INTOXICATED CYCLIST.—George Maloney, 49, labourer, was fined £3 for having ridden a bicycle along King-street, Newcastle, on March 10…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bergman To Fight Court Action In U.S.A.
LOS ANGELES, March 17. A.A.P.—Ingrid Bergman would return to the United States to fight for the custody of her 12-year-old…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Father Charged With Intent To Murder
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Alleged to have shot his son in the leg with a 22 calibre rifle during an altercation, Horace Lewis…
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