Remanded on Cattle Stealing Charge
SINGLETON, Friday.—Robert Reginald Beetson, 37, of Putty, was remanded in Singleton Court to-day on a charge of having stolen 17…
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Courts & crime, 1950
2,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 136
Silver Ignored in Cafe Theft
Silver money worth several pounds was ignored in a theft in which between £60 and £70 was stolen from the Crystal Cafe in…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—A boxer, aged 20, who shot his father in the chest on January 7, was sentenced to a year gaol by Mr…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Alfred Edward William Brodie, of Mudgee-street, Rylstone, was sentenced to 12 months hard labour on 11…
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CAIRNS, Friday.—Found guilty of the murder of Mabel Jane Sheffield, 70, at Mt. Cook, on January 12, George Percival Hargreaves, 63,…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—In Central Court to-day, Mrs. Jean Spokes, 27, of Kingsgate Flats, Taylor Square, Darlinghurst, was charged…
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SYDNEY: A 19-year-old married youth was charged today with the manslaughter of his eight months-old son who was found to be dead on arrival at Rachel Forster Hospital, Redfern, this morning…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Police are searching the Manly district for a sex maniac who last night attacked and seriously injured a…
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SYDNEY, Friday—At high speed, a police patrol car to-night chased and caught a lorry to recover £500 worth of allegedly stolen dress…
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THEFT FROM CAR.—Francis Smith, 29, docker, was fined £15 and ordered to pay £1 compensation, for having stolen a suitcase…
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SYDNEY.âDetectives recently made inquiries in Newcastle in connection with the unsolved murder of Sydney solicitor…
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Police charge across Milan's Porta Romana to quell a riot which preceded the 12-hour general strike throughout…
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SYDNEY: A teen-age father, charged with feloniously slaying his infant son, "did his block" when the child would not stop crying, police alleged in Redfern Court today. Before the court was Harold…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Actress Found: Police Check Rumours
PARIS, April 2. A.A.P.—Vivacious, blonde Nicole Riche, supposedly kidnapped star of a gangster play, was found at dawn yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Probing Threats To Anti-Red
MELBOURNE: Police are investigating threatening telephone calls received by Mr. A. W. Weir, an anti-Communist in the Tramways Union, in the last three days…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Betting Money Forfeited
When police searched premises at 16 Brunker-rd., Broadmeadow, by special Gamins and Betting Act warrant on Saturday, they found records…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Detectives to-night arrested five men at Ultimo and recovered £300 worth of material which disappeared from a…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.—William Henry Rogers, 41, labourer, of Renoun Park, successfully appealed against a conviction for murder in…
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SOFIA, April 3. A.A.P.—A Bulgarian Court to-day sentenced the two chief defendants to life imprisonment in the trial of 26…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →International Police Shoot Smuggler
VIENNA, April 3. A.A.P.—Benno Blum, alleged leader of a cigarette-smuggling and kidnapping gang working for the Russians,…
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