Man Stabbed Couple Charged To Death
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A man and his wife were charged at Balmain police station early this morning with murder, after an elderly man…
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Courts & crime, 1950
2,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 136
New Trunk Murder Case in U.S.
NEW YORK, April 23. A.A.P.—With the finding of a dismembered body in a padlocked trunk last night, police face a mystery…
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ADELAIDE.—An increase of £4 a week in the basic wage would increase the S.A. Electricity Trust's annual wages…
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NEW ORLEANS, April 23. A.A.P.—As the jury filed in to announce its verdict, Judge F. Echezabel stepped down from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Indecent Behavior
For having behaved indecently off Hunter-st. on April 21, Thomas O'Malley, 33. seaman, was fined £2. On a similar charge Ronald Mason…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A man and a woman were charged at Balmain Court to-day with the murder of John Mackenzie at Balmain…
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Edward McIntosh, 50, labourer, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., at Newcastle Court…
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PRAGUE, April 24. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The Pilsen paper "Pravda" said to-day that a group of 30 men and women from Western Bohemia…
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DUBBO, Monday.—Mr. Justice Dwyer to-day ordered a re-trial for Mrs. Ethel Maud Wood, 42, on a charge of having murdered her husband. The jury, after a retirement of…
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The Land and Valuation Court would sit in Newcastle Courthouse for about four weeks in August, the Town Clerk (Mr. Burges) said…
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A request by the Newcastle City Council for a policeman to be stationed permanently in the Lambton area will be taken up with the…
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Police fear for the safety of two men who left Wagstaff Point, near Gosford, in an open launch on a fishing expedition at about 8.30…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
REMANDED.—Allan james Mitchell, 21, labourer, was remanded till May 15, on £100 ball, on a charge of having indecently assaulted a female…
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SANTA MONICA, California. April 25. A.A.P.—John Grant was formally charged with six counts of attempted murder in placing a…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A Greek was charged at Central Police Court to-day with having assaulted a fish merchant who was stabbed at a…
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HOLLYWOOD, April 25. A.A.P. —Film writer, Ring Lardner, jun., advertised his 10-roomed beach home for sale yesterday under the…
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SYDNEY: A Long Bay Gaol warder said in the Industrial Court today that, because of night work, he and other warders had to use medically prescribed drugs to get to sleep…
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SINGAPORE, April 25. A.A.P.- Reuter.—A Chinese contractor sentenced to death for the murder of his wife, will appeal to the…
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Mr. G. G. Noble, former police Inspector, was farewelled by Newcastle police yesterday afternoon on the eve of his departure overseas…
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ANTWERP, Wed. (A.A.P.).—Police charged demonstrators with rifle-butts yesterday after 16.000 dockers had…
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