Turkish Delight for Jordan Court
King Abdullah of the Jordan wants a Turkish cook. An official of his Court has written to the Governor of…
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Courts & crime, 1950
2,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 47 of 136
Police Fear of "Violence" If Bail Granted
SYDNEY.: Police feared "further violence" if William Hollebone, 30, charged with carrying an unlicensed pistol, was allowed bail, Mr. Denton, S.M., was told in Central Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Troops And Police On Alert In May Day Trouble-Spots
LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P. & O.S.R.). — Troops and police were alert in world trouble-spots last night as millions of Communists and non-Communists prepared rival May Day demonstrations and parades. British. French and U.S…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Allan Clyde Hawkins, 27, truck driver, of Gallipoli-street, Lidcombe, was charged in Central Court to-day with having…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.—A man found guilty of murder had his sentence reduced to manslaughter by the Full Court to-day. He was…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Inspector H. R. Donelly told the City Court to-day that a barrister charged with having murdered his wife…
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AUCKLAND, May 1. A.A.P.-Reuter.—A shot from a detective's automatic pistol ended an hour's chase by two police patrol cars…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Police opposed bail for a man who was charged in Central Court to-day with having carried an unlicensed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →11 Shot Dead By Police In Africa: May Day Clashes
JOHANNESBURG, Tues. (A.A.P.). —At feast 11 Africans were shot dead and 10 seriously wounded last night when police fired on May Day demonstrators…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Fail To Find Parents Of Boy (3) Left In Theatre
SYDNEY: All efforts by detectives and women police to identify a three-year-old boy found, wandering in the Capitol Theatre last night and to locate his relatives have failed. Wrapped in police overcoats,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Indecent Language
For having used indecent language in Hunter-st., William Rennie McDowell. 24, seaman, was fined £3. On a similar charge, Gerald…
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LITHGOW, Tuesday.—Apple thieves are operating extensively in the Hartley Valley. One orchardist, Mr. W. R. Harris, estimated…
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ROME, Wed. (O.S.R.).—Marshal Rodolfo Graziani (68) the last of the great figures of Mussolini'5s Fascist…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bail Trick Leads To Theft Charge
A 23-year-old New Zealander had stolen 25s from the wife of a new-found friend on Saturday, by pretending that it would be used as bail to release her husband from gaol, Newcastle Court was told today…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday,—George Joseph Rose, 26, ship's cook, at Central Court to-day was sentenced to six months' gaol on two charges…
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Eighteen undefended petitions were heard by Mr. Justice Edwards at the sitting of the Divorce Court that began in Newcastle yesterday…
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SINGAPORE, May 2. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Special Branch police officers maintained an all-night watch outside the hotel room, where the…
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HOBART, Tuesday.—If police investigations showed that five Labour members of Parliament sold liquor without a licence at Lutana…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Probate Court Judge Rejects Woman's Will
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Justice Roper in the Probate Court to-day rejected the will of a woman on the ground that the woman, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
SHIPBOARD INCIDENT.—For having behaved offensively in Wharf-road, Newcastle, on April 8, Robert Hughes, 21, and Jack Hunter, 22,…
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