Allies Consider German Police Force Proposal
WASHINGTON, June 4. A.A.P.—The Western Powers are considering a proposal to create a central police force of 25,000 men in…
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Courts & crime, 1950
2,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 61 of 136
As Woman Migrant As Interpreter At Court
An attractive 28-year-old blonde migrant from Greta Camp celebrated the first anniversary of her arrival in Australia by acting as interpreter in a case at Maitland Court today. She was the first woman mi-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man's Hysterics in Court at Acid Throwing Trial
PARIS, Mon. (O.S.R.).—A man on trial for throwing vitriol in his former mistress's face had a fit of nervous hysteria when the disfigured woman was brought into court. He sobbed, "Forgive me! Forgive me!" and fell to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. A. R. Ranchke, S.m.) Seamem Fined
Two Dutch seamen. Gor Van Pelt, 19, and Ya D. Cils, 23, were each fined 30b for having behaved indecently in Devonshire St. off…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Maitland Court (Before Mr. P. H. Wood, S.w.) Used Cycle Without Consent
Andrew McNabb, 20, miner, or Hampton Lane, Kurrt Kurrt, was fined £20 and ordered to Day £12 103 6d compensation, when he…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Beach Murder Suspect "Had Fight in Gaol"
MELBOURNE, Monday.—The seventh day of the Middle Park beach murder re-trial brought out a disclosure that John Bryan Kerr,…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Two warders have been charged after an outbreak recently from Berrima Training Centre…
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Mr. A. R. Raschke, S.M., refused to accept pleas of "Guilty" by three men charged at Newcastle Court yesterday with having taken…
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SYDNEY: A 20-year-old I.A.N. rating, whose defence was an alibi, was acquitted in the Quarter Sessions today of…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—William Noel Cartwright, 40, barber, of Buckingham-street, Surry Hills, in Central Court to-day was remanded…
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Horace Edward Richards, 54, draughtsman, was charged before Mr. A. R. Raschke, S.M., in Newcastle Court yesterday with having…
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KATOOMBA, Monday.—Five policemen had to climb an almost vertical cliff face to-day to recover a body found by hikers yesterday…
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MELBOURNE.—Police are investigating the death of Hugh Coombes, a full-blooded aborigine, whose body was found…
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WASHINGTON, Monday (A.A.P.).—The U.S. Supreme Court today handed down three unanimous rulings removing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shot Man, Cut Own Throat: Court Story
A Belmont man had admitted to him that after shooting his neighbor, he had cut his own throat, a constable said at Newcastle Court today. Horace Edward Richards. 54 draughtsman, was committed…
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MELBOURNE. — Melbourne Wireless Patrol Police fired shots over a fleeing car with false number-plates in an…
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DISCHARGED.—The police had no evidence to offer when Isaac George Olcorn, 29, traveller, was charged with having driven a car…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Court At Newcastle (Before Judge O'Sullivan.) Verdict by Consent
By consent a verdict for £40. with £7 7s costs, was granted for Roy Reginald Fogg, of Maitland Rd.. Mayfield, against William Hilton…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Yugoslavs Sentenced
BELGRADE, Wed. (A.A.P.). —A Yugoslav military court yesterday sentenced to 20 years' gaol Branko Petrecevic, a…
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The lonely little house in the clump of trees showed a single light, down in the living room. Mace went quietly up the…
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