Sentenced To Death; Shot Friend
SYDNEY Monday —A 26-year-old milk carter was found guilty in the Central Criminal Court to-day of having murdered his best…
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Courts & crime, 1951
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 31 of 105
Remanded On Murder Attempt Charge
SYDNEY. — Keith Edward Farnsworth, 21, a rubber worker of Wigram-st., Harris Park. was remanded on charges of…
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BURNIE, Monday. — Jealousy had caused a former member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly to murder a woman 20 years his…
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LONDON, April 16. A.A.P.— Thirteen policemen were injured in clashes with members of the Free German Youth movement at…
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The Superintendent of Newcastle Police Boys' Club Constable W. McKie) receives a cheque of £100 from Mr. G. Plummer (left), of Dudley, to build a new 16ft. skiff for the club's sailing section. The skiff to be built at Taree, will be named Barbara,…
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SYDNEY: The N.S.W. Police Association today severed its affiliation with the Federal and State Public and Essential…
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REMANDED—John Robert Asper, 25, labourer, was remanded till April 30, on £20 hall on charges of having driven a car in Young-street,…
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SINGAPORE, April 16. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Hundreds of troops and police stood by in Singapore to-day as a precautionary measure for the hearing of the Bertha Hertogh appeal case by the Singapore Supreme Court, but no disturbances occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. See. S.m.) Bail Forfeited
John Arthur Christopherson, 20, laborer, forfeited £5 bail when he allied to appear on a charge of behaving indecently in King St…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. Sec, S.m.) Charges of Car Stealing
Gordon Edward Charles Lister, 32. Utter and turner, was refused bail when he was remanded to Sydney on two charges of stealing care…
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Allan Leslie Anderson, 21, labourer, pleaded "Guilty" at Newcastle yesterday to having stolen £40, the property of his…
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The Police Department had granted permission for a sporting car hill climb contest in King Edward Park on April 28, the…
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BURNIE, Tuesday. — A man charged with murder had threatened to take his own life, it was alleged in the Criminal Court to-day…
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IN criticising public reluctance to help the police, the president of the Police Association of N.S.W. directs attention to a tendency on the part of many people to side with the "underdog,"…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Police and firemen to-night pumped thousands of gallons of water from a pool at Footscray in an effort to…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Police often risked their lives to arrest "drunken beasts" in cars and then saw them released by the court,…
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REMANDED. — Gordon Edward Charles Lister, 32, fitter and turner, was remanded to Tamworth on Monday, on £750 bail, on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.) Exceeded Speed Limit
Thomas Wins of Smith Lane, East Maitland, was fined £5 with 10s costs for having exceeded the speed limit…
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MELBOURNE: Bruce Arthur Thompson (15) of Donald-st., Footscray, was charged at the City…
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SYDNEY: An attractive 21-year-old girl was remanded to April 17 in Paddington Court today on a charge of having…
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