Young Man Acted Like Cur, Magistrate Says
"A man is a cur to 'pick' on a man twice his age to show his bravery," Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., said at Newcastle Court…
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Courts & crime, 1951
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Police Inquire Into Man's Injuries
Andrew James Potts, of Port Macquarie, was admitted to Port Macquarie District Hospital late on Wednesday night with wounds to…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — The former wife of David Stewart Dawson, Mrs. Patricia Anne Garvan, 27, to-day was ordered by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Application To Transfer Case To High Court
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Application had been made to the High Court for the transfer to that Court of the hearing of a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
BETTING CHARGES.—For having made bets in the kitchen of the Wickham Park Hotel on Wednesday, Richard Hords, 39, and Robert…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Murder Appeals Dismissed
SYDNEY, Friday.—Appeals by two women and a man against their convictions on a charge of murder were dismissed by the Full…
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GOSFORD, Friday. — Leslie Harold Ward, 48, carpenter, of Barrenjoey-road, Ettalong, was charged to-day with having…
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SYDNEY.—Police early to-day arrested a 16-year-old youth at Burwood and charged him with rape…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Probe Three Deaths
SYDNEY: Detectives are investigating a theory that three women who died at St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, within the past ten days, were the victims of similar circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
DISCHARGED. — The police had no evidence to offer when James Campbell Murdoch, 35, labourer, was charged with having driven a car…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Charged With Theft Of Two Paintings
SYDNEY: A licensed collector charged with the theft of two oil paintings, one said to be worth one thousand guineas,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Graziers Move To Prevent Sheep Stealing
SYDNEY, Sunday.—To check sheep stealing, the New South Wales Graziers' Association will ask the Government to prevent anyone…
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PERTH, Sunday.—Special police and watchmen were on board the Dutch migrant ship Johan van Oldenbarnevelt when she berthed at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Betting Charges
For using premises in Maitland Rd., Mayfield. for betting, Benjamin Broadbead, 57, butcher, was fined £15…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Reservists' Social
Police reservists will hold a social in the Railway Institute, Scott-street, Newcastle, on Saturday to welcome Superintendent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taxi Hold-Up Fake, Police Say
SYDNEY, Monday.—A 21-year-old taxi driver, who told police that a masked bandit had robbed him at gunpoint of £6 at Carringbah…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
NOT PAY FARE.—For having travelled in a train between Wauchope and Broadmeadow on Sunday without having previously paid the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Court CROSS-ACTION (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M.)
John Francis Davidson, of Cessnock, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having used insulting words to James Allen of Cessnock at a dance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Offensive Behavior
John Edward James Conway, 41, laborer, was fined £2 for offensive behavior in Bolton-st., Newcastle, on April 30…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft, Forgery After Bigamy Lead To Gaol
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A 20-year-old labourer who robbed an Irish migrant of her savings after a bigamous marriage was sentenced…
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