Newcastle Police Promotions
Three Newcastle detective-sergeants—R. A. Bodel, R. Whalen and A. T. Williams—have bene promoted to the rank…
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Courts & crime, 1951
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 105
Underworld War Feared By Police
SYDNEY: Defectives fear an outbreak of underworld warfare, following the murder last night of Danny Simmons, 26, at Ultimo. Simmons was found shot,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tennis Court Policy "Difficult"
Forming of a common policy on the allocation and use of council tennis courts was "most difficult," the Town Clerk (Mr. Burges) told…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Acquitted Of Murder After Serving 12 Years
PHILADELPHIA, Tues. (A.A.P.): Rudolph Sheeler (35), former New York restaurant worker, sobbed when acquitted today of a murder charge on which he had served 12 years of a life sentence. Judge James Gordon ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.K. Police Escort For Prisoner
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A police escort was flying from England to take George Eric Titley back to London, Sub-Inspector Martin told…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →High Court Challenge On Potatoes
GOBART, Tuesday.—The Tasmanian Potato Marketing Board will challenge in the High Court the right of the N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Beauty's Father Dies In Court
SYDNEY: A sensation was caused in the Supreme Court today when the father of plaintiff in a breach of promise action dropped dead. The case was one in which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Special Police to Meet N.z. Crisis
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), May 1. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The N.Z. Government to-day set up a civil emergency organisation to help police prevent violence and sabotage arising from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strikers And Police Clash In N.Z.; Some Hurt
(By phone from Wellington, N.Z.): A march on Parliament House, Wellington, by 1500 strikers this morning was broken only after a baton charge by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR: For offensive behaviour in Bolton-street on Monday, John Edward James Conway, 41, and Lawrence Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m.) Exceeded Speed Limit
For having exceeded the speed limit on a motor cycle at Hexham. Eric Norman Allwood of Lorna St., Waratah. was fined £1 10s with…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Charged Man Dead, Court Told
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A man charged with having battered his wife with an axe had been killed in a motor accident, police told Glebe…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jealousy Theory In Murder
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Jealousy and mistaken identity are theories being investigated by police in the murder of Daniel Simmons,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Innocent Man In Gaol For 12 Years
NEW YORK, May 2. A.A.P.—A man was yesterday acquitted of a murder charge on which he had served 12 years of a life sentence…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Chief Kills Two Attackers
SOMERSET (Pennsylvania), Wed. (A.A.P.): Police Chief Ned Hoyt shot dead two of four men who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Power Of Court Challenged
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The jurisdiction of the Industrial Commission to hear summons against the Southern District of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Father Dies At Woman's Court Claim
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The father of a Greek woman who is claiming damages for allegel breach of promise dropped dead in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Army, Police Guard For Wharfies In New Zealand
AUCKLAND, Thurs. (A.A.P.): Under a strong police and military guard, 300 members of the new Auckland Watersiders' Union began work on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m
REMANDED: Matthew Andrew Elkin, 35, miner, was remanded till July 4 on £20 bail, on charges of having driven a car in Beaumont-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Did Not Give Way
Ernest Jackson of Belmore St.. Adamstown. was fined £3 with 10. costs for failing to give way at a Hamilton intersection with a lorry…
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