Charged Over Child's Death
MELBOURNE.— Mr. Justice Dean and the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Cussen) told a Criminal Court jury today they did not…
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Courts & crime, 1951
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Bootmaker on Murder Charge
SYDNEY, Monday.—Raymond Leslie Harvey, 27, bootmaker, of Mascot, was charged in Central Court to-day with having murdered…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Three men appeared in Central Court to-day charged with having conspired to defraud Cootamundra Coursing…
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Newcastle police yesterday took statements from' a number of acquaintances of John Maher, whose body was found in a disused mine…
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Detectives investigating the murder of John "Slack" Maher have found no further clues beyond the 22 calibre pistol,…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A motorist who reported a utility truck driver for crossing a double centre line was commended by the police and…
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SYDNEY: Police alleged in Burwood Court today that a postal officer had caused his wife's death through neglect over a period of three months. Before the court in custody was Sydney Baden Barrett, 50…
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KANDOS: Two young New Australians have been detained by police in connection with the…
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After a short retirement, jury in Newcastle Quarter Sessions today found a youth not guilty of indecently assaulting…
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SYDNEY.—Policemen were not entitled to use more force than necessary to make arrests, Mr. Justice Kinsella said…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Oliver James Alfred Kemp, 55, clerk, who had served two years of a four-year gaol sentence, had his conviction…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Tributes To Mr. R. F. Massie
At Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, the Chairman of the Land Board (Mr. D. K. Bowler) referred to the death on Monday of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court at Newcastle Brief Sentence (Before Mr. See, S.M.)
Douglas Stephen Macrae, 22, ship's officer, was sentenced to be imprisoned "until the rising of the court" for being absent without leave from…
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REMANDED.—Leslie Ronald Wilga Eagles, 25, airman, was remanded to July 31 on a charge of having broken and entered the shop of…
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CASINO.—Heavily guarded by detectives, William Henry Abbott, 29, married, was charged with the murder of the…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A youth the abducted and inflicted grievous bodily harm on a six-year-old boy was sentenced to-day to…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A flying tackle by a footballer in crowded city street this afternoon resulted in a man being arrested…
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KANDOS, Wednesday.—A 20-year-old Czech was charged to-day with the murder of Gladys Mines, 30, and George William Rogers,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m.) Assault Charge
John Lafferty, 26, seaman, was remanded to July 30 on £50 bail on a charge of assaulting Esmall Abdul occasioning actual bodily…
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SYDNEY: Former police constable Terence Heffernan, 23, was charged today at Newtown…
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