Man Gaoled For Assault, Robbery
SYDNEY, Friday.— Harold Sydney Brett, 29, labourer, of Henry-street, Lidcombe, in Quarter Sessions to-day, was sentenced…
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Courts & crime, 1951
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 61 of 105
Newcastle Court
DISMISSED.—The police offered no evidence against George Maxwell Bridges, 36, driver, Royston David Burns, 24, clerk, and John Robert…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—An elderly wharflabourer had died from being beaten by another man, allegedly at the instigation of a woman, the…
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STOCKHOLM.— A reserve police force of 14,000 men for protective and guard duties is at present being trained and…
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The police patrolled High-street, Maitland, yesterday, to enforce the no-parking ban and booked at least three motorists…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Nelungaloo Ply Ltd., a Parkes company, to-day asked the High Court for a certificate to enable it to appeal to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Crowded at Preliminary Hearing of Liquor Inquiry
SYDNEY: The Banco Court was crowded with barristers, solicitors and members of the public when the Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Maxwell) opened the preliminary hearing today to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Court (Before Mr. A. S. Tunchon. S.m.) Stole Wire
Keith Mervyn Bridge. 23. laborer, and William Edward Payne. 23. col-lector, both of Telarah St.. Telarah. were bound over In £20 to be of…
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NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.).—Millionaire Frederick Vander bilt Field was sentenced today to six months' gaol for refusing…
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SYDNEY: A man who it is claimed can give sensational evidence on behalf of Frederick Lincoln McDermott, now serving a life sentence for murder, has been located in Tasmania…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Magnet Finds Hammer
SYDNEY.—Using an electromagnet, C.I.B. detectives and City Council employees found in a drain a hammer which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Inquire Into Woman's Death
TAMWORTH, Monday.—Police are inquiring into the death of the wife of a wealthy Wallabadah district grazier at her home in…
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OBERON.—Six policemen who left here yesterday to question New Australians at a camp 45 miles away are believed to be…
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Mr. Justice Webb continued the hearing at Newcastle Courthouse yesterday of the question of demarcation on work done by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wife Of Wealthy Gezier Took Poison, Police Believe
QUIRINDI: C.I.B. detectives believe that the death on Monday of Mrs. Evelyn Maude Wilson, 45, wife of well-known and wealthy Quirindi grazier, was caused by her taking poison. Mrs. Wilson, daughter of Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m
REMANDED. — Wilfred Lionel Dixon, 38, mechanic, was remanded till August 27, on £20 ball, on charges of having driven a car in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court at Newcastle Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Charges Dismissed
The magistrate dismissed charges of negligent driving against Kevin Langley Keating, 51, manager, and John Lambert James, 35, laborer…
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SYDNEY.—The Chief Judge in Divorce (Mr. Justice Edwards) today gave Pressmen permission to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
REMANDED.—Leslie Allan Morrison, 28, spray painter, was remanded till September 20 on charges of having had in his possession on May…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Traffic Offences
Penalties were:—Alexander Henry Seymour, of Mary St., Wikckham, £3, with 10s costs, for disobeying a traffic signal and…
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