Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Traffic Offences
Penalties were: Colin Pratt, of Carrington St., Mayfield, 33s with 7s costs for exceeding the speed limit on a motor…
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Courts & crime, 1951
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 65 of 105
£520 Copper Tube Theft at Hexham
Twenty-two copper tubes, valued at £520, are missing from J. and A. Brown's engineering works at Hexham. Each tube weighs about…
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SYDNEY.—Phillip Smith, 23, bricklayer, of Union St., North Sydney, was further remanded until Aug. 23 in Central Court…
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A witness at the Jesmond murder inquest yesterday mentioned times in his evidence which differed from a statement he had previously given the police…
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Michael Joseph Maher, 50, laborer, was today committed for trial by the Newcastle Coroner (Mr. T. H. D. See) on a charge of having murdered his brother at Jesmond on July…
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SYDNEY: Well known "strong man" and massuer Lawrence Charles Heffernan had developed an antipathy towards the police force after he had been arrested for drunkeness, his widow testified at his…
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"If you value your occupation and liberty take this as a last and final warning," said Mr. R. A Hardwicke, S.M., at…
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VAGRANCY.—Alexander Mulvenna, 63, labourer, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for vagrancy. BETTING CHARGES.—Lewis…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cessnock Court (Before Mr. F. P. Halpin, S.m.) Traffic Breaches
Penalties were: For having ridden a bicycle without a light Edwin Cooper, of Neath Rd., Cessnock, £1 3s with 7s costs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Start For Gaol Probation
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The adul probation service would start, in New South Wales this month, the Attorney-General (Mr. Martin) said…
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SINGAPORE, Aug. 14. A.A.P.-Reuter.—0Convicted Japanese war criminals who left Singapore by ship to-day for Japan to serve their sentences do not expect to stay long, in prison. They looked fit and grinned…
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Michael Joseph Maher, 50, labourer, was committed for trial yesterday on a charge of having murdered his brother. The Coroner, Mr. T. H…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Professor's New Theory in Girl-murder Case
LONDON, Wed. (O.S.R.)—The position of a man's tie in assault cases was of the greatest importance, Professor J. M. Webster, Home Office pathologist, told Birmingham Police Court…
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AUCKLAND, August 14. A.A.P.—George Cecil Horry, 44, tailor's presser, was sentenced to-day to life imprisonment with hard labour for the murder of his wife, about July 12, 1942…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Probe Death Of War Hero
SYDNEY—Detectives are investigating the death of a World War I. hero, who was allegedly punched in the Gallipoli…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Reply From Police Chief On Protest Meeting
The Mayor of Maitland (Ald. J. Harvey) said yesterday that no reply had been received from the Commissioner of Police to an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m.) Shoplifter
Annie Pearl Browning, 44, home duties, was fined £3 for stealing a £2 2s 6d handbag from Winns Ltd., yesterday…
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LONDON.—When the police called to arrest Robert Patrick Payne at his home at Stede Hill Camp, Harrietsham, near…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Man Is Charged With Slaying
SYDNEY.—A 63-year-old man was today charged in Central Court with slaying another man in the Gallipoli…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Detective lives to-night charged a 63-year-old city clerk with manslaughter, as the result of the death on…
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