Murder Suspect's Bottle Of Brandy
SYDNEY: Police seized a bottle of brandy from an inside pocket of a man charged with murder during a City Coroner's Court adjournment today. The liquor was confiscated…
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Courts & crime, 1951
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 66 of 105
Double Murder Inquest "Heard Shots," Says Witness
CASINO.—A 73-year-old pensioner, Thomas William Hoult, told the Casino Coroner today that he heard five shots the night the [?]me of a teenage couple caught fire…
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SINGAPORE, Aug. 15. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Terrorists killed or wounded 12 constables yesterday in an attack on a police post in the…
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TOKIO, Thurs. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—One thousand police reserves yesterday surrounded a high school in Tokio to stop…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m.) Unlicensed Radios
The following were fined for having unlicensed radio sets: Roy Leonard Newans of Ingall St., Mayfield East, £1 with 10s costs; Victor…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cabaret Murder "Hayes Shot Lee," Police Evidence
SYDNEY: John Frederick ("Chow") Hayes, shot to death ex-boxer William John ("Bobby") Lee in Ziegfeld Cabaret last May, according to evidence before the City Coroner (Mr. A. N. Bott)…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A witness said to-day that he was present when former boxer William John ("Bobby") Lee was shot dead in the Ziegfeld nightclub on May 29…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Probe Death Of Woman
SYDNEY.—The mysterious death of Mrs. Eugenie Steinbeck, 38, in Armidale Hospital on Wednesday is being…
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CASINO: A grazier at the teenage murder inquest here today said his 17-Year-old daughter-in-law described to him how she was assaulted when only 13 by a man who is…
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CASINO, Thursday.—A radiographer from Casino Hospital showed X-ray photographs on a screen in Casino Coroner's Court to-day. The radiographer, Peter…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.M., ordered to-day that papers in a case in Penrith Court be forwarded to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Court (Before Mr. F. P. Halpin, S.m.) Traffic Breaches
Penalties were: Keith Curtin, of Maitland Road, Sandgate, £1 13s with 7s costs for failing to keep to the left…
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CASINO, Friday.—A grazier told the Coroner to-day that his murdered daughter-in-law had been assaulted by a man when she was 13…
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SYDNEY.—The body of Mrs. Ada Little (52) was found with her skull bashed in at her house at Taylor's Point, near…
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SYDNEY, Friday.âWilliam John ("Bobby") Lee was murdered after an argument about another murder, according to evidence in the City Coroner's Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m.) Back to Gaol
John Samuel Abel, 56, who, police stated, was released only three weeks ago after serving a six months' gaol term, was again sentenced to six…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Detectives Shoot Murder Suspect
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. A.A.P.—Two detectives shot and killed an escaped Negro mental patient whom they suspected of having murdered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Seeking Owner Of Wool
SYDNEY.—The police are trying to trace the owner of 19 bales of wool, valued at between £2500 and £3000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland Court (Before Mr. F. P. Halpin, S.m.) Heads and Tails
Thirty-five men found playing "heads and tails" when police raided a flat at High St., Maitland, on Friday night, were each fined £2…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Rescue 28 Migrants
MELBOURNE.—Police at noon rescued 28 migrants who spent the night on the roof of their flooded hostel at South…
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