Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
REMANDED.—Charles William Schwind, 23, labourer, was remanded to Central Court, Sydney, on September 27, on a charge of having at Ryde…
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Courts & crime, 1951
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Wallsend Court (Before Mr. F. P. Halpin S.m.) Traffic Breaches
James O'Donoghue, Lorna St., Waratah, and Charles Parker of South Cardiff were each fined £2 3s with 7s costs for having carried a pillion…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Traffic Offences
Norman James, Wallace St., Wallsend, did not give way to vehicle on right, £3; Leslie Molyneaux, Wallsend Rd., Kahlbah, negligent driving…
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LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.).—A 19-year-old clerk had confessed to trying to accomplish the…
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WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.—Three Sydney pawnbrokers said in the Supreme Court to-day that two of the men charged with having…
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WOLLONGONG.—It was announced this morning at the trial of three New Australians charged with the murder of Lucy Francis Barrows, licensee of the Oxford Hotel, Wollongong, on June 11, that…
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SYDNEY.—A man in custody had admitted that he and a woman had battered an elderly man in a room a Miller's Point, a detective said at the City Coroner's Court today…
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Sergeant F. A. Yardy, officer in charge of police at Wallsend, starts three weeks' annual leave on Sunday, followed by nine months'…
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Six undefended petitions were heard by Judge O'Sullivan at Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday. SHORTLAND v. SHORTLAND…
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SYDNEY — Metropolitan Police Superintendent Thompson was today awarded an annual salary of £1600 by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jap. National Police Reserve
The Japanese National Police Reserve which is now almost 12 months old, recently increased its numbers by 8000 as a result of an extensive recruiting drive. They now number 75,000 and are a well-equipped and well-trained fighting force. The term of service for a "policeman" is two years, but the trainess can quit whenever they desire. Originally the N.P.R. was said to have been organised to quell internal uprising, but recently one of the Japanese officials at Kurihama Camp (where these…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →1M. Dollars In Bribes To Police
NEW YORK, Sept. 19. A.A.P.—A man said in Court yesterday that he had paid police one million dollars (about £A406,000) a year to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bookie Wrecks Trial Of New York Police
NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.).—The bribery trial of 18 past and present New York policemen collapsed today in a slanging match between the judge and a bookmaker, Harry Gross, who refused to give evidence despite the judge's angry threat that he "would rot in gaol…
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The strike by 120 engineers at the State Dockyard will be discussed at a conference called by the Industrial Registrar in Sydney for noon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kurri Court (Before Mr. F. Halpin, S.m.) "Headin' 'Em"
Following a raid by Newcastle Vice Squad on Sunday, Sept. 9, 19 men were charged with, on vacant land off Hebburn-st., Pelaw Main,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m. Summons Division
DISMISSED.—A charge of having driven negligently in Bridges-road, New Lambton, against Charles Emlyn Thomas, of Lambton-road,…
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Newcastle detectives were advised yesterday that the trial of Michael Joseph Maher for the alleged murder of his brother,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Divorce Court (Before Judge O'Sullivan) BURDEKIN v BURDEKIN
Herbert Vincent Burdekin, Jackson St., Bulahdelah, petitioned for a divorce from Ethel May Burdekin, Victoria St., Adamstown, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m.) Charges Dismissed
Police offered no evidence against Patrick James McDade, 27, ganger, charged with offensive behavior; Robert Brett Myers, 25, packer,…
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A 37-year-old half-caste was charged in Singleton Court, this morning with having inflicted grievous bodily harm on a middle-aged woman, whose naked body was found near an aborigines'…
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