Divorce Court
Judge O'Sullivan heard 11 undefended petitions at Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday. BURDEKIN v. BURDEKIN…
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Courts & crime, 1951
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 76 of 105
Hotel Murder Case Counter Charges From Dock
WOLLONGONG, Friday.—Three Hungarians charged with murder made counter accusations against each other from the dock to-day. Istvan Gal, 22, labourer,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japanese Bravo Worries Police "Herald" Service
TOKYO, Sept. 21.—Colonel Masanobu Tsuji, a notorious Japanese war criminal suspect, who successfully evaded a British Army man hunt for five years, is again wanted, this time for "libel."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Move On Equal Pay Inquiry
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Industrial Commission would decide next week whether a general inquiry should be held into equal pay for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Union Men Ask Court To Hold Poll
SYDNEY, Friday.—Moderate members of Sydney branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation are applying to the Arbitration Court in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m
GAOLED.—John Busby, 31, seaman, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for having assaulted David Furner at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six Escape From Bathurst Gaol
BATHURST. — Six prisoners escaped from Bathurst gaol at 9 a.m. today after bashing and overpowering a warder. Armed detectives and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stop Press Bathurst Gaol Break
BATHURST: Police dogs are ready to assist in the search for six escaped prisoners. At least 13 warders have joined police parties…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Bound Over
Bert West, 46, laborer, was bound over in the sum of £20 to be of good behavior for 12 months on a charge of driving a car in King St.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Court (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m.) Fined on Four Charges
Leslie Gordon Price of Pelican St., Swansea, was fined £1 3s on each of two charges of riding a motor cycle without a licence in High St.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gaol Does Not Want To Lose Efficiency Expert Prisoner
NEW YORK, Mon. (O.S.R.).—The director of Annapolis (Maryland) Gaol has expressed regret at losing his most valuable prisoner, Blaine Decker, 37. The director said, "We'd like to keep him and he'd like…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death Sentence 3 Guilty Of Murder At Wollongong
WOLLONGONG, Monday.—A Wollongong Supreme Court jury to-night returned a verdict…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
REMANDED.—John Charles Mitchell, 23, miner, was remanded till October 17 on a charge of having driven a car in a dangerous manner…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland Court Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m
NEGLIGENT DRIVING.—For having driven a utility truck negligently in High-street, Maitland, on July 21, Mervyn Ashley Garland, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Charges Dismissed
Police offered no evidence against [?] cleaner, charged with negligent driving, and Edward Brown Bashford, 31,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All Gaol Escapees Captured
BLAYNEY, Tuesday.—The four remaining escapees from Bathurst Gaol were recaptured soon after midday to-day as they slept in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Find £684 In Man's Pockets
MELBOURNE: A poorly-dressed man, with £684 in his pockets, was charged with unlawful possession of a scrubbing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Asked To Keep Watch On Surf Clubs
Newcastle Police will be asked by Newcastle City Council to exercise greater supervision of surf club properties…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cessnock Court Before Mr. F. Halpin, S.m
ADJOURNED.—Colin Ian Ross Fenwick was charged with having obtained by false pretences £665 from Thelma May Lane, of Abermain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Faces Murder, Wounding Counts
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—At the City Court to-day, Charles Henry Mills, 29, of St. Kilda, who was charged with having murdered…
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