Shaw Found Guilty Of Murder
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A Criminal Court jury to-day found Stanley Henry Shaw, 32, former professional boxer, guilty of having…
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Courts & crime, 1951
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 77 of 105
Man Charged With Bigamy With Wife's Sister
GOSFORD.—A woman in the Gosford Court today said that she had been at her sister's wedding and 17 years later had gone through a form of marriage at the Registry Office at Marrickville with the husband of her sister believing that he had received a divorce…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Hardie, K.C., Appointed To Supreme Court
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. M. F. Hardie, K.C., had been appointed an Acting Judge of the Supreme Court for six months, the…
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BOND FOR MOTORISTS.—Trevor Scarlett, 36, of Sale-street, Greta, was charged with having driven a car while under the influence of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
GAOLED.—John Joseph Anderson, 22, labourer was sentenced to three months' goal on each of two charges—vagrancy and having had in his…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday—A 30 year-old wharf labourer alleged to have been involved in a shooting at St. Kilda on Tuesday night was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prisoner Attacks Gaol Governor
SYDNEY: The Governor of Bathurst Gaol had been assaulted by a prisoner when he was visiting a cell after the recent escape of six prisoners from the gaol, the Minister of…
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SYDNEY.—The death of a 17-month-old child had been caused by "a great excess of violence," said Judge Lloyd in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New York Bookmaker Gets 12 Years' Gaol
NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.)—Wealthy bookmaker Harry Gross was sentenced to 12 years' gaol today as operator of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Find Wanted Man Hanged
NEW YORK, Sept. 27. A.A.P. Morris Tozzi, 40, insurance agent, committed suicide yesterday while police sought him on murder and…
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SYDNEY: The appointment of Mr. Alfred Theodore Conybeare as chairman of the Workers' Compensation…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Industrial Registrar of the Arbitration Court (Mr. Taylor) has agreed to conduct a ballot for official…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
BOND FORFEITED.—Terence A. Gard, 27, fitter, was ordered to serve a sentence of six months' imprisonment imposed at Newtown Court, on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Traffic Breaches
Penalties were: Gordon Ross Smith of Northumberland-st., Maryville (failed to produce licence when required by a…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Kenneth Warren Macklin, 37, of Avalon, was sentenced to-day to four years' gaol for car stealing…
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LONDON.—An 11-year-old girl admitted at Alresford (Hants) recently that she threw stones at Lady Hadow. a local…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—Police and English seamen were involved in a brawl on Station Pier, Port Melbourne, to-day…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Alfred Theodore Conybeare was to-day appointed Chairman of the Workers' Compensation Commission and a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
DISCHARGED.—The police had no evidence to offer when Ronald Allan Gelding, 21, driver, was charged with having ridden a motor-cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court Puzzle On Question Of Murder By Hypnosis
STOCKHOLM, Mon (A.A.P.).—A Stockholm Court must decide whether it is murder if a hypnotist casts a spell compelling his subject to commit suicide. This question is baffling…
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