Police Act On Mayfield Fire
The lounge room of a flat at Mayfield was set on fire early this morning and Newcastle detectives are seeking a man who was seen standing outside the window of the…
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Courts & crime, 1952
2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 115
Police Boys Win Title In Cricket
Police Boys' Club won its third City and Suburban major premiership in five years when it defeated New Lambton in…
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WASHINGTON, Mar. 17. A.A.P.—The Federal Bureau of Investigation last night announced the arrest of a woman…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. — The Police Department does not propose to act on allegations that a clerk, a member…
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TIJUANA (Mexico). March 17. A.A.P.—Fifty-three prisoners, including three American sailors, escaped from…
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CAIRO, March 17. A.A.P. —Five Egyptians were sentenced to prison terms, with hard labour, varying from…
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SYDNEY: A man charged with murder today in Central Court was alleged by the police to have confessed to his wife that he had killed their three-month-old child and…
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SYDNEY: Detectives and uniformed police are searching for a gang of teenage hoodlums who, they believe, are responsible for the wrecking of Fairfield's Memorial Drive…
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REMANDED.—Alex. Roach, 41 barman, of the Kandos Hotel, Kandos. was remanded till March 31. on £30 ball, when…
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REMANDED.—Howard Wllfred Thornton, [?], salesman, was remanded to Paddington Court on April 1 on a charge of…
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Three men were charged before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., at Newcastle Court yesterday with having broken…
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DETROIT, Tuesday (A.A.P.).—A £446,000 robbery, mostly non-negotiable stocks and bonds,…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— Application may be made to the Supreme Court next week for a writ to compel the Chief…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Richard Basil Scudds, 26, labourer, of Barcom-avenue, Darlinghurst, confessed to his wife that he had murdered their three-month-old son,…
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A solicitor, Mr. H. L. O'Neill, said at Wallsend Court today that there seemed to be no…
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A judgment debtor denied in the District Court at Maitland today that he was unemployed so that…
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After being arrested in Hunter-st. yesterday evening for begging alms, 57-year-old Kenneth Dear…
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FALSE PRETENCES.—Thomas Embleton, who pleaded "Guilty" to having obtained £50 by false pretences from Richard Howe,…
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REMANDED.—Kenneth Avery, 30. traveller, was remanded to Central Court, Sydney, on March 26, on a charge of having…
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An adjournment to April 23 was granted Frederick William Morris (29), lorry driver, when he was charged with driving…
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