Ceylon Cricketer On Murder Count
COLOMBO, April. 10. A.A.P. — Ceylon Test cricketer, Mahdeva Sathasivam, was sent for trial yesterday…
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Courts & crime, 1952
2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 115
Actor Evading Court
HOLLYWOOD, April 10. A.A.P.—Actress Barbara Payton yesterday accused Franchot Tone of trying to "starve"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
REMANDED. — John Ernest Higginbottom, 26, painter, Lawrence Alfred Hustler, 32, and Cyril Leonard Drew, 30,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Warning On Firearms
The Superintendent of Police (Mr. Swasbrick) last night warned persons carrying firearms to make sure that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japanese Police Liked Their Job
The authorities in Chiba Prefecture, west of Tokyo, are worried about enthusiasm shown by reserve police for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.S. Steel Seizure Firms Fail In Court
WASHINGTON, April 11. A.A.P.— A Federal judge yesterday rejected a request for a prompt hearing of an action to test the legality of President Truman's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Shot Dead In Gaol Break Bid At Pentridge
MELBOURNE: A prisoner was shot dead when he and Maxwell Carl Skinner attempted to break out of Pentridge Gaol today. The man shot dead was hit lust after he scaled a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Fleet By Three Lengths
Topweight Count Fleet outsped his three rivals to score an easy victory in the Flying Welter Handicap at Newcastle afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Abide By Court, Evatt Says
MELBOURNE, Sunday. — An appeal to workers to abide by arbitration was made by the Leader of the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American War Hero Kills Himself In Police Chase
CANTON (Ohio), Sun. (A.A.P.)—A war hero killed himself last night after a chase in which he shot at two men, stole three cars and raped and robbed a farm woman. Cornered near East…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£4000 Stealing Charge
SYDNEY, Monday.—Robert Harold Klees, 43, lorry driver, of Shepherd-street, Darlington, was charged at…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Three wallets, containing a total of £170, were lost at the Showground to-day…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—One of two convicts who attempted to escape from Pentridge Gaol was shot dead by a warder this morning…
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Seven men, arrested over the Easter week-end on drunken driving charges, appeared in Newcastle Court today before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£110 Theft From Mate Called "Despicable"
Before sentencing a man in Cessnock Court today to six months' imprisonment, Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., described his of A fence as "Despicable". The man, Reginald Clyde…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two On Charge Of Assault, Robbery
SYDNEY, Monday.—Two men were charged in Central Court to-day with having assaulted and robbed Reginald…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Pipe Band Wins Again
The New South Wales Police Pipe Band yesterday won the County of Northumberland A grade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Open Fire On Tunis Rioters
TUNIS, Tues. (A.A.P.-Reuter) — Police yesterday opened fire when nationalist demonstrators hurled a grenade and showers of stones at the home of Tunisian Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Evaded Train Fare
Edward Allen, 39. laborer, was fined £2 for not paying his are between Strathfield and Newcastle on April 12. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deportee Is Sent To Gaol
LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.) —Enid MacPherson, 35, who was arrested in London last week after being…
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