Not Hour Off 5 Years' Gaol
LONDON. — Alec Kay, better known as Ksotanda, was described by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord…
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Courts & crime, 1952
2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 115
Leniency For Farmer In Murder Bid
NEW YORK, April 15. A.A.P.—A Chinese farmer who tried to have his wife slain for 10,000 dollars (about…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Christo-road Police Patrol Urged
Waratah South Progress Association has asked Newcastle Superintendent of Police for a week-day patrol of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Producer To Seek Mercy Before Court
NEW YORK, April 15. A.A.P.—Walter Wanger, motion picture producer, for the sake of his children, will throw…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spirited "Shopping" By Woman Led To Court
AUCKLAND, Wed. (O.S.R.).—While drinking in a city hotel yesterday a woman cook decided she did not like the pair of shoes she was wearing. She crossed the street, broke a shop window,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cessnock Court Before Mr. F. WOOD, S.M.
STOLE FROM MATE.—Reginald Clyde Burston, of East Cessnock, pleaded "Guilty" to having stolen £110 from Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hard Wicke, S.m
REMANDED.âGual fordo Guerra, 21 labourer, was remanded till April 23, on £20 bail, on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Stole Meat
Two men were fined for stealing meat from the Abbatoirs at Mayfield yesterday. James White Nesbitt, 36,…
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NEW YORK, April 16. A.A.P.—Fifty-four convicts barricaded themselves in the State prison print shop at Trenton (New Jersey) with four hostages in their third…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Challenger To Duel Is Cooling Off In Gaol
PONTIAC (Michigan). Wed. (A.A.P.)—A budding actor, Carl O'Brien (22), went to gaol today because he broke a 136-year-old law prohibiting duelling in Michigan. O'Brien, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police to Vote on Strike
BRISBANE, Wednesday.— Eight hundred police decided at a meeting to-night that the Police Union should take a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Soon Ended S.P. Career
Francis Johnson, 35, had a brief career as a starting price bookmaker, Mr. J. M. Ruggero told Mr. R. A. Hardwicke,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Concern At Court List Congestion
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Congestion in Supreme Court law lists was criticised to-day by two judges of the Court…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court Slowed Up Speedy Invalid
LONDON. Thursday, (A.A.P.).—Joseph Griffin was fined £1 for speeding in his invalid carriage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
BRICKLAYER FIND. — Norman James Stamford, 34, bricklayer, was fined £10, with 9/3 witness's expenses, on a charge…
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A 24-year-old laborer, Leslie William Pike, was today charged in Newcastle Court with the attempted…
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TOOWOOMBA, Thursday. —A 35-year-old woman was to-day committed for trial on a charge of having murdered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Seeking Police Officer
"In the last two months 'peeping Toms' have been detected in Pearson and De Vitre Sts., Lambton,"…
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TOKYO, April 7. A.A.P.—American Air Force police chased and fired shots at a stolen car carrying Frank Loyal Weaver, former Australian serviceman, in Tokyo last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
VAGRANCY. — Harold Ernest Plumridge, 40, labourer, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for vagrancy…
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