Court Tribute To Mr. N. Morriss
Judge Brereton paid a tribute to the late Mr. Norman Morriss, at Newcastle Courthouse yesterday…
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Courts & crime, 1952
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Steel Strike Follows Ruling By U.S. Court
WASHINGTON, Tues. (A.A.P).—U.S. steel workers streamed out on strike today soon after the Supreme Court had declared illegal President Truman's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Court Before Mr T. H. D. See, S.m
REMANDED.—Douglas Lloyd Vaughan, 36, telephone mechanic, was remanded till June 20, on £15 bail, on charges…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Divorce Court at Maitland Before Mr. Justice Kinsella QUINN v. QUINN
With the exception of a few months in a flat at Redcliff. Brisbane, her whole life had been spent with her mother…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Drove Under Influence
Keith Frederick Johnson, 26, truck driver, was fined £15 for having driven a motor truck in Beaumont St., Hamilton, early…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Kurri Girl's Assault Allegation
A 12 years' old girl told Kurri police last night that an attempt had been made to criminally assault her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Fined for Stealing
John William Gatlan (19), laborer, was fined £15 for having stolen, at Newcastle on or about Nov. 6, a wheel, tyre…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Freed on Murder Count
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A 26-year-old labourer was acquitted in the Central Criminal Court to-day of a charge of having murdered his wife's three-month-old son. The man, Richard Scudds, said the child was alive and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accused Alleges Police Threat
A man charged with assaulting a 17-year-old girl with intent to rape her alleged in Newcastle Quarter Sessions today that he had been threatened by a detective into writing a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police End Wild Bout
Police entered the ring in the second round of the wrestling match between Jim Mitchell and Bob McCune at Newcastle Stadium last night and stopped the bout…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.-Detectives investigating the South-port taxi-driver murder case think they may have a clue to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Divorce Court at Maitland
The hearing of a divorce suit at Maitland Circuit Court was yesterday adjourned [?]ill Tuesday so that papers on previous litigation between the parties in a tower Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brewery "Probably Will Police Own Hotels"
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Tooths brewery would probably appoint its own hotel inspectors, a witness said to-day. He told the Royal Commission on Liquor that the brewery did not want to usurp police functions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Rules "Amber" Author Is "Not Writer"
WASHINGTON. Tues. (A.A.P.)—The U.S. Court of Claims said today that Kathleen Winsor, author of best-seller "Forever Amber" is not a writer On that basis, the court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hard-wicke, S.m
UNDER INFLUENCE.—Keith Frederick Johnson. 26, truck driver, was fined £15 for having driven a lorry in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Court (Before Mr. F. R. "Wood. S.m.) Motor-cyclist Fined
Joseph Gorman (22), laborer, pleaded guilty to riding a motor-cycle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girl Alleges Assault
Newcastle detectives are investigating the alleged criminal assault of a 12-year-old girl near Kurri Kurri on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →U.S. Gaol Riot
RALEIGH (North Carolina), Wed. (A.A.P.).— Three guards and seven civilian firemen are held…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gaol For A-Test Breaches
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—From two to seven years' imprisonment will be imposed on persons who infringe the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ex-wife Killed in Court
NEW YORK, June 4. A.A.P.—A taxi-driver emptied a snub-nosed revolver into his former wife's body in front of startled court officials yesterday after he had been refused…
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