Won 3/2 1/2 On Murder Bet
LA PLATA (Argentina), Mon. (A.A.P.): Alexander Prokopulk told police today that he burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1952
2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 56 of 115
Stop Press Court Bans Name
SYDNEY: The Full Bench of the licensing Court said today that it desired to eliminate the name of the House of Hayes from the public mind…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Court Orders Liquor To Be Forfeited
SYDNEY, Monday.—Police found 84 bottles of beer, three of champagne and three of Burgundy packed in ice in two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Told Man "Likely To Cause Disturbance
SINGAPORE, Tues. (A.A.P.-Reuter). —Carlton Hire, a 42-year-old Welshman, who was detained on arrival last week from Darwin, was yesterday described in the Singapore High Court, as a man prepared to do anything provided he could make a profit…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Court (Before Judge Brereton) Cyclists Win Claims
Harry Musgrave, of Maitland Rd., Sandgate, was awarded £24 7s 9d, and Robert King, of Cadell Ave., Mayfield, £30 2s…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Remanded
William Thomas Hanlon, 29, fish merchant, was remanded until August 26 on a charge of driving a car in Parry St…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft Of £8000 Alleged
SYDNEY, Tuesday.— The cashier of a film company was alleged to-day to have stolen more than £8000, bought two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Transfer
Constable A. J. Thomson, stationed at Maitland for more than two years, has been transferred to Moree…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cyclist Got Police And Beer Mixed
Arrested on a charge of having driven while under the influence of liquor, Colin Jack Thompson, 19, labourer, said…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle District Court (Before Judge Brereton.) Cyclist Wins Claim
A verdict for £352 is was awarded to Pierce Jones of Dawson-st., Cook's Hill, against Cecil Hoyle, builder, of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Men Accused Theft From 2 Schools
A hymn book and a missal-stand cover were among items stolen from two Hamilton church school houses, Newcastle Court was told today. Two men, John King, 52…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Dupes—but One Is in Gaol
LONDON, Thurs.—The subject of this week's diary could very well serve as the plot for a novel by Arthur Koestler or Jean.Paul Sartre—a novel called, perhaps, "The Tale of Two Dupes"—except that the central characters then would not have such…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Divorce Court
Judge Brereton heard 10 undefended petitions at Newcastle. Divorce Court yesterday. HAMILTON v. HAMILITON…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Inquiry On Rail Accident
Detective Sergeant W. Pollock left Newcastle yesterday for Taree to investigate, with Railways officers, the cause…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bones in Ashes, Police Claim
GILGANDRA, Wednesday.â A man who is alleged to have strangled a two-year-old girl and burnt the body, said: "I am sorry for what I did, as I loved her," his wife said at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Court (Before Judge Brereton.) Dispute Over Car
John Albert Gresham of Desmond-st., Cessnock, was awarded a verdict of £510 against Colin Nielson, Athol Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Divorce Court (Before Judge Brereton.) WILSON v WILSON
The issues were found proved when Sylvia Yvonne Wilson (formerly Hardy), of Hill-st., Belmont, sought a divorce from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Indecent Behavior
Alfred David Dymock, 31, laborer, and Francis James Campos, 27, seaman, "were each fined 30s for behaving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Healy Fined; Gaol Waived
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The General Secretary of the Waterside Workers' Federation (James Healy) was fined £200 in the Quarter Sessions Appeals Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gaol Break Bid Frustrated
GRAFTON, Thursday.—An attempted escape from Grafton Gaol was frustrated when a warder found a…
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