Confession Of Murder Claim
BOSTON, July 17, A,A.P.—Police said to-day that a man had confessed to the murder of Elleen Fahey, a…
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Courts & crime, 1952
2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 57 of 115
Model U.S. Gaol Has 5000 Prisoners
SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs. (O.S.R.): San Quentin prison, with its 5000 inmates, is one of the great penal experiments of the United States. Every section has its…
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Judge Brereton found the issue answered In the affirmative at Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday when Sylvia Yvonne Wilson,…
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Ex-sergeant Stephen ("Paddy") Pender, attendant and medical assistant at the City…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Striking members of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association at Portland Cement…
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The purpose of penalties for traffic offences was not only to punish offenders, but to deter others, Mr. F. R. Wood,…
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GILGANDRA, Thursday.âThomas George Bonham, 25, timber-getter, of Gilgandra, was committed to-day for trial on a charge of having murdered a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District Court In Newcastle (Before Judge Brereton) Claim Over Collision
Gregory Graham Hill, of Smith St., Mayfield East, claimed damages against Peter Eric Thornton, of Cherry Rd…
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Desertion through non-compliance with a restitution order was the ground on which Valma Leah Edwards (formerly Smith)…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Court at Newcastle Before Mr. L. Stapleton, S.m.) Indecent Behavior
George Wheatland, 30, laborer, was fined £2, and Joseph [?]ohanson, 52, laborer, was fined £3 10s for behaving indecently…
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Pillage Squad detectives who raided a house in Bull-street, Cook's Hill, yesterday, recovered about £200 worth of…
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Judge Brereton gave his decision in two part-heard petitions at Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday…
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A former police sergeant was injured when a motor fork-lift and a police car collided in Wharf-road…
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A squad of Newcastle detectives kept an all-night watch over a stolen safe last night…
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A man told Newcastle Court today that he was struck on the head with a paling and knocked unconscious. He said he had gone to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Court (Before Mr. P. R. Wood. S.m.) Drove Under Influence
Spencer Devonport March (42) of Telarah-st., Telarah, was fined £25 for driving under the influence in High-st…
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LONDON. — A mother whose son was sent to Borstal was so delighted with his changed ways that she…
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Two 19-year-old foreign seamen were committed for trial at Newcastle Sessions by Mr. R. A, Hardwicke, S.M.,…
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A young wife told Newcastle Court today that she hid under a neighbor's hedge and then under her mother's bed after her husband had threatened to kill her…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A church warden appeared in Campbelltown Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of…
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