Neighbour Faces Murder Charge
LONDON, July 21. A.A.P.—Peter Rex Nicoli, 23, rabbit-breeder, was charged to-day with the murder of a…
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Courts & crime, 1952
2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 58 of 115
Blond Maniac On Murder Charge
LONDON, July 21. A.A.P.—John Thomas Straffen, 22-year-old blond maniac, was charged in the Winchester…
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SYDNEY: After a police raid on the Black Tulip restaurant, George-st. City, the proprietor was told he would be "left alone" if he paid £50 or £100 to a police officer, it was alleged at the Liquor Royal Commission today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Ceremonies May Be Simpler
The move to simplify, or in plainer language, to democratise, Court ceremony and procedure is of some significance. It goes something like:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court Told Of Petition On Behalf Of Fijian
A petition to the immigration authorities asking that a young Fijian engineer be allowed to stay in Australia has already been signed by 1000 Newcastle residents, Newcastle Court was told today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Remanded
Maurice Hunter McPhee (30), laborer, charged with driving a car in Scott-st on July 31 while under the influence of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cessnock Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood. S.m.) Traffic Offences
Maurice LcMarseny was lined £4 3s with 7s costs for having exceeded the speed limit on his motor cycle on Maitiand-rd…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Blackmailer Sent To Gaol
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Blackmail was a heinous, wicked thing, and had to be discouraged, Judge Redshaw told two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Husband On £30 Bond For Assault
A man who was alleged in Newcastle Court yesterday to have threatened to cut his wife's throat was bound over…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Good Turn Meant Gaol Term "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, July 22.—Frank Kallas went out of his way to give a drunk a helping hand on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More E. German Police Desert
BERLIN, July 22. A.A.P.—Eighteen East German policemen—the highest number on any single day—marched into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Petition For Court Union Poll Rejected
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A petition by 512 Victorian branch members of the Builders' Labourers' Federation for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Think Rare Poison Caused Death of Flood Hero
SYDNEY: C.I.B. detectives have started investigations in Cowra following the discovery that a young hero of the recent floods died from the effects of a rare poison…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Liquor Royal Commission Suggestion Of Bribe Denied By Police Sergeant
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A Police sergeant to-day denied he had suggested that a restaurant proprietor should pay £50 or £100 "to be left alone." The restaurant proprietor said the suggestion was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court At Wallsend (Before Mr. F. R. Wood. S.m.) Traffic Breaches
Penalties were: Emil Stemburger of Migrants Hostel Mayfield £2 with 12s costs for carrying a pillion…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Betting Charges
Four men were fined between them a total of £75 for betting last Saturday. Joseph Plain (42), laborer, was fined £15 for…
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DARWIN, Wednesday.—A man who failed to appear in the Northern Territory Supreme Court in Alice…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Death Leap" in Gaol Misses
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Shouting "I want to die, I go," a 25-year-old Chinese prisoner jumped head first from a 1ft. ledge on a glass tower at Pentridge Gaol this…
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Transfers of police in the Newcastle district have been notified as follows—Sergeants C. A. W. Barnett, Newcastle,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A man who was sentenced to death in March, 1945, for his part in the wounding by…
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