"Go for Police; He Shot Me"
LAUNCESTON, Wednesday.—A woman, who later died of wounds, had staggered into her parents' home crying, "Go for the police, ring an ambulance. Jimmy Hall has shot me,"…
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Courts & crime, 1952
2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 59 of 115
Death Of Former Police Sergeant
Mr. Benjamin Reen (84). who died at his home in Matthew St., Cessnock, yesterday afternoon after…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Court Bid On Burton Meeting
SYDNEY, Thursday. — An injunction was sought in the Equity Court to-day to prevent a hall at Double Bay being…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
DRIVER FINED. — George William Harris, 40, company manager, was fined £10 for having driven a car in…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Judge Berne to-day sentenced to seven years' gaol a sex pervert who made youths flog him on…
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MONTREAL, July 25. A.A.P.—Genereux Ruest, who made the bomb that caused Quebec's bizarre 1949 crash of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Help With Courtesy Week
SYDNEY, Friday.—Police stations throughout the State will play their part in Courtesy Week, beginning August 1…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Youth's Romance Ends In Court
NEW YORK, July 25. A.A.P.—James Eldon Sherwin, 18year-old schoolboy who ran off on a 10,000 mile…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jest Victim on Murder Charge
NEW YORK, July 27. A.A.P.—Richard Miller, a negro, had confessed that he shot and killed James…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wife Held On Charge Of Murder
SYDNEY, Sunday,—The wife of a man found dead last night with a knife wound in his chest in a house at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Bound Over
John Herbert Rigby, 57, plumber, was bound over for 12 months after pleading guilty to driving a car in Ridge St.,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boxer Gaoled For Assault
SYDNEY, Monday.—Raymond Coleman, 25, boxer, of Booth-street, Annandale, was sentenced to three months'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Youth Weeps At Gaol Sentence
A 19-year-old youth convicted at Cessnock Court today on two charges of stealing broke down and wept before he was sentenced to four months gaol by Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Veterans Blamed For Murder Of Typist
NEW YORK, Monday (A.A.P.). — A judge today accused the Veterans (Returned Servicemen's) Administration of direct responsibility for the killing of 18-year-old Eileen Fancy at Columbia University a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Play Listeners Missed Real Killing
LONDON, July 28. A.A.P.—A murder was committed in a Lewisham flat on Saturday night while a family occupying the flat below listened to a radio murder play. The victim, Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lambton Move For Police
South Lambton Progress Association has been advised by the Deputy Commissioner of Police that a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court Rejects Tax Appeals
SYDNEY, Monday. — The High Court of Australia to-day dismissed two appeals by War Assets Ply. Ltd. against income…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Say Youth Shooting Taxi Driver
SYDNEY: "I shot him. I don't know why I did it, mainly because I wanted to drive the taxi", a police inspector said a youth told him when questioned about the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wire Cut From Tennis Court
Panels of wire netting had been cut off and stolen shortly after the fence had been repaired by Reid…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →S. And L. Strike Action By Court Sought
The Ironworkers' Association is to ask the Industrial Commission to intervene in the…
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