Motorist Ends Police Search
MELBOURNE, Thursday. —A motorist walked into Russell-street police station to-night and said he was the…
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Courts & crime, 1952
2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 61 of 115
Iron Bar Murder: Alleged Confession to Detective
SYDNEY: "I hit the taxi-driver all right, but didn't mean to kill him," a youth allegedly told detectives, it was stated at the Ciy Coroner's Court today…
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The appeal to aid Newcastle and Maitland Police and Citizens Boys' Clubs resulted in £2618 being collected, of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Court To Question Woolcott Forbes
SYDNEY.—Undischarged bankrupt John Woolcott Forbes has been summoned to appear before the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bankrupt Told Lies To Court
SYDNEY: A bankrupt milk bar proprietor, sent to gaol on Wednesday for contempt, admitted in the Bankruptcy Court today that he had told lies about how he disposed of £3700…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arbitration Court To Get 7th Judge
CANBERRA, Thursday. — Appointment of a further judge to the Commonwealth Arbitration Court will be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. L. Stapleton, S.m.) Fined for Fighting
Anthony Goldie (40) and William Frost (39), laborers, were each fined £2 for fighting in the saloon bar of the Pacific…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A bankrupt milk bar proprietor to-day admitted in the Bankruptcy Court that he had lied…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Take Over in Cairo
CAIRO, August 1. A.A.P. — Steel-helmeted Egyptian police, armed with rifles, took over security duties in Cairo to-day from General Naguib's troops,…
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Keith Andrew Thorley {21), soldier, was remanded at Muswellbrook Court till morning till Sept. 3…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — A warder last night found the body of a convicted murderer hanging by a belt in a cell at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Telegram Releases Woman From Gaol
LONDON: A telegram money order for £40 reached the governor of Holloway Gaol recently,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Man Charged With Shooting Wife
SYDNEY, Monday.—A soldier who was wounded in Korea was charged in Muswellbrook Court to-day with…
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LONDON: A convict from Parkhurst Prison said in court recently that half the men in gaol…
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CANBERRA, Monday.—Two Czech migrants will be hanged for the murder of a Darwin taxi-driver, George Grantham. The execution, announced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Quarter Sessions at Maitland (Before Judge Brennan) Cattle Theft Charge
On two charges of cattle stealing, Ronald Neville O'Hern, 20, taxi-driver, of Bellbird, was remanded for sentence till next…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Got Police Job But Was Thief
LONDON.—An attractive Kidderminster girl applied for a job as policewoman. The police told her she…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine View on Court Case
SYDNEY, Monday.—The full text of the hours, wages issue resolution carried by the Miners' Central Council to-day was— "WE join with the A.C.T.U…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Soon Put End To Be Army Revolt
BRUSSELS, Tues. (A.A.P.)—Armed gendarmes last night combed the Mons region following a short-lived rebellion in a Belgian Army camp at nearby Casteau. Belgium has two years'…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Supt. Was Too Ill To Attend Liquor Inquiry
SYDNEY: Metropolitan Police Superintendent W. C. S. Thompson was ill in bed and unable to attend the Liquor Royal Commission, Mr. Justice Maxwell was told today. Mr. W. R. Dovey, Q.C. (assisting the Commission-…
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