Couple Sold Child To Pay Poker Bet, Police Say
LONG BEACH (California), Tues. (A.A.P.).—A young father and mother, who are expecting a second child soon, were in gaol today on charges of selling their daughter for £110…
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Courts & crime, 1953
2,333 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 117
Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m
REMANDED.—Martin Henry Brothers, 42, rail guard, was remanded till February 23 on £30 bail, on a charge of having had…
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SYDNEY. — Charges of attempting to escape will be heard against five prisoners at Parramatta Gaol…
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CAIRO, Thurs. (A.A.P.). —Prince Abbas Halim, a member of the Egyptian Royal family, appeared in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Court Hears Of Woman's Death
SYDNEY: An 86-year-old woman was found dead near a blood-soaked bed, a detective told the City Coroner (Mr. J. Forrest) today. The Coroner is…
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Police were on duty at the Newcastle Customs House this morning when 250 mineworkers marched from Federation House to the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Five prisoners who tried to escape from Parramatta Gaol on Tuesday were each sentenced…
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A man said to have a craze for cars although he had no licence, was sentenced at Newcastle Court yesterday to three…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Anonymous Letter On Murder
SYDNEY. — Senior detectives hold little hope that an anonymous letter received by a neighbor of…
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TAMWORTH, Thursday.— The Tamworth Coroner to-day committed Robert Edward Ryan, 42, labourer, for trial…
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SYDNEY: The house cook had shown him blood dripping from the ceiling to the kitchen floor, the manager of a guest house told the City Coroner (Mr. E. J. Forrest) today…
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Colin Desmond Fitzjohn (36), laborer, was fined £10 for having driven a car while under the influence of liquor at Wyee…
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CAPE TOWN, Fri. (A.A.P.): "Trigger happy" police provoked recent racial riots in South Africa, Mr. Brian Bunting said in the House of Assembly yesterday. He said that Africans…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Student Duelling Legal, German Court Rules
BERLIN, Fri. (A.A.P.).—A West German court ruled yesterday that student duelling is legal and its honorable scars are as legitimate as moustaches. Six red-robed Appeal…
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SYDNEY: The officer in charge of police at Broken Hill, Inspector J. Dogan, said today that he wanted "to carry out the people's wish in the matter of the city's drinking hours." He said that two moves,…
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INSULTING WORDS.— James Thomas Parker, 34, mechanic, was fined £2, with £3 witnesses' expenses, tor having…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Detectives are investigating an anonymous letter received some days ago by a neighbour…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. L. C. Stapleton, S.m
FOR TRIAL.—Silvano Strazzary, 23, labourer, was committed for trial at Newcastle Sessions on February 9, on a…
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NEW YORK, Feb, 1, A.A.P.—"Operation Smack" in Korea had been a "perfectly sound and legitimate operation," General Collins said in Washington…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—A 23-year-old man was charged to-day with having assaulted a 15-year-old girl at a New…
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