Heavy Fines For Theft Of Pigs
A part-heard charge against William Edwards, 53, miner, Neville McDougall, 20, miner, and Owen Edwards, 20,…
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Courts & crime, 1953
2,333 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 117
Police Transfers
The following police in the North-eastern Division have been transferred— Sergeant R. E. Teague, from…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Vincent George Dixon, 28, labourer, of Westlake, Canberra, to-night was sentenced to death for rape…
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DRIVER FINED.—Colin William Wallace, 31, driver, was fined £10 for having driven a car in Glebe-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Remanded
John Henry Field, 40, laborer, charged with assaulting Alexander Kandizie, at Tighe's Hill, on December 6, occasioning him…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday (A.D.C).—The famous murder case "Death and Dr. Crippen" tells how a…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Negro's Leer At Girl Is Ruled No Assault
NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.): North Carolina State Supreme Court today overruled an "assault-by-leer" conviction of a Negro farmer. The Court held that the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—John Frederick ("Chow") Hayes, serving a life sentence for murder, had named three men as responsible for the murder…
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SYDNEY.—Police are searching the Goulburn district for four male patients—one a mentally…
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LONDON: Ipswich magistrates were asked by the landlord of the Royal George Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Gorgeous Gussie" Tells Out-Of-Court Secrets
SAN FRANCISCO, Wed. (A.A.P.): "Gorgeous" Gussie Moran— the girl who wore lace panties at Wimbledon—brightly told some "out of court" stories today about how amateurs managed to make ends meet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Divorce Court Story Wife Said Husband Was "Insincere"
SYDNEY: Frank Hanbury Edmonds, Sydney businessman, said in the Divorce Court today that he had continued his association with Jessie Jean Bulloch because she told him her husband was insincere. Edmonds told Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
FURTHER REMAND.—A further remand till March 25 was granted when John Henry Field, 40, labourer, was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Maitland Court Before Mr. F. P. Halpin, S.m
FOR TRIAL.—Henry Oliver Shaw, 33, labourer, of Mt. Pleasant-street, Maitland, was committed for trial at Maitland…
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Desertion was found proved when Kathleen Jean O'Hare (nee Muddle), of Dungog, petitioned for divorce from Thomas George…
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NEW YORK, Feb. 26. A.A.P.—The North Carolina State Supreme Court overruled the "assault by leer"…
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NEW YORK, Thursday.—A woman employed in a city prison was accused to-day of stealing 10,674…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two men were gaoled by Judge Holt in Quarter Sessions to-day on charges of having…
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An assault outside a city dance hall cost a young man £21 5s in Newcastle Court today…
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GOSFORD, Thursday.—A youth absconded from Mount Penang training school because he wanted to be with his…
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