Police Fail to Find Woman
GOSFORD, Friday.—Police at North Terrigal to-day failed to find Mrs. Janet Whitworth, 71, of Homebush, who was…
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Courts & crime, 1953
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Mother Of Jockey Gets Court Order
SYDNEY, Friday—The mother of an internationally famous Australian jockey secured an order in the…
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GAOLED FOR VAGRANCY.—Jack Mannings, 23, labourer, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for vagrancy. He…
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SYDNEY.—The story of feud and the use of a "cosh" during an assault at Balmoral last night was…
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SYDNEY: The police are still appealing to the public for information which may help them in their 12-day-old search for the killer of 21-year-old Shirley Butler, of Waverton. Miss Butler's bashed and…
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After telling a young married woman at an Adamstown bus stop on New Year's Day that he would drive her to work, a man had driven to a street in Merewether, where he assaulted her, police alleged at the Newcastle Court today…
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GOSFORD, Sunday.—For the fourth day, police to-day searched fruitlessly for the body of Barry Mason, 17, of…
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BRISBANE. — Detectives are still searching for a thief who stole £1000 in notes from an Annerley…
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SYDNEY: A blind publican, who today at the Licensing Court transferred his licence of a city hotel, was congratulated by the magistrate and police for the manner in which he…
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A man who allegedly broke into a Wickham flat on Saturday was found on a bed half asleep and under the influence. Det. E. Healy said at Newcastle Court today. The man John Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M.) S.P. BETTING
David Robson (22), laborer was fined £20 for betting in Station St., Waratah, on Jan. 1. Stanley James McPherson…
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WELLINGTON: Stanley Raymond Vaughan (27) was remanded until Feb. 4 without bail on a charge…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 5. A.A.P.—The Mexican authorities in El Centro (California) alleged to-day that three young…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—An Indonesian seaman was sentenced at the Water Police Court to-day to six months'…
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TAMWORTH: Accused of having shot his wife and a man, who was killed, Robert Eric Ryan (42), laborer, was remanded without bail in Tamworth Court, today…
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WOLLONGONG: A man was charged at Wollongong Court today with the manslaughter of a…
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SYDNEY: The search for the murderer of Shirley Butler, at Waverton on Christmas Day, has been extended to Hongkong, Singapore, Manila, Colombo, Djakarta and Fiji. This move has been made…
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When Reginald Leonard Johnstone (18), seaman, rode his motor cycle erratically in Cowper-st, Carrington, yesterday afternoon, he attracted the attention of Constables Prince and Cowan, who chased him on a police cycle…
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WASHINGTON, Mon. (A.A.P.). — The Court of Appeals again saved Serge Rubinstein, financier, from…
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SYDNEY, An accountant, who, police said, had admitted stealing £2124 from his employer, had lost all…
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