Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
REMANDED.—Robert Dawson Punton, 26, wheeler, was remanded till March 30, on £20 hall, on a charge of having…
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Courts & crime, 1953
2,333 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 117
Reconciled By Theft
LONDON. — Chatham magistrates were told that a man and wife whose marriage had broken up…
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Money and jewellery valued at £460 were stolen from a cottage at Terrigal at the week-end…
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NEW YORK, March 3. A.A.P.—Three men confessed at Butler (Pennsylvania) that a mechanic had paid them on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shots Fired, Police Claim
A man charged with having shot at two men with intent to murder had admitted having fired shots over their heads, a detective told Cessnock Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Starved Fowls Led To Court
LONDON: Every time Mrs. Dorothy Cutler went to feed her chickens her upstairs neighbor's two…
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CAPTAIN CHARGED.—John Morrison McKenzie, 35, ship's captain, did not appear to answer charges of having stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court at Wallsend (Before Mr. F. P. Haplin, S.m.) Two Charges
William H. G. Edwards, of Wansbeck Valley Rd., Cardiff, was fined £3 13s with 7s costs for having exceeded the speed…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Illegal Betting
For having accepted bets in Station St., Waratah, on Feb. 28. George Thompson, 63, laborer, was fined £20 or 40 days…
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It was a rough drive up the mountain, miles of dense timber, many sharp turns. The car crawled, while a bitter wind knifed through…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Doctors Hope to Save Life of Man in Murder Case
MELBOURNE: Doctors said today that they were hopeful of saying the life of a man found unconscious in a shack 18 miles from Melbourne yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →9 Spirit Licences Refused By Court
SYDNEY: As a sequel to disclosures before the Liquor Royal Commission, the renewal of nine spirit merchants' licences and four restaurant permits was refused fast year by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →2 Kisses Led To Girl's Death, Court Is Told
BELFAST, Thurs. (A.A.P.) : A story of two kisses which led to a girl being stabbed to death was told yesterday at the murder trial of an airman. The airman. Ian Hay…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.)
DRIVER FINED.—John Keith Morrissey, 26, bricklayer, was fined £15 for having driven a car in Scott-street, Newcastle,…
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CATTLE THEFTS. — Thomas Martin. 23, of Sixth-street, Weston pleaded "Guilty" to having stolen, on August 24 at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court Move by Bookmakers
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Bookmakers' Cooperative Society to-day decided to take Equity Court action against the suspension of three of its executive members…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →'Sex Gang' Raid by U.s. Police
DES MOINES (Iowa), March 5. A.A.P.—Police to-day sought to break up a youthful sex and h[?]adlum gang whose girl members boldly made advances to older men on the street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
REMANDED.âRobert Leslie Papworth, 33, bricklayer, was remanded till April 2, on £60 ball, on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Another Court Approach Likely on T.h.c. Ballot
Right-wing trade union leaders in Newcastle today hinted that they were considering another approach to the court in an effort again to upset the declared result of a ballot for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Indecent Language
Ernest James Eckford, 61. laborer, was fined £5, in default 10 days, for using indecent language at Belmont on March…
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