New Newcastle Police Officer
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Inspector P. McLachlan, of Darlinghurst Division, will become Officer-in-Charge of…
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Courts & crime, 1953
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Secret Police On Low Pay
LONDON.—The most secret police in Britain feel they are being asked to give the nation security…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inquiry Move On Police Evidence
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A high police officer will make inquiries, following Judge Nield's statement yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Hunt For Woman's Attacker
SYDNEY, Tuesday—Police are searching for a man who assaulted a young married woman at Spit Junction…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fortune Teller In Court
A woman who appeared before Newcastle Court to-day on a charge of illegally telling fortunes said she…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Allege Admission Statement on Shop Shooting
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A machinist had admitted having shot a city tailor in an attempted hold-up in 1951, a detective alleged in Central Court to-day. Maurice Joseph Napier,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Sugar" Ray To Face Court Case
NEW YORK, Tuesday. (A.A.P.)—A punch allegedly delivered out of the boxing ring is the basis of a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Widow Loses Appeal To High Court
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The Full High Court to-day dismissed an appeal by a Cessnock widow against a decision…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District Court At Newcastle (Before Judge Amsberg) £175 VERDICT
Under terms of settlement filed, a verdict for £175 in favor of Thomas Cowan Calder and Mary Calder of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Cessnock Court Before Mr. A. McDONALD, S.M.
ALLEGED MISAPPROPRIATION.—Trevor Lloyd Richards, 31, of Shedden-street, Cessnock, was charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Drove Under Influence
Albert John Phillips (20), laborer, was fined £15 for having driven a motor cycle in Hunter-st. on April 25 while…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Committal On Charge Of Murder
SYDNEY, Wednesday — Maurice Joseph Napier was committed for trial in Central Court to-day on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bank Accounts Before Court
SYDNEY, Wednesday. —Copies of the bank accounts of Mrs. Eunice Woolcott Forbes, wife of bankrupt…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
FOR TRIAL.—John Graham Ruxton, 24, labourer, was committed for trial on a charge of having broken and entered the…
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LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.).—Mrs. Louisa Merriefield was charged at Blackpool yesterday with the murder…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Gaoled For £3687 Theft
SYDNEY, Thursday.— Bruce John McPhee, 32, clerk, of Wollaroy-crescent. Double Bay, was sentenced by Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man Charged After Rood Death
A nightlong police search for a truck driver following the death of a woman at Stroud last night ended…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Escapee Thumbs Way Back To Gaol
BRISBANE, Thursday.— Michael Condon, who escaped from Boggo-road gaol yesterday, made a bad mistake…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Divorce Court
Judge Amsberg heard four undefended divorce petitions at Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court Test On Power
SYDNEY: The Supreme Court today granted Sydney County Council a rule nisi for a writ of…
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