Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Fined for Assault
Thomas Kirkby (51), music teacher, pleaded guilty to having assaulted Audrey May Beecham at Hamilton on…
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Courts & crime, 1953
2,333 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 50 of 117
Gaol Break Bid AT Grafton Fails
SYDNEY: Six prisoners and four prison officers were injured in a savage melee at Graf ton Gaol at 9 45 a.m. yesterday when a mass gaol break was foiled by the authorities, the Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) announced today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Say Man Took Thallium
SYDNEY. — A thallium poison sufferer, who had been in hospital for two months, was remanded in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Annoyed His Mother, Court Told
The mother of a man charged with vagrancy had complained to the police about him coming home…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nurse Gaoled For Stealing
Hazel Daphne Brodie, 34, nurse, who pleaded "Guilty" to having stolen two wallets and two sprays of artificial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Charged On Slayings
SYDNEY, Monday.—John Robert Hair, 38, was charged in Balmain Court to-day with the manslaughter of William…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Gaol Officials Given Leave
GRAFTON. — Gaol officials who foiled Sunday's mass escape attempt, were given leave today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wife is Charged Giving Husband Thallium
SYDNEY: A 35-year-old married woman, the mother of three children, was charged in Central Court today with having endangered her husband's life by maliciously administering thallium* poison to him…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →EDITORIAL— Charged Methods In Naval Operations
THE Great Naval Review at Spithead in which the British fleet and the warships of 22 nations were assembled made one of the most spectacular displays of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Five Years' Gaol for Boy of 15
LONDON.—Alan Macey, 15, an apprentice, was sent to prison for five years by Mr. Gerald Thesiger, Q.C.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Police Friend" In Trouble
SYDNEY: A holder of the Police Friend Badge, who pleaded guilty in the Quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Divorce Court PLATT v. PLATT
Judge Clegg found the issues proved in Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday when Betty Brenda Platt (nee Thornton)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Trespassing
James Patrick Lennon (26) and Mervyn Patrick Plumrner (41), laborers, were each fined £5 for having trespassed on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£135 Club Theft
Thieves broke into the club-house of Cessnock Golf Club and stole £135. Entrance was gained by forcing a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wife Charged With Poisoning
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A 35-year-old mother of three children was charged at Central Court to-day with having…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Control Of Dogs Sought
Newcastle City Council Health Committee recommended last night that the council ask Newcastle police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Part Wrestlers At Ringside
Police parted Pat McGill and Johnnie Moochie, who continued to fight in the aisle after leaving the ring in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Court Told Of Pistol Threat
Evidence of a threat at gunpoint was given when the hearing of a malicious prosecution claim was continued at the Maitland Supreme Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Divorce Court Friend v. FRIEND
Desertion on the ground of non-compliance with an order for restitution of conjugal rights was the basis of an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Move To Speed Court Hearings
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—State Cabinet is to introduce legislation to speed up the taking of evidence in Petty Sessions…
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