3 To Gaol For Store Robbery
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Three men convicted of having taken part in a £5000 robbery in a Sydney store were sentenced…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1953
2,333 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 66 of 117
Police Denial; Annand Case
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A police sergeant denied to-day that he had charged a man with a summary offence instead of a more serious charge because he lacked…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LETTERS To The Editor Court-Controlled Polls
CRITICISM seems to be the order of the day in some quarters, against union ballots being conducted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A.E.U. Men Go To High Court
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Arbitration Court order compelling five officials of the Amalgamated Engineering…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
BAIL FOFFEITED.—Johanne Coertz, 32, seamen, failed to answer a charge of having used indecent language. His…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m.) Negligent Driving
Gerald Edward O'Mara, of Manuel St., Cardiff West was fined £3 8s with 12s costs for having driven his motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →£539 Theft Of Clothing
A check has revealed that clothing valued at £539 was stolen from Elliotts Pty. Ltd., at the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cardinal Freed From Gaol
ROME, July 29. A.A.P.—Primate of Hungary (Cardinal Mindszenty), whom the Communists sentenced to life…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sentenced Herself To Be Deported
LONDON: Twenty-year-old Adeline Watson, the girl who deported herself from America by mistake…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Magistrate Gave Odds To Thief
LONDON: "When you steal you are in fact betting, and if you lose it is [?]or me to decide the odds,"…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sneak Theft In "Lights Out"
LITHGOW, Wednesday.—Operating during "lights out" observed for the sounding of the Retreat at Lithgow R.S.L…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Gaoled For Theft Of Bullion
LONDON. — Three men were gaoled for two years at the Old Bailey for their parts in a £1000 bullion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Old Woman Leaves Gaol With Bouquet
CULMSTOCK (Devon): Mrs. Caroline Dunbar, 81-year-old widow, of Hillmoor, Culmstock, who was taken to Exeter Gaol on a committal order for contempt of court, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Guilty Of Murder
ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—John Balaban, 29, was found guilty in the Criminal Court to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman Charged With Throwing Caustic Soda
SYDNEY: A 42-year-old woman shopkeeper was charged in Central Court today with throwing a corrosive fluid on a man with intent to disfigure him. Police Prosecutor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Migrant To Pay £59 For Cafe Theft
A theft from the Alcron Cafe, Newcastle, on Sunday, cost a young migrant £59/15/ at Newcastle Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Constable Murdered
NEWCASTLE, Thursday (A.D.C.).—It was only through an unusual accident that two men, Browne…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Innocent Girl Kept In Gaol For Three Weeks
LONDON: An innocent girl spent three weeks in gaol, and for two of them was kept in solitary confinement. The "rather incredible" story of what happened to her was told in court. And after hearing it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Asked To Combat Vandals
Wangi A.L.P. branch will ask police to investigate an outbreak of vandalism in the Wangi district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Drunk In Court
SYDNEY: A woman who was under the influence of liquor in the witness box was sentenced to seven days' gaol in Central Court today for contempt of court. "You were so obviously…
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