Murder Intent Charge Fails
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Charles Francis Bourke, 43, labourer, of Chisholm-street, Darlinghurst, charged at Central…
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Courts & crime, 1953
2,333 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 117
Hamilton Murder—Suicide: Butcher's Knife Caused Deaths
A butcher's knife, produced in the Coroner's Court today, brought death to two people in a house at Clyde-st., Hamilton, on Jan 7, according to police evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lambton Seeks Permanent Police Officer
Despite a promise on October 4 by the then Acting Commissioner (Mr. Delaney) that a permanent…
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Police asked Mr. T. H. D. See, S.M., at Newcastle Court today to have a 36-year-old laborer declared…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
REMANDED.—Thomas Evan Price, 34, labourer, was remanded till January 29, on £60 ball, on charges of having driven a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Court (Before Mr. F. P. Halpin, S.m.) Remand Granted
A remand to March 18 was granted to James Newton, 38, laborer, who was charged with driving a motor lorry…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. See. S.m.) Traffic Breaches
Penalties were: Failed to Rive way at foot-crossing: Neil Gilbert, Yambo St., Morisset, £5 3s. No light…
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Stanley Vaughan, 36, labourer, was sentenced to 12 months' gaol by Mr. T. H. D. See, S.M., at Newcastle…
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LONDON, Jan. 21. A.A.P. —The principal accused of a group of 10 charged with plotting to overthrow the…
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A butcher's knife was an exhibit at Newcastle Court-house yesterday at an inquest on Leslic Massey Kennedy,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Murderer Killed In Gaol Fight
SANTA FE (New Mexico), Wed. (A.A.P.).—A double murderer, serving a life sentence, was stabbed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mears Is Transferred To Long Bay Gaol
SYDNEY: William Cecil Mears, notorious gunman, basher; thief, and associate of Darcy Dugan, is back in Long Bay Penitentiary from which he and Dugan staged a dramatic escape in August, 1949. The Comptroller-General…
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SYDNEY.—Mr. Justice Herron in the Supreme Court Chambers late yesterday granted £500 bail to…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Reward Offer Likely In Murder Hunt
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— The Police Department is expected to recommend soon that a substantial reward be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman On 3 Counts Of Child Murder
BRISBANE, Wednesday. — A 29-year-old woman was charged in Brisbane Court with the murder of three…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court At Newcastle Committed for Trial
John Bernard Sloane (35), laborer, was committed for trial at Newcastle Quarter Sessions on Feb. 9 on £50 ball on a…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Threw Babe On Ground Court Told
MELBOURNE.—A 19-year-old girl was alleged in the City Court today to have killed her newborn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kurri Court (Before Mr. F. P. Halpin, S.m.) Betting Fines
As a sequel to a visit by Newcastle Vice Squad to the coalfields last Saturday four men pleaded guilty to charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nazi Camp Killers Sentenced
PARIS, Jan. 22. A.A.P.-Reuter.— Colonel Karl Buck, former Nazi camp commandant in Alsace, and Karl…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Sent to Gaol for Fraud
A man who imposed on a clergyman and four other persons was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by Mr…
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