Assault On Woman
BRISBANE: A man ped a 45-year-old marred woman outside her [?]ome at Camp Muckley…
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Courts & crime, 1954
2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 125
Bail Reduced On Theft Charge
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Mr. Beavers, S.M., in Central Court to-day reduced the bail of a man charged with having…
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BERLIN, Dec. 31. A.A.P.—A record number of more than 1700 East German policemen and officers fled to West…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
VAGRANCY.—Wallace Kemp, 45. no occupation, was sentenced to three months' gaol on a charge of vagrancy…
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For committing an indecent act against three young girls at a picture matinee last Saturday…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A 30-year-old storeman was charged with manslaughter in Kogarah Court yesterday…
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SYDNEY: A suburban train guard who told police he probably had more than 32 drinks on New Year's Eve was sent to gaol for three months at Newtown Court today. Walter Ernest Dowd, 27…
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WAGGA: Police have been alerted to watch for a 40-year-old Lithuanian woman who yesterday left the Bonegilla Migrant Camp, near Albury. Police believe that the…
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LONDON. — A police dog was called to search for a thief who broke into a house in Marlborough…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Police Hunt For Car Trickster
LONDON. — Brighton police searched for a confidence trickster and a £600 car. The man booked…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"In The Good Old Days" Police Trap
There was a predecessor of "Sherlock Holmes" in Newcastle nearly 100 years ago named Inspector Harrison. A steward off the brig Venture was hauled before the court by the master, Captain Smith, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Offensive Behavior
Cecil Clarkson (34), miner, and Clifford Edward Black (36), miner, were each fined £3 for having behaved offensively on…
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ADELAIDE: Glenelg ex-servicemen believe that 1000 R.S.L. 1954 badge clips in a safe stolen from their…
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WASHINGTON, Mon. (A.A.P.): A bold thief stole about £71,000 from a vault at the United…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m
FOR TRIAL.—Ronald Aubrey Buckley, 46, and Allan Vernon Hassan, 24, labourers, were committed for trial at…
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SIX MONTHS.—William Harold Martin, 32, labourer, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to six months' gaol for having…
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Three sugar bags of allegedly stolen property were exhibited by the police at Wallsend Court today when Kevin John Jackson (19), loco shunter, and Leslie Frederick George Brien (19), laborer, appeared before Mr. A. S. McDonald, S.M. charged with breaking…
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In Newcastle Court today a 27-year-old salesman was remanded to Jan. 14 on a charge of having assaulted…
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SYDNEY. - A prisoner was stabbed by a fellow prisoner at Bathurst Gaol today…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Keith Gray, 33, radio mechanic, was committed in North Sydney Court to-day for trial on…
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