2 Youths Bet Bank Money, Sent To Gaol
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two youths who bet on horses and dogs with stolen money were to-day sentenced to gaol…
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Courts & crime, 1954
2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 125
Bail Allowed On Charge Of Murder
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A woman charged with murder was allowed £250 bail in the Supreme Court to-day by Mr…
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In drawing attention to the number of case; awaiting hearing before the Newcastle District Court, Judge…
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LONDON, Feb. 11. A.A.P.—East Germany is going ahead rapidly with mechanisation plans for her 80,000 strong…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Double Slayer In Wild Court Scene
NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.)—A man, whom police said had confessed to slaying the alcoholic poet-novelist Maxwell Bodenheim and Mrs. Bodenheim, was sent to a psychiatric ward today after a wild demonstration in court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wangi Gravel Charges Shorthand "Test" In Court Case
Senior Railway Detective R. Cole took shorthand notes in the witness box at Newcastle Court yesterday at the dictation of Mr. A. Brindley. Mr. Brindley, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. L. C. Stapleton, S.m
FALSE PRETENCE.—Robert Dilow, 39, sawmiller, was sentenced to three months' gaol for having, on November 7, at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Teralba Court Before Mr. F. R. Wood. S.m
GIVEN BOND.—Without proceeding to conviction, Mr. Wood released Ronald Keith Hulin, 24, soldier, on a £30…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →G. Moore and Owner Charged
SYDNEY, Friday.—George Moore, one of Sydney's leading jockeys, and C. Butterworth, Brisbane owner-trainer, have been charged by the A.J.C…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. L. C. Stapleton, S.m
REMANDED.—Francis Joseph McMahon, 32, operator, was remanded till April 9, on £9, on £30 ball, on charges of having driven a…
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RHEINE (West Germany).—Germany's first mobile motorised traffic court has been set up…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Police Chase Motor Cyclist At 70 MPH
A motor cyclist chased by a police constable at speeds up to 70 m.p.h. at New Lambton was fined…
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A defendant turned up a month early at Maitland Court today to answer a charge of disobeying a halt…
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SYDNEY: The Police Commissioner (Mr. C. J. Delaney) has been subpoenaed to appear before the Crown Employees' Appeals Board in relation to appeals by two police sergeants…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court at Maitland (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.) Licence Revoked
After having been convicted for using indecent language, John Brown (52) laborer, of no fixed abode, had his licence to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. L. C. Stapleton, S.m.) Offensive Behavior
Herbert Arthur Butler, 45, linesman, pleaded guilty to a charge of offensive behavior in the Lyric Theatre on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →[?]Tues., Feb. 16, 1954. [?] Butcher Charged With Running Murder School
NEW YORK, Man. (A.A.P.): A Brooklyn butcher was yesterday accused of running a school for murder. The butcher, Anniello Caccio, was arrested on a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →15 Years' Gaol for Rape
BRISBANE, Monday.—Bernard Charles Moran, 34, farm labourer, was sentenced in the Criminal Court to-day, to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gaol-Breakers Saw Bars, Used Knotted Blankets
MELBOURNE: Two 19-year-old convicts escaped from Behdiro Gaol during the night by sawing through a steel bar of their cell window and lowering themselves down knotted blankets. Police allege that since…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Appeals 'Other Reason' For Fines
SYDNEY, Monday.—It would be submitted that two police sergeants had been punished for a reason not related to the charge against them, Mr. J. W…
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