Police Appeals Case "Not Probe Into Whole Force"
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 3
SYDNEY: "This board is not a Royal Commission of inquiry into the activities of the police force generally and, speaking for myself, I have no intention of allowing it so to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Chase Man At 65 Miles An Hour
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 6
A constable travelling at 65 miles an hour had been unable to overtake a motor-cyclist at New Lambton on October 21,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court Story by Buyer Gravel Contractor "Offered Bribe"
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 6
Austin St. Clair Hurn had offered a bribe to find out how much other contractors had rendered for a contract to supply 36,000 tons of gravel to Wangi power station, a Railways Department buyer said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. L. C. Stapleton, S.m
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 6
REMANDED.—Louis Sweeney was remanded till March 23, on £20 ball, on a charge of having driven a car at Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. L. C. Stapleton, (S.m.) Illegal Liquor
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 14
Baden Powell, of Carrlngton St., Mayfield. was lined £3 with 12s costs for having been found in the Shortland Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Man "Taught Murder"
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 5
NEW YORK, Feb. 16. A.A.P.—A Brooklyn butcher, accused of running a teen-age "murder school," and two of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Supreme Court
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 8
Mr. Justice McClemens will preside at the first week of the sitting of the Supreme Court, to begin in Newcastle on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →2 Youths Saw Way Out Of Bendigo Gaol
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 6
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Two 19-year-old convicts escaped from Bendigo Gaol last night by sawing through a steel…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Evidence Move In Murder Case
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 6
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A move to call news evidence in the Ferguson murder case was made in the Court of Criminal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stop Press Police Appeals Upheld
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 20
SYDNEY: Appeals by two police sergeants against fines imposed on them by Police Commissioner Delaney for neglect of duty in…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Court Reserves Judgment On Contempt Action
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 16
SYDNEY: The Full Supreme Court today reserved judgment, on a contempt of court action against the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Police Inspector Orders Dr. Evatt To 'Move On'
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1
CANBERRA: A police inspector accosted the Opposition Leader (Dr. Evatt) in the precincts of Parliament House yesterday and told him to move on. At the State Banquet last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Surprise Move in Police Case; Hearing Is Adjourned
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 3
SYDNEY: There was a surprise move today in the Crown Employees' Appeals Board hearing involving two police sergeants and an alleged bribery incident near Thomas's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Sensation In London Murder Case Suicide In German Wood Is Latest Episode
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1
LONDON, Wed., (O.S.R. And A.A.P.): Another astounding episode in this amazing gentlefolks' home murder case occurred yesterday when a pistol shot ended the life of a modern, bearded pirate-smuggler, Ronald…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cessnock Court Before Mr. F. WOOD, S.M.
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 7
ILLEGAL BETTING.—David Keirs, John Alfred Crowe and Rupert Westbury were each fined £20 for illegal betting on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. L. C. Stapleton, S.m.)
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 8
REMANDED. — Thomas Marcineak, 32, labourer, was remanded till next Tuesday on £6 bail, on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.) Two Charges
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 19
Richard Carl Gagler. of Harris St., Cardiff, pleaded guilty to having illegally taken and used a motor cycle, the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. L. C. Stapleton, (S.m.) Traffic Breaches
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 16
Speeding: Keith Fowler, of Werribi St., Mayfield, £15; Allan Y. Shaw, of Clarke St., Wallsend; Edward J. Punshon,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →2 Police Win Appeals Against Fines
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 7
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Crown Employees' Appeal Board to-day upheld appeals by two police sergeants against fines for alleged neglect of duty…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 7
REMANDED.—Leslie Eastiake, 43, pastrycook, was remanded till April 6, on £20 bail, on a charge of hacing driven a car in…
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