Court at Wallsend (Before Mr. P R. Wood. S.m.) Straying Stock
If the straying stock menace continued on the highways penalties would be considerably increased, Mr. Wood told…
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Courts & crime, 1954
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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwlcke, S.m.) Street Retting
William Combe (32), laborer. George Smith (45), bricklayer, Donald Arthur Dixon (39), laborer, and Jack Harris (25)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ex-secretary On Stealing Charge
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The former Melbourne Secretary of the Waterside Workers' Federation, Herbert…
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Four lads have been arrested and charged by Cessnock police in connection with several recent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Charged Over Congress Shootings
WASHINGTON, Wed. (A.A.P.): Four Puerto Rican Nationalists who opened fire in the U.S. Congress on Monday and wounded five members were yesterday each indicted on 10 charges. The gunmen were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Say Man "Felt Pockets"
A man seen feeling the pockets of race-goers at a greyhound meeting at Hamilton had claimed when arrested that it was a "weakness" of his, a detective said in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Divorce Court at Cessnock
In undefended divorce cases heard in Cessnock District Court yesterday, Judge Amsberg found the issues proved. RICHARDS v. RICHARDS…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Armed Police Charge Man Barricaded In House
BRISBANE.—Armed police yesterday surrounded and then burst into a house after a man was reported to have barricaded himself inside with his wife and child…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Rail Smash Inquiry Court Told Of Failure
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A railway signal trouble officer said to-day that there was a "safe track" circuit failure for 70 minutes before the Sydenham…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R.a. Hardwicke, S.m
IMPERSONATED POLICEMEN.—Frederick Bevan Box, 28, was fined 5/, in default imprisonment to the rising of the Court,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Court Before Mr. F. R. Wood. S.m
REMANDED. — Bruce Woolaston, 30, clerk, was further remanded till April 7 on a charge of negligent driving…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Traffic Offences
Penalties were: Negligent driving: William David Evans of Maitland St., Stockton, 10s with 12s costs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arranged Theft Of Own Motorcycle
SYDNEY.—A 19-year-old youth had arranged to have his motor cycle stolen so that he could claim for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girl's Murder 'Premeditated'
The murder of, Stella Constance Clarke by John Kurinec and Kurinec's suicide had apparently been premeditated for one or two days, the Newcastle District Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Black Hand Gang Kills Prisoner In Gaol
PALERMO (Sicily), Fri, (A.A.P.): A wave of terror swept through Palermo prison yesterday as the Black Hand Mafia again struck through prison bars to kill another inmate. Eight convicts collapsed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cross-Actions Dismissed Clive Evatt In Assault Case
SYDNEY: Gross-action summonses alleging assault in which the Housing Minister (Mr. Clive Evatt) and three other men were named were dismissed in Central Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mother Faces Charge Of Baby Murder
KATOOMBA, Thursday.—A 33-year-old waitress had admitted having smothered her newly born female child, police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Guard McCarthy
Police officers guard Senator McCarthy as he leaves a railway station in Philadelphia last month after an anonymous threat was made on the Senator's life. Senator McCarthy was in Philadelphia to receive the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Capitol Police Again Alerted
WASHINGTON, March 4. A.A.P.—Police at the Capitol, where five Congressmen were shot by Puerto Rican extremists on Monday, were again alerted to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deputy Police Chief Retires
SYDNEY: After 33 years' service in the N.S.W Police Force, Deputy Commissioner Walter Lawrence…
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