Court At Wallsend (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.) Malicious Damage
Cecil Patrick Maher of Victoria Pde., Jesmond, was fined £2 10s and ordered to pay £5 compensation for having…
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Courts & crime, 1954
2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 125
Murder Charges "Gossip"
LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.).—Six murder charges against a 57-year-old widow were based on…
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LONDON (O.S.R.).—Described by the chairman as "a lazy young rascal." Patrick John O'Brien, 22…
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LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.) : Four members of a race swindle gatoo, who had attempted a £60,000 gambling coup by switching race-horses, were sent to gaol today from the Old…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russia's All-Out Assault On Sporting Records
LONDON: Russia this year begins an all-out assault on the sporting records of the world, with the avowed aim of being masters of the world in sport when her team goes to Melbourne for the 1956 Olympic Games. The Soviet Union will…
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NEW YORK, Wed., (O.S.R.): Chicago's police fear that the city's gangsters have found a "new look" technique for "rubbing out" rivals, without bullets. Their evidence is the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A youth charged with the murder of his father was found not guilty by a Central Criminal Court jury to-day. The youth, Samuel…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Triple Smash; Court Sequel
About five minutes after a car had been involved in a collision with another car, it was struck from behind by a third car…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court Rebukes Legal Firm
It was most improper for a firm of solicitors to write to a client and advise that a case must be adjourned because of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →656 Boys In Maitland Police Club
Maitland Police and Citizens Boys' Club had a membership of 656 last year, it was reported to the annual meeting…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Detectives believe that a 52-year-old seaman, found strangled on his bed in a Wollahra…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Watersiders' Ballot For Court Inquiry
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Industrial Registrar to-day ordered an inquiry by the Arbitration Court into two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air Pilots Rely on Court
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Commercial airline pilots decided to-day to leave settlement of their claims on wages and conditions to the Arbitration Court…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Child Is Brought to Court Baby Identified In Abduction Case
Four-months-old Christopher Halls, who was brought into court by his mother, was identified in Newcastle Court today by Det-Sgt. Bert James as the baby he found in a house in Georgetown almost 72 hours after the child had been taken…
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FINED.—Thomas Cougle, 67, labourer, was fined £5 for having sold a bottle of wine without a licence at Hexham…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. L. C. Stapleton, S.m.) Traffic Offences
Penalties were: Not keeping traffic dome on the right when turning on a motor cycle from Scott St. into…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →French Await New Assault
SAIGON, March 18. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The French Union forces, strongly dug in behind barbed wire entanglements, are awaiting another Vietminh major…
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NEW YORK, Thursday (A.A.P.)—Mayor Robert Wagner today promised police protection for men…
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LONDON, Mar. 18. A.A.P.—A debtor in Blackpool Court was given a certificate by the judge to prove to his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Artist Alleges Police Bashing
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A 52-year-old commercial artist alleged in Central Court to-day that he was bashed by police after his arrest on February 18…
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