Newcastle Court Before Mr. L. E. Stapleton, S.m
FOR TRIAL.—Samuel Betros, 20, labourer, was committed for trial at Newcastle Quarter Sessions on a charge of…
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Courts & crime, 1954
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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. L. C. Stapleton. S.m.) Traffic Breaches
Penalties were: Rode unregistered and uninsured motor cycle: Norman J. Moyle of Abermaln, £2 8s with…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday—John Ernest Watts, 35, butcher, was found guilty of murder by a jury in the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Alexander De Castro Basto, 56, a Macquarie-street eye specialist, was to-day sentenced to death for having administered poison to his daughter,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Promotion of Police
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Premier (Mr. Cahill) to-day announced the following police promotions.—…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday—Two new Conciliation Commissioners have been appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Army Disaster Court Continues
SYDNEY: Reopened hearing of the Army disaster in which three lives were lost when eight amphibious vehicles sank off Stockton Bight recently entered its third day today, an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cessnock Hopes For Supreme Court Sittings
Cessnock Chamber of Commerce is hopeful that its representations to the Department of Justice for Supreme Court sittings to be held at Cessnock will be sucessful…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Parliament could not lay down principles by which the Arbitration Court and Conciliation Commissioners were bound, Mr…
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SYDNEY: A clash occurred between the Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Dovey) and Mr. J. E. Cassidy, Q.C., senior counsel for David Edward Studley-Ruxton, today when the judge ruled that a proof…
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BETTING.—The following were fined for betting offences: William Voyzey, 43, labourer, Hunter-street, Newcastle, and…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A man told Central Court to-day that he had found a friend "covered in blood" in a lane…
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ROCHESTER (New York), Thurs. (A.A.P.) — Two gunmen walked into Monroe county prison here…
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LONDON, March 25. A.A.P.—Lord Montagu 27. was sentenced yesterday to 12 months' gaol for homosexual…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. L. E. Stapleton, S.m.)
REMANDED.—Donald Cyril Burns, 18, and Douglas Lindstrom, 25, seamen, were remanded till Monday on £40…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. L. E. Stapleton, S.m.) Stole Magazines
Kevin John Hoffman (23), laborer, was fined £ 10 for having stolen three magazines valued at 2s, the property of…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—Thieves stole £500 worth of liquor and cigarettes from the Royal Domain Hotel, St…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A new trial of an action in which a Broken Hill miner, Stanley Thomas Wilson, was awarded…
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NORFOLK (Virginia), March 26. A.A.P.—A jury convicted Joseph Harold Addington, former Navy petty officer, of the murder of an Australian war bride…
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ATHENS, March 26. A.A.P.—Strong police forces clashed with 8000 demonstrating students who tried to reach the…
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