Train Murder Finding; Man For Trial
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The City Coroner (Mr. E. J. Forrest), to-day committed for trial Ronald Vincent Holl,…
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Courts & crime, 1954
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"Credit Balance" On Police Sheet
Something of a credit balance was shown on the crime and occurrences sheet at Newcastle Police…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A former Leichhardt Council alderman had demanded £120 to put a development application and building plans through the council, it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Witchcraft In Court Plea
DURBAN: A 24-year-old African, Mbusi Ngcobo, sentenced here to 16 years' hard labor for having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m
REMANDED: Samuel George Randall, 32, labourer, was remanded till April 12 on £40 bail on a charge of having at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. L. E. Stapleton. S.m.) Traffic Offences
Penalties were—Failed to give way at intersection: William Gibbs of Hanbury St., Mayfield, and George…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Youth Charged With Murder
BRISBANE, Thursday.—A youth was charged at Mount Morgan Police Court to-day with the murder of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court At Newcastle Industrial Court (Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate (Mr. H. Isles). Shopkeeper Fined
Vassilla Tsolakis, proprietor of a confectionary shop in Beaumont St., Hamilton, was fined £5 for having failed to…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—It was doubtful whether a burglar who frightened a woman to death could be charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Bullet Ends Car Chase
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—After a rear tyre of an allegedly stolen car had been struck by a bullet fired from a police…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Car Collides With Police Waggon
SYDNEY.—Two people were injured when their car collided with a police patrol waggon in College…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A man told Granville Court to-day that he had been bashed and threatened by a detective to force him to sign a confession…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Judge Tells Court Injustice Done
Judge Amsberg, in Newcastle Sessions yesterday, revoked a sentence he had passed on Rex Smith, 24, labourer, earlier in the week. On Tuesday, Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. L. E. STAPLETON, S.M.
SHEARER CHARGED.—John Joseph Philbey, 43, shearer, was charged with having, at Newcastle, on March 3, obtained a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Court At Wallsend (Before Mr. P. R. Wood, S.m.) Traffic Breaches
Penalties were— Exceeded speed limit: Kenneth W. Brooks of Wallsend Rd., Sandgate, and Gultrie F…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£700 Hotel Theft
MELBOURNE, Friday.—A bag containing about £700 in cash was stolen from the bar counter of the Exchange…
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NEW YORK, April 2. A.A.P.—Private Rothwell Floyd, 28, clicked his heels saluted smartly and snapped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japan on World Court
TOKYO, April 2. A.A.P.—Reuter.—Japan became a member of the International Court at The Hague to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. L. E. Stapleton, S.m
VAGRANCY.—Joseph Lis. 35, labourer, was sentenced to three months' gaol for vagrancy. Constable Stevens said he found…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hermit Lived by Stealing
COPENHAGEN (Reuter)—Magnus Christian Petersen lived in the dense woods near Silkeborg, in…
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