Police Inquiry On Man's Death
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Police to-night were investigating the death of a man whose body was found in the hallway…
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Courts & crime, 1954
2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 38 of 125
Court Move Against Geo Barnes
SYDNEY: Stadiums Pty. Ltd. today asked the Equity Court for a interlocutory…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.)
THEFT CHARGE. — Barbara Elizabeth Mortimer, 21, married, was fined £10 on a charge of having stolen three pairs of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Assaulted Wife
John Vincent Walsh (29), airman, was placed on a £10 bond to be of good behavior for 12 months for having assaulted…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Divorce Court
Seven months after the marriage in January, 1948, Gloria Grace Heaslip said her husband left her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →1949 Complaint Of Assault Details Given By Detective
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Detective Constable John William Heys gave details at the Royal Commission to-day of an alleged assault case in which he was implicated in 1949. Heys denied having…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. HARDWICKE, S.M.
GAOLED.—Samuel George Randall, 32, labourer, was sentenced to nine months' gaol on each of four charges of having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£150 Theft At Swansea Store
Thieves broke into the Swansea Cooperative Society store at the week-end, taking tobacco and…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Thieves stole £3000 worth of watches and jewellery from a Marrickville shop early to-day…
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LONDON.—Walter Jessop, 36, a detective-constable who added words to a man's statement to "tie…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Salaries Will Increase
LONDON.—English police will get more pay if increases agreed to by the Police Council…
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"Yes, Your Honor." is made up of authentic stories from our law courts and depict a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Atom By-Products Could Be Used As Murder Weapon
VIENNA, Tues. (O.S.R.)—The disposal of the by-products of atomic bombs and stockpiles may become a major problem of the near future, according to Professor Hans Thirring…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Old Offender Escapes Gaol
Alexander Mulvenna, 68. labourer, with a long list of convictions, chiefly for drunkenness, dating back to 1908,…
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A man who assaulted his wife while he was on a bond for a similar offence was sentenced yesterday to three…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Murderess In Gaol Asked For Slimming Tablets
SYDNEY: A woman who tried to send slimming tablets to a "once very fat" murderess in Long Bay Gaol was fined £10 today in Central Court. The tablets were posted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Studley-ruxton Royal Commission Alibi Is Claimed In Alleged Assault
SYDNEY: Constable Arthur Leonard Smaills told the Royal Commission today he had not assaulted David Edward Studley-Ruxton on Feb 25, and at the time of the alleged assault he was visiting his mother-in-law at Redfern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cruel Hoaxer Sought By Police
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Police late to-night were seeking the perpetrator of a series of hoaxes played on an…
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For many years the old, familiar face of Alexander Mulvenna (68) had aroused little comment in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Reds Exposed by Petrov Case: Secret Police System Seen
LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.)—The Russian system of spiriting off men and women to some slave camp or place of execution was seen in the Petrov affair, the London "Daily Mail" said…
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