Crew Member On Attempted Murder Count
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A member of the crew of the Springbank was charged early to-day with the attempted…
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Courts & crime, 1954
2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 45 of 125
Inquiry Court, Judges
Top: The interior of Albert Hall, which has been transformed from a concert hall into a courtroom for the Espionage Royal Commission, which opens to-day. Lower: The three Royal Commissioners who will conduct the inquiry. From left: Mr. Justice Philp, of Queensland, Mr. Justice Owen, of N.S.W., and Mr. Justice…
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A 26-years-old barman appeared before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., in Newcastle Court today on a…
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SYDNEY: Police are searching for the drivers of five vehicles which, then allege, knocked people down and failed to stop. Three of the vehicles were stolen and police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Court At Cessnock (Before Judge Amsberg) Appellant Given Bond
John Edward Turner of Cessnock, was given the benefit of Section 556A of the Crimes Act when he appealed against a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Given Bond
Vladas Petranos (34), laborer, charged with driving a car on Pacific Highway. Highfields, on Jan. 30 while under the…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — A National Service trainee was sentenced in Manly Court of Petty Sessions to-day to six…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Inquiry Still in Air
SYDNEY, Monday.—The State Government has not decided whether the Studley-Ruxton Royal Commission will investigate allegations against police officers about an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Hunt For Two Girls
SYDNEY, Monday.—More than 20 police and scores of civilians searched to-night for two girls missing from their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →3 Generations In Police Force
The police force is a tradition with members of the Fairlamb family, three generations of which have served more than 80 years…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
REMANDED.—Douglas Maxwell Bruce, 26, barman, was remanded till June 21, on £60 ball, on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Divorce Court At Cessnock (Before Judge Amsberg) WATKINS v WATKINS
The judge found the issues proved when Violet Watkins, of Anstey St., Cessnock. sought a divorce from John Watkins…
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NEW YORK, May 18. A.A.P.—Frank Costello, 63, once known as the "King of American gamblers," was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ganger Acquitted Of Murder
NARRABRI, Tuesday. —Pleading self defence, Ronald Maxwell Smoothy was acquitted to-day in the Supreme…
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Police separated Ted Christy and Art Bull when they fought in the aisle after they had been disqualified for…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Allegations that Gregory Vincent Quinn was assaulted by police at Inverell six years ago will not be investigated by a Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Campaign Against 'Toughs'
LONDON (Reuter): Scotland Yard has started a "spring - clean" drive against London's gangs of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Police Allege Boy Hid £50
MELBOURNE. — A 10-year-old schoolboy hid £50 in an overcoat under a bridge over a stormwater…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court In Switch To Hall
CANBERRA, Tuesday —Albert Hall, which to-day was the courtroom for the espionage Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →3 DEAD, 4 INJURED Police Worried By Hit-Runs
SYDNEY: Police are conducting an extensive search of the South Coast for a car driver who knocked down a two-year-old boy at Bega last night and left him dying on the…
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