£4000 Theft Is Alleged
SYDNEY: A man who stole £4000 from his employer had bought a house and a car with the money…
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Courts & crime, 1954
2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 47 of 125
Murderer Free After 57 Years In Gaol
CHICAGO, Sun. (A.A.P.): A man who went to gaol 57 years ago, when women were women, has now emerged to, find them "acting like men." Lyman William Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Street Thief Sought By Police
SYDNEY, Sunday.— Detectives are still looking for a man who knocked down a woman at Rozelle yesterday…
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RIO DE JANEIRO. May 23. A.A.P. — Nestor Moreira, a crime reporter for a Rio newspaper, died to-day of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Draw Blank In Search For Missing Sydney Man
Despite the most intense police search in the Fraser Park area, south of Swansea, the fate of missing research worker, Peter Tyler, (30), of Belmont-st., Cremorne, remains a mystery. Tyler's car was found…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.) Remanded
Sidney John Taylor (49), manager, of Belmore Rd., Lorn, was remanded on £50 ball till June 7 on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See. S.m.) Indecent Behavior
Albert Murray (29), laborer, £3 10s for indecent behavior [?]n Lingard St., Mereewther, on May 22…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Let Boy Smoke, Says Magistrate
LONDON.—Mr. John Watson, juvenile court chairman, was told that a father did not let his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Judge Admires Police: "Few Black Sheep"
His experience as a barrister and later as a judge had imbued him with a great admiration for the police force, which he believed was one of the finest in the world, declared Mr. Justice Kinsella at Maitland Supreme Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Move To Halt Road Deaths
SYDNEY, Monday. — The Police Commissioner (Mr. Delaney) has called a conference of senior police officers…
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SYDNEY: A mystery woman witness told the Studley-Ruxton Royal Commission today of a "one drink party" with David Studley-Ruxton and another man in a Potts Point flat on Feb. 22. Mr Justice Dovey…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girl Says Newcastle Man Jilted Her; Court Action
SYDNEY: A stenographer suffered a change of personality when her sweetheart broke off their engagement after he had wooed her for three years, the Supreme Court was told today…
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MIGRANTS GAOLED.—Three migrants were sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and each was ordered to pay…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m
REMANDED.—Carl Augustus Schumacher, 40, foreman, was remanded till June 7, on £20 bail, on a charge of having…
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A man was bound over for 12 months at Maitland Court today for an assault…
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NEW YORK, May 25. A.A.P.— Norman Moon, 28, who shot a judge dead in Warren (Pennsylvania) when…
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WYONG, Tuesday.— Wyong Shire Council will ask the Department of Justice for improvements at the Wyong…
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PARIS, Wed. (A.A.P.).—Henri Pichard (33) was sent to gaol for life for murdering his father-in-law, Abel Verite (73), by burning him alive in his kitchen fireplace…
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Mr. Justice Kinsella said yesterday that he had a great admiration for the N.S.W. Police Force and was convinced there was no finer police force in the world…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Claim Arrest Solves Thefts
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — Police believe they have cleared up a chain of robberies involving goods worth almost £1000…
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