Women's Brief Gaol Break
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Two young women escapees from Pentridge Gaol were found by police walking barefooted at Albert Park shortly before midday to-day…
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Courts & crime, 1954
2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 50 of 125
Ship Stabbing; Man Charged
MELBOURNE, Monday.—A 26-year-old South African seaman was alleged in the City Court to-day to have told…
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SYDNEY: Mr. Justice Dovey in the Studley-Ruxton Royal Commission today threatened to send Mr. J. R. Poole, solicitor, to gaol for contempt of court after Poole had raised his voice in answering a Question…
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BURNIE (Tasmania), Monday.—Kcith William Lomer, 25, taxi driver, of Latrobe, was sentenced to-day to 12…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Ronald Vincent Holl, 24, labourer, of Belmore-road, Herne Bay, made a statement from the…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A Supreme Court Judge will inquire into the sanity of a man convicted for murder nearly 20 years ago. The man is Boyd…
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DRIVING CHARGES.—Ronald Trevor Allsop, 22, labourer, was fined £25 for having driven a car in Lookout-road. New…
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MOTORIST FINED.—Eric John Sandford, 48. electrician, of George-street, Lambton, was fined £15 for having driven on…
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Ian lawrence, Whiting-Warlace (30[?] rigger, who pleaded guilty to a charge of theft. was discharged on enetering…
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Maxwell Ryan (19) of Aberdare Rd., Aberdare, was given a suspended gaol sentence when he pleaded guilty to having…
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DARWIN: The native murderer, Jackie Brcyalang, has been returned to gaol after evading the…
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SYDNEY. — A 25-year-old woman was remanded in Liverpool Court today on a charge of unlawfully…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Dovey) threatened to-day to gaol John Rea Poole, solicitor, for contempt of Court at the Studley-Ruxton Royal Commission…
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WEWAK, June 1. A.A.P.-Reuter.—A plan to kill Administration and mission personnel in New Guinea's wild Telefomin area had been in existence five years before…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Ronald Vincent Holl was to-day sentenced to death for the murder of Olaf Perkman, C.S.I.R.O. scientist…
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Ignorance of many motorists of the general traffic requirements, more particularly on pedestrian crossings, was…
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The value of the gravel deficiency of 2322 tons at Wangi Powerhouse was approximately £6500, a Railway Department audit and costing inspector said at the gravel…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Justice McLelland granted by consent to-day an injunction preventing an election to-night…
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SYDNEY: A police who killed a man when chasing a died at 6.30 a.m. today…
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The Public Service Board has approved of a new stipendiary magistrate's district which will comprise…
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