Wangi Gravel Hearing Shortage Found, Court Told
Two railway officials said at Newcastle Sessions yesterday that they had found a shortage in the amount of gravel at Wangi powerstation. One of the officials said…
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Courts & crime, 1954
2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 125
Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
STOLE BAG.—Ian Lawrence Whiting-Wallace, 30, rigger, was placed on a bond of £10 for 12 months, on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m) Two Charges
William Frost, 43, laborer, was fined £5 for offensive behavior at the Commercial Hotel yesterday and a similar amount…
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SYDNEY: A man who cut a miner's eye so severely with a broken bottle that it had to be removed was sent to gaol today for five years. Imposing the maximum…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ship Waits For Its Owner (In Gaol)
LONDON, Thurs. (O.S.R.): Captain Tony Townsend, skipper of the 137-ton steamer Arran Mail, is very bored Since he was acquitted by the Gibraltar Supreme…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Uganda Police Hunt Native Gangs
KAMPALA (Uganda), June 2. A.A.P.—Police scoure country districts last night [?] gangs of Africans alleged [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"Dead End Kid" In Court
HOLLYWOOD, June 2. A.A.P.—The actor Billy Halop, one of the original "Dead End Kids," was given a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.)
UNDER INFLUENCE.—Peter John Ross, 22, pastrycook, of Vickers-street, Mayfield, was fined £15 for having driven a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →5 Years' Gaol For Youth
SYDNEY: Judge Curlewis told a 19-year-old man in Quarter Sessions today that only his youth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Week's Gaol Prelude To Wedding Bells
Alexander Stores, a 34-year-old British seaman, will marry in a fortnight, but he will serve seven days' hard labour…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Touting at Gaol Denied by Poole
SYDNEY, Thursday.—John R. Poole, solicitor, denied at the Studley-Ruxton Royal Commission to-day that he had touted for work among prisoners at Long Bay Gaol. He was replying to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Five Years' Gaol For Bottle Attack
SYDNEY, Thursday. — A man who used a broken bottle to gouge out a miner's eye was to-day gaoled for five…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Search Continues
Police, under Detective-Sergeant R. Whalen, yesterday ended the 14th day of a search in the Fraser Park area for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Stabbed Three, Police Allege
SYDNEY: A 19-year-old Italian, alleged to have stabbed three men, appeared in Central Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Act Against Brisbane "Bodgies"
BRISBANE: "Bodgie" hoodlum gangs in Brisbane would be smashed, Police Commissioner Smith said this week. Mr. Smith has called for a report on youthful basher…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Five Brothers "Feud And Fight," Court Is Told
SYDNEY: There's a saying in Katoomba that to be a Skeen and live, you have to be tough. There are five Skeen brothers, all with Irish…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.)
BOND.—David Bruce Nowlan, 22, transport driver, was not convicted, but was placed on a £10 bond for 12 months,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr R. K. Waddell, S.m.) Resisted Arrest
Patrick Burke (24), seaman, was fined a total of £6 on three charges—£1 for offensive behavior in Steel St…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →East Germans To Be Charged
FRANKFURT, June 4. A.A.P.—Hans Kukowicz, 43, and Kurt Weber, 40, the two East Germans alleged to have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£65 Theft From P.M.G. Van
SYDNEY, Friday.—A mailbag containing £65 in money and some letters was stolen from a closed P.M.G…
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