Supt. Magnay Retiring From Police
SYDNEY, Friday.—A man who English doctors said in 1917 would be a hopeless cripple for life, completed 35…
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Courts & crime, 1954
2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 52 of 125
Victorian Traffic Rule Police Must Not Endanger Public
MELBOURNE, Friday.—A magistrate said to-day that a policeman could not law-expose members of the public to grave danger of life and limb for the sake of…
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ASSAULTED POLICEMAN.—Patrick Burke, 24, seaman, was fined £3 for having assaulted Constable R. J. Tippett, £2 for…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Large squads of armed warders and police to-night surrounded the Emu Plains district in [?]earch…
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SYDNEY.—the Assistant Metropolitan Superintendent of Police (Mr. H. Magnay) has begun…
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"In reply to Mr. Buchanan (Member for Maitland) it was stated by Mr. Parkes in the Legislative Assembly that it had been found from inquiry at Maitland that the Shipping Master at Newcastle had visited Maitland…
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Arising out of incidents in the Wallsend and West Wallsend areas late last month, Keith Fleming (19), laborer, was sentenced to a gaol term and fined £22 at Newcastle Court today and recommended to undergo psychiatric examination…
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LONDON, June 6. A.A.P. —A Reuters message from Berlin says five armed policemen from Communist East…
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An anonymous telephone call had been received by Maitland police alleging that one of the two defendants had been the ringleader in a jewellery robbery in 1951, a detective told Maitland Court today. The detective said that…
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BURLYAME (California), Sun. (A.A.P.): Advised through a telephone call from England, police found an attractive divorcee, clad in a wedding dress, unconscious in her flat yesterday. The divorcee, Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Remanded
Percy Els worth (40), sales representative, was remanded on £200 bail to June 24 on a charge of feloniously slaying…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Court At Maitland (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.) Liquor Breach
James Cattagan of Hannan-st., Maitland, and Colin McPherson of Central-st., Maitland, were each fined £3 18s…
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LONDON (O.S.R.): Mrs. Margaret Armstrong, a racehorse trainer's wife, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment at Ripon City Court (Yorkshire) recently for…
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BRISBANE, Monday.— Two men were each sentenced in the Criminal Court to-day to seven years' gaol on…
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MEXICO CITY, June 7. A.A.P.—A beggar woman was released from the Federal Penitentiary after serving two…
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TOKIO, Tues. (A.A.P.)—The Upper House of the Japanese Diet yesterday passed the controversial…
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SYDNEY: A doctor and two psychiatrists said in the Lunacy Court yesterday that a Sydney solicitor should be committed to an institution. The solicitor, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
UNDER INFLUENCE.—Harold Wilfred Wisemantle, 24, labourer, was fined £15 for having driven a car in Brown-road,…
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Edward Noel Leddy (42), who pleaded guilty to a charge of assault, was released on a £100 bond to…
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SYDNEY.—Mrs. Norma Rachael Anne O'Neill, 34, was remanded in Burwood Court today until August…
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