Q.C. Tells Commission: "No Evidence Of Assault"
SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Shand, Q.C., told the Studley-Ruxton Royal Commission to-day that there was no evidence to suggest even a minor assault…
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Courts & crime, 1954
2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 59 of 125
Four Years' Gaol For Kiss In The Dark
LONDON, Tues. (OSR): A kiss in the dark helped to send a young man to gaol for four years at Nottingham Assizes yesterday. A 25-year-old Irishman, Thomas Flaherty, was on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Asked To Check Traffic Lights
The Superintendent of Police (Mr- J. Rayner) will be asked to have a check made on traffic lights at…
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Newcastle detectives yesterday overtook four young people in a car after a chase at up to 85 miles an hour…
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SYDNEY: A man, his wife and three-year-old child, had a terrifying ride at Liverpool last night when a taxi in which they were passengers was chased by police cars at breakneck speeds. Police said later the…
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A 22-year-old laborer appeared at Newcastle Court today as the outcome of yesterday's dramatic chase of a car by police and was remanded to July 15 on £120 bail. The man, John Stanley…
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DISCHARGED.—Joseph Vincent Pearce, 50, shopkeeper, was discharged on a charge of having driven a utility truck in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Remanded
On a charge of stealing a motor-cycle, valued at £ 75, the property of John Rounyed at Wickham about Dec. 9, 1953…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court At Cessnock (Before Mr. F. R. Wood. S.m.) Negligent Driving
when he pleaded guilty to having driven a lorry negligently in Wollonibi-rd., Cessnock, on March 6. Francis Hickey of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gaol for Death of Father
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A Central Crimina Court jury to-day found Reginald John Hall not guilty of murder,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Petrov Tells About Secret Service Money Theft From Canberra Embassy Is Denied
MELBOURNE: Vladimir Petrov today dramatically old the Spy Royal Commission that he had held a big sum of money from the Soviet Secret Service and had used it as Moscow had instructed…
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In the past four years the Commonwealth Arbitration Court has been required to decide a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
REMANDED. — John Davis. 25, labourer was remanded till July 6. on £60 ball on a charge of having stolen a motor-cycle,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m.) Traffic Offences Penalties were
Stopped car less than 10 feet from rail crossing at Adamstown: Cecil Ryan of Hamilton-St., Kahibah, 23s with 7s costs…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Egyptian Officer Sentenced
CAIRO, June 30. A.A.P.— The Revolution Tribunal to-day found Colonel Ahmed Shawky former Commandant…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Priest's Story Of Red Gaol
HONGKONG (Reuter): A Hungarian priest has been released after 21 months in a Chinese Communist gaol in Shanghai. During that time, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol Prisoner In Claim For Road Damages
BRISBANE, Wednesday.— A man serving a 10-year gaol sentence for rape is claiming damages from two men for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Murder Finding In River Death
LONDON, Thur. (A.A.P.)—A jury yesterday returned a finding of murder by some person or persons…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Theft Story "Lies," Says Petrov Suicide Hoax On Embassy
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Vladimir Petrov told the Royal Commission on espionage in Melbourne to-day that he had not taken any funds of the Soviet Embassy in Canberra…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrorist Wins Court Appeal
LONDON, Thur. (A.A.P.)—Wong Pooh-Yin, alias Kwang Sin, a former Chinese terrorist, yesterday…
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