Charge Of Stealing; 2 For Trial
Two labourers were committed for trial, at Newcastle Court yesterday, on a charge of having broken into a garage…
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Courts & crime, 1954
2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 62 of 125
Court Slating For Migrant
Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., told a New Australian at East Maitland Court today that if he had been sober he had been guilty of the most wanton and reckless driving ever…
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BERLIN, Fri. (OSR): East German secret police are widening their net of informers by blackmailing non-Communists into service, according to refugees reaching West Berlin. Victims have been…
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NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.): Judge George Smyth, Children's Court judge, today refused to give up jurisdiction over Rita Hayworth's two daughters, Rebecca Welles (10), and Princess Yasmin (4)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
BOUND OVER.—Donald McKenna, 27, seaman, was discharged on his entering into a £20 bond for 12 months on a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →MAITLAND and District Kurri Kurri Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.)
SENTENCE SUSPENDED.— Thomas Bradley, 33, labourer, of Cessnock-road, Weston, was charged as a second offender…
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WASHINGTON, July 9. A.A.P.—Four Puerto Rican terorrists who fired shots in the House of Representatives…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—A bet in a Brisbane gaol almost cost a murderer his life. The bet, for the prison…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court Reserves Decision on Inquiry
MELBOURNE, Friday. — Mr. Justice Fullagar reserved his decision in the High Court to-day on a plea by Rupert Lockwood for an interim injection to restrain the Royal Commission on Espionage from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →East Maitland Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.)
FINED £10.—On a charge of negligent driving, Kenneth Moore Dick, of Broadmosedowp was fined £15, with 12/ costs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aggression Charged By Yemen
LONDON, July II. A.A.P. —Yemen has protested to the British Government against R.A.F. planes flying over the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Boys' Club Art Union
The Newcastle Police Boys' Club art union will be drawn at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at the club rooms…
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SYDNEY: A theory that a 35-year-old Baradine timber-worker who died suddenly on May 4 may have been murdered is being investigated by CIB detectives. The timber-worker was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Drove While Drunk
For driving a car in Hunter St. West on Feb. 13 while under the influence of liquor, Leslie Eastlake, 43, pastrycook, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Allegation in Court Men 'Planned Second Theft'
A detective told Maitland Court yesterday that one of two men arrested at Maitland on Wednesday night after a chase had told him they were going to Scone "to do a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Port Macquarie Shop Theft
KEMPSEY, Monday.— Thieves early to-day stole clothing worth £108 from a Port Macquarie draper's shop…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A competitor in a golf championship had stolen £10 from professional golfer, Ossie…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A salesman charged with having assisted in a robbery was given a two-year suspended…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Boys' Art Union
The Organiser of the Police and Citizens Boys Club Art Union (Sergeant Blake) said yesterday that the art union…
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SYDNEY: A greyhound owner had been invalidly disqualified by the Greyhound Racing Control Board, a barrister said in the Equity Court today…
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