British Police "Superior"
NEW YORK: British police get only one-third the pay of New York police, but they have…
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Courts & crime, 1954
2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 65 of 125
Supreme Court Bargains
SYDNEY, Monday.—Debtors' property sold by the Supreme Court often brought low prices because of the risk…
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It was alleged at an inquest yesterday at Newcastle Court, that a migrant had admitted having strangled a woman in her home at Merewether on the night of June 26. The Coroner (Mr. T. H…
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SYDNEY: Two men charged with stealing cars and other property valued at more than £9000 had a radio tuned into the police radio station in their car, a detective told Newtown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
DROVE UNDER INFLUENCE—Andrew Ivan Black, 46, master butcher, was fined £20 for having driven a car in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. E. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) on Licenced Premises
For being found on the premises of the Commercial Hotel, Adamstown, at an unlawful hour Thomas Frederick Buckley and…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Leonard James Elliott, 28, labourer, was remanded till to-morrow without bail, in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Man Is Charged With Murder Of Shopkeeper
SYDNEY: A man charged with the murder of a shopkeeper near Bathurst had admitted committing serious crimes in the district, police alleged in Central Court today. Leonard James Elliott…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Two men charged with having stolen cars arid property worth £9361 had a, radio, in their…
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NEW YORK, Tuesday (O.S.R.).—Human life is getting cheaper all the time in New York…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Artist Faces Murder Trial
LONDON July 20. A.A.P.—Women crowded the Lewes (Sussex) Court to-day while a detective described finding the strangled and violated body of 11-year-old…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Actor's Son Charged On Hold-Ups
HOLLYWOOD, Wed. (A.A.P.).—Edward G. Robinson (21), son of the actor, was arrested on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£112,000 Claim After Murder
NEW YORK, July 20. A.A.P.—Dr. Kenneth Small was sued for 250,000 dollars (£112,000) damages yesterday on behalf of the two small children of the man he killed…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Royal Commission on Espionage took evidence in camera to-day after 1.4 days of public hearings in Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
ON BOND.—Arthur Victor Roberts, 47, bollermaker, was placed on a £20 bond for 13 months on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cessnock Court (Before Mr. F. Wood, S.m.) Information Dismissed
INFORMATION DISMISSED.—Dave Lewis, of Harris-street. Cessnock, was charged with negligent driving on Aberdare-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Court At Wallsend (Before Mr. F. R Wood. S.m.) Adulterated Sausages
"The quality of added preservatives is quite prohibitive and if he is determined to go on ne must take the consequences,"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£9000 Tool Theft; Man Charged
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— The tool department manager of a machinery company was charged to-day with having…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.— The driver of a truck from which a man fell to his death was to-day gaoled for six…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Police in Central Court to-day charged a labourer with having murdered Arthur…
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