2 Face Mailbag Theft Charges
KATOOMBA, Tuesday.— Two men were charged in Katoomba Court to-day on two counts of having stolen mailbags containing a total of £30,100…
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Courts & crime, 1954
2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 68 of 125
Young Laborer Sent To Gaol
After being sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment At Maitland Court today, a 23-year-old laborer was…
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WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.—Detectives investigating the murder of a Wollongong steelworker on Friday night have…
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WOLLONGONG: C.I.B. detectives, seeking the golf links murderer, are narrowing their field of inquiry. They believe that the…
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SYDNEY: Police alleged that a motor cyclist who killed a 22-year-old girl yesterday was speeding at 45 m.p.h. The 17-year-old cyclist was charged with man-…
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Mr. Justice Richardson heard five undefended petitions at Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday. A decree nisi was granted in each case. GALLEGHAN v. GALLEGHAN…
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SYDNEY.—Police investigating a Kempsey safe robbery have arrested three Sydney teenage…
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A man who assaulted a constable by punching him and causing £16 damage to his false teeth was fined £20 at Newcastle Court today…
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There are few dull moments at the Newcastle Police Boys' Club. These pictures show some of the activities last night. (1) John Pattison, 6, of Wickham, jumps from a springboard watched by his clubmates. (2) On the horizontal bars: Clive Evans (Adamstown), Leo Makaroy (Adamstown), Chris Maskell (Islington), Barry Kensel (Cook's Hill), Colin Clerlie (Wickham). (3) J. Uttendorfsky, a New Australian from Czechoslovakia, playing table tennis at the club. (4) One of the most popular games was tunnel ball (5) Instructor Mr. B. Hamer and mem-bers of the class at body press exercises. (Left to right): Trevor Frazer (Mayfield), Richard Frazer (Mayfield), Douglas Olive (Tighe's Hill), Joseph Dunaec (Wallsend) and Joseph Abraham…
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LONDON. — A woman was sold for £15 by her mother at Hartley Wintney, Hants, three years…
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Conciliation Commissioner Mr. E. A. Barker has ordered 10 unions, with members in volved in the Courtaulds strike, to call meetings before 2 p.m. tomorrow and subsequently…
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A husband suing his wife for divorce, fold the Newcastle Divorce Court today that a man with whom she was associating used to throw stones on their window…
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TRAFFIC BREACH.—Matthew Rutteman, of Throsby-street, Wickham, was fined £2, with £3/12/ costs. for having…
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LIQUOR OFFENCES.—Reginald Thomas Date, Because of the Albion Hotel, Wickham, was fined £10, with 12/ costs, for…
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SYDNEY. — A 25-year-old clerk was charged in Burwood Court today with stealing two cheques for…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Neville Thornborough Holmes, 37, of Marrickville, was remanded in Central Court…
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LONDON: A servant girl who stole £1400 from two farmer-brothers to go on a cruise, then married…
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A 44-year-old milkman who stole 36 house bricks valued at 7/6 was fined , £10 at Newcastle Court yesterday…
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ROME, Thurs. (A.A.P.): Ten prisoners and warders were hurt when about 40 prisoners tried to break out…
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WEWAK, July 28 A.A.P.— Eleven natives charged with the wilful murder of Gerald Leo Szarka appeared at the Supreme Court, Wewak, to-day before Mr. Justice…
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