Newcastle Man New Magistrate
Mr. H. L. Curry, once a deposition clerk at Newcastle Court, began duty to-day there as a stipendiary…
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Courts & crime, 1954
2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 71 of 125
Youths On 27 Theft Charges
Four youths, whose ages ranged from 19 to 21 years, faced 27 charges of stealing petrol, motor car tyres, oil and accessories in various parts of the Newcastle district…
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Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., warned a 25-year-old labourer at Newcastle Court yesterday that interfering with people in…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Mr. Justice Brown to-day sentenced Judith Anne Cook, 22, to 12 months' gaol in the Criminal…
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AUCKLAND, Wed. (S.S.): Murder struck last night in the New Zealand juvenile sex scandals. An eight-year-old naked boy, found strangled, had been criminally assaulted before he died. His body was found by his father lying in long grass near his home…
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Judge Amsberg found the issue answered in the affirmative when Marceleen Alyce O'Brein, formerly McLeod, of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Court Orders Haircut
JOHANNESBURG, Wed. (A.A.P.): A 14-year-old boy with auburn curls hanging down to his shoulders had his hair cut for the first time yesterday on a magistrate's order. His parents had been…
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BRISBANE: Police fear criminally-insane patients at Sandy Gallop Mental Hospital will become restless and difficult to handle. They are already show-…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—State Cabinet approved an amendment of the District Courts Act to-day to permit District…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Nude Body Sets Police A Puzzle
SYDNEY: A nude body floated on the tide to the police boatshed slips today to present Water Police with a baffling case. Two policemen who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Seize Gold At Pistol Point
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Police seized £1600 worth of allegedly stolen gold at pistol point in a roadblock on Omeo…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder by Motor Car New York, Tues. (O.S.R.,): Murder by motor, car is the latest in U.S.
At Shawnee, Oklahoma, Don Howe, 25, ran down another man in his car after an argument over a…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Full Arbitration Court to-day began the hearing of a charge of contempt of Court brought against the Amalgamated Engineering Union and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cessnock Court Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m
UNDER INFLUENCE.—Thomas Jackson of Belbird, was given a bond of £30 for two years, on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. HARDWICKE, S.M.
TRAINEE FINED.—W. Barnes, of Morgan-street, Islington, was fined £5 for having failed to attend compulsory…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. H. Curry, S.m.) Traffic Breaches
Penalties were: Parking: Maxwell R. Lewis of West court Rd., New Lambton, 8s and Colin E. Cunneene…
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BOWRAL: Police are investigating the theft of 14 Romney Marsh stud rams worth about £700…
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Once-beautiful Italian Countess Pia Bellantani, who has been given a month on licence from gaol, is escorted home by her brother. Six years ago she shot dead her lover, the dashing Count Carlo Sacchi…
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Four young men pleaded "Guilty" in Wallsend Court yesterday to a total of 37 charges involving thefts of…
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AUCKLAND, August 4. A.A.P.—A schoolboy, aged 14½, was charged in Auckland Police Court to-day with…
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