3 Months' Gaol for Doctor
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Soll[?]ng, S.M., in Paddington Court to-day, sentenced Dr. Murdoch Mathe[?]on Lines, 26, Bronte Road,…
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Courts & crime, 1950
734 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 9 of 37
Acquittal in Murder Charge
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Jack Molyneux, 37, foundry worker, was acquitted in the Central Criminal Court today on a charge of having…
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QUEBEC, Wednesday (AAP).—Thirty-two year old jewellery salesman, J. Albert Guay, will hang on June 25 for the murder of his wife—killed with 22 other people when an airliner blew up and crashed and…
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Frequently since an operation last year when his brother had intoxicating liquor he would fight his war battles all over again, said Joseph Bartholomew Fields yesterday at Lismore Court of…
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"JUNGLE JIM".—The principal attraction at the Star Court Theatre tonight will be the adventure drama, "Jungle Jim," starring Johnny…
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SYDNEY, Thursday,—A dramatic incident occurred in the Central Court today at the hearing of charges against Darcy Dugan and William Mears when a young woman ran towards Det. Sgt. Raymond William Kelly in the witness box screaming, "Why don't you tell how you punched and kicked him? Oh, my…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Gaol escapee, William Cecil Mears, in another dramatic outburst in Central Court today, declared that "a comb should be run through the police force to rake out all those bashers". Mears cried out that the…
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Woodburn P. and C. Association has decided to complete the tennis court as early as possible so that a club may be formed to participate…
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At Kyogle Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, the services of an interpreter were required to acquaint a defendant of the proceedings…
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KYOGLE, Monday.—John Thompson, 65, labourer, of no fixed abode, was remanded at Kyogle Court of Petty Sessions this…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—After a young man, charged with murder, pleaded not guilty, his senior counsel said in the Central Criminal Court today that evidence against his client would not be denied…
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MR. F. C. H. Thompson, S.M., yesterday committed for trial Kevin John Fields, 37, on a charge of having shot at his father, John Felix Fields, 78, with intent to murder…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Chief Judge Kelly, in the Full Arbitration Court today, refused leave for an application for an immediate interim increase of £2 a week in the basic wage…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—Another "rolling strike" was staged on the Brisbane waterfront today. The watersiders went on strike,…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Mrs. Laura Elsa Emms,36, McLaren Flat who pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court to having shot and…
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A farmer of The Channon, who was found guilty of having removed soil from a public road, said in Lismore Court of Petty Sessions…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.âA Pole, who came to Australia last July, was charged in the Central Criminal Court today with the murder of…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Police Commissioner (Mr. Scott) tonight announced the following promotions in the N.S.W. police…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A woman, who was not expected to live after an illegal operation, had been dumped near Crown Street Women's…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday. — The Governor of Pentridge Gaol (Mr. J. F. Edwards) has been suspended from duty on a charge of…
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