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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

2,634 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 132

Wife Killer Acted Like "Frenzied Madman," His Counsel Tells Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY: A maggot, planted in Hayne's brain when he imagined his wife smiled at men, ate away his sanity and turned Hayne into a "frenzied madman" who shot her[?] said his counsel, Mr. J. J. Kinkead, at the Criminal…

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Drunken Man Wanted To Fight; Killed By Blow, Court Told

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY: A man, the worse for drink, was struck after issuing a challenge to fight and, falling to the ground, died later in hospital, the City Coroner's Court was told today…

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Police Court Before Mr. C. H. Blackmore, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 9

REMANDED.—Roy Watkins, 41, process worker, was remanded to April 9, on Lilt bail, on charges that at Mayfield on or about September 1 he…

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Police Transfers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 2

Tho following police transfers have been notified— Constable C. Richardson, from Carrington to Gosford; Constable T…

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Tried, Sentenced To Death in Hour by Nazis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 3

NUREMBERG, April 1. A.A.P.— There was a "Derby" between Nazi special courts in Bavaria during the war to sentence political prisoners…

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Father Freed in Murder Case

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 2

PERTH.—"Not guilty though temporarily having unsound mind" was the verdict returned by a Criminal Court jury in a case in which Robert…

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Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. G. H. Blackmore, S.m.) Convicted and Discharged

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 4

Leniency was extended to a defendant charged with having 120 feet of garden hose in his custody suspected of being stolen. The charge was declared proved…

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Maitland Sessions Legal Point in Case of Alleged Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 7

Legal argument on a submission that there was no Crown case made out was in progress at the Maitland Quarter Sessions yesterday…

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Arbitration Court Attacked

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY: The State Secretary of the Australian Railways Union (Mr. J. A. Ferguson, M.L.C.) said today…

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Boy Slept Under Steps While Police Searched

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 1

Police and civilians searched intensively last night for a six-year-old boy, Keith Morgan, while the boy slept nearly six hours under steps of…

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Police Called to Crowd at Show Pavilion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—When the Hall of Agriculture was opened to the public at the Royal Show this afternoon there was such a crush…

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Three Shots Fired By Man, Police Say

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY.—William Watson, 42, boilermaker, was remanded until April 8 at Balmain Court yesterday by Mr. Dolan, S.M., on a charge of…

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Stir Over Tenancy Of Adamstown House: Police Watch Incident

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 6

A van load of furniture intended to be moved today into a house occupied by an ex-serviceman and his family in Date Street, Adamstown, was driven away after a discussion between the police, the son of the owner, the…

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Australian on Stealing Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 1

LONDON, April 2. A.A.P.—An Australian, William Hunt Scotts, 29, deputy cashier of a film studio in Pinewood, pleaded "Not guilty" to…

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£2000 Brass Wire Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Eighteen tons of brass wire, valued at £2000, was stolen from a munition store sit Villawood to-day. Detective Ryan,…

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Nazis Sentenced to Death For Atrocities

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 1

LONDON, April 3. A.A.P.—Two Nazis, a former general and a doctor, were sentenced to death and two others were sentenced to terms of…

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Police Court Newcastle (Before Mr. C. H. Blackmore, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 4

INFORMATION DISMISSED.—The charge was found proved but, in view of defendant's previous good character, the information was dismissed when…

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12 Years' Gaol for Wife's Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Arthur Redvers Hayne, 47, telegraphist, of Summer Hill, was sentenced at Central Criminal Court to-day to 12…

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Magistrate Doubts Waiter's Story Of Unlicensed Liquor

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Denis Langley, 31, waiter at Carl Thomas's restaurant. Macquaric Street, was fined £100 or 200 clays' gaol by…

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Found Woman Fit For Murder Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—After 20 minutes' deliberation, a jury at Central Criminal Court to-day decided that Mrs. May Richardson, 36, was…

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