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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

2,634 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 63 of 132

Higher Wages For Metal Workers: Court Alters Margins

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE: Increases in pay for most metal trade workers will result from the judgment given by the Full Arbitration Court today in the case which followed the settlement of Melbourne's metal strikes…

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Stewart Dawson Jnr. in Court for 4th Time Since Last April

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY: Money allegedly borrowed from a lingerie manufacturer by David Stewart Dawson (24), company director, brought him to the Supreme Court today under a writ of habeus corpus for the fourth time since last April…

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Girls Charged with Burglary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Two 17-year-old girls pleaded "Guilty" at Fitzro[?] Court to-day to a burglary charge. They were committed for…

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Court Acquits Labourer of Windsor Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—At the Central Criminal Court to-day, James O'Sullivan, 27, labourer, was acquitted of the murder of Harry Frith,…

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Constable Charged with Housebreaking

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A police constable, Ernest Lambert Sparnan Rose, 52, was charged at Central Court to-day with breaking and…

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Police Court Newcastle (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 7

INDECENT LANGUAGE.—For having used indecent language in a tramcar in Hunter-street. Newcastle, on June 25, Cyrd Andrews, 31, and John Douglas…

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Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. E. J. Gibson, S.m.) Indecent Language

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 5

Pleading guilty to having used indecent language in Hunter Street. Newcastle, on June 26. John James Smith, 29, laborer, was fined £2 in default four days' gaol…

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Farmhand on Double Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 4

PERTH, Thursday.—Police this morning arrested a farm hand and charged him with the murder at Upper Kalgan of Mrs. Constance…

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"Headmaster Contributed To School Murder"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 3

LONDON, June 26. A.A.P.—The report of the committee which investigated the murder of William peter Fleldhouse, 21,…

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Police Think Jews Stole Gelignite

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday.—Police are hunting for two men, following the theft of 26 sticks of gelignite and 700 detonators from a quarry…

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Police Watch for Escaped Prisoner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Police in country districts have been warned to watch for Sidney Law, 41, a prisoner from Parramatta Gaol who…

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The Letter Box Attitude Toward Police

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 6

It is regrettable that many youths use opprobrious terms about the police, who help to protect our property and safeguard…

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Inquiry Is Ordered Into Court Incidents

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY: Incidents in the Supreme Court yesterday when David Stewart Dawson (24) was brought from Long Bay Gaol to give evidence in the civil action against him for debt are being investigated by the Minister of…

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Court Of Appeal Increases Sex Offence Sentence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Court of Criminal Appeal to-day in creased by three years a five years sentence recently imposed on Arthur…

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M.H.R. Fined Again In Traffic Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Said by the police to have parked his car in Martin Place from 10.30 a.m. to 4.40 p.m. on March 24, Max Falstein,…

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Naval Ratings Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 4

Kenneth James Mooney, 19, R.A.N., and Lawrence John Kirwan, 20, R.A.N., were each charged with having behaved in an offensive…

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Youths Charged With Robbery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 6

Two youths were charged in Newcastle Police Court yesterday with having assaulted and robbed a coloured fireman, Adam Ally, at…

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Jewish Terrorists Suspected Of Gelignite Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 1

LONDON, June 27. A.A.P.—The police are hunting for two men following the theft of 20 sticks of gelignite and 700 detonators from a…

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Gaol Sought for Illegal Use of Cars

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY: The N.R.M.A. is seeking legislation to impose a minimum gaol sentence of three months on persons convicted of…

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Police Court Newcastle (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.) Summons Division

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 6

ADJOURNED.—Three charges brought by Basil Stavios, cafe proprietor, of Hunter-street, Newcastle, against Arthur Wilson, also of Hunter-street, were…

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