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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

2,001 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 101

Special Federal Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 8

Henry Alexander Fenwick, of Mayfield, and formerly proprietor of a grocery shop in Llndsay-st., Hamilton, was fined £15 with £2 10s…

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Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 4

REMANDED.—John William Caruthers, 20, labourer was reamanded till April 29, on £50 bail, on a charge of having broken into the…

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'Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M. Indecent Behavior

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 8

William Alfred French, 43, engine-driver, was flned £2, or four days' imprisonment, for indecent behavior in Kelghtly St., Newcastle…

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Judge's Remarks In Theft Case

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE.—"You are Obviously not a criminal, nor ore you likely to become one. The punishment I am about to…

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Inquiry On Outrage Linked With Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—C.I.B. detectives investigating the outrage of an 11-year-old girl in St. John's cemetery, Ashfield, last night,…

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Had Stolen Car, Police Claim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 6

A car stolen from Queensland was an exhibit at Newcastle Court yesterday when Neville Clifford Lawson, 22, labourer, and George…

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Disappearance Of Schoolboy Puzzles Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 2

THE disappearance of John Gillies MacRae, 13, of Brunker-road. Broadmeadow, is puzzling the police…

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£10,000 Libel Claim Court's Verdict on Privilege

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY: A demurrer challenging a plea of privilege by Associated Newspapers, Ltd., in defence of a £10;000 libel claim was rejected by the State Full Court today…

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Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 4

OFFENCE IN CAFE.—For offensive behaviour in Jerry's Cafe, Scott-street, James Bush, 49, was fined £1/10/…

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Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Sold Lottery Tickets

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 10

Roy Patmore (60), laborer, was fined £2 and 8s costs or five davs' imprisonment for selling lottery tickets ai a football match on No. 1…

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Court at Newscastle (Before Mr.R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Drove Under Influence

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 5

Thomas Roddom, 34, miner, pleaded guilty to driving a motor car under the influence of intoxicating liquor in Hunter-st., failing to stop…

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Man Charged With Rape

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY. — Charged with having at Camden yesterday, raped a woman he allegedly "picked up" in a Sydney hotel…

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Labourer For Trial On Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 3

LISMORE, Friday.—Augustus Jones, 37, labourer, of Blacktown, to-day was committed for trial on a charge of having murdered Joseph…

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Police Told Child Molested

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The parents of a seven-year-old girl reported to the police to-night that their daughter was molested by a…

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Police Arrest 124 P.S. Strikers

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Sat. (A.A.P.).—Police arrested 124 people after civil servants had downed pens and gone on a hunger strike…

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Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 4

DRIVER CHARGED—Ralph Thomas Roddom, 34, miner, was charged with having driven a car in Hunter-street while under the influence of liquor…

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Farm-Hand Charged with Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 April 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Following the shooting of a farmer at Mount Eccles, near Leongatha, yesterday an 18-year-old farm hand from Sydney was arrested and charged with murder…

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"Reaction" If Rowe Kept In Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Action by several Communist-led unions may follow the imprisonment of Edward Joseph Rowe, a Federal…

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Clerk Charged After Reporting Alleged Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A 24-year-old clerk, who reported to police this afternoon that he had been bashed and robbed of £234/…

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Village Council Sent to Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

MEXICO CITY, April 5. A.A.P.—The Mayor and all four members of the village council of Tamazula, in Durango State,…

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