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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

2,001 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 101

Police Transfers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 2

The following police transfers in the North-Eastern Division have been notified—Sergeant G. E. Sheather, from Gosford to Sydney:…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 10

George Tindall, 30, laborer, who had been sentenced to Imprisonment for assault at the Quarter Sessions, was charged with assaulting…

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Police Station for Swansea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 2

A new police station will be opened at Swansea-in about a fortnight. Constable G. E. Godfrey, of West Wallsend, will be…

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Dock Dispute Before Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 4

The dispute at the State Dockyard in Newcastle, which has resulted in the idleness of about 160 boilermakers, has…

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Rowe Released After Court Apology

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The Queensland Industrial Court to-day freed E. J. Rowe, A.E.U. councillor and member of the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 4

STOLE BICYCLES.—Thomas Arthur Milford, 24, labourer, and Leslie William Pike, 19, labourer, were each sentenced to three months'…

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Kurri Court (Before Mr. C. Avery, S.M. Illegal Betting

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 10

Victor F. R. Stauffer, 38, pleaded guilty to a charge of betting at Kurri on Mar. 20. He was fined £20. Sgt. Dawes said Stauffer was found…

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2 Charged After Road Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two men were charged with having driven under the influence of liquor, following accidents on the Harbour…

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Half--caste Woman on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 6

PERTH, Thursday.—Verna Ford, 22, half-caste, was arrested at Southern Cross about midnight yesterday and charged with the…

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Sydney Police Boys Beaten

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 6

In an inter-city boxing competition at Newcastle Stadium last night, Newcastle Police Boys' Club defeated Sydney Police Boys' Clubs…

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Extra Police Seek Girl's Attacker

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Additional police have been detailed to the search for the man who battered and outraged an 11-year-old…

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Ship Engineer's "Houdini" Act Ends In Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Malcolm Charles ("Houdini") Boyle, 26, who mysteriously disappeared from the ship Bernard L. Rodman…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 6

REMANDED.—William Oxley Wilkinson, 26, labourer, was remanded to April 30, on charges of having attempted to set a car in motion in…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 2

Jack Campbell Dickinson. 21, laborer, was charged with breaking and entering the garage of J. K. Canning, Tudor-st., Hamilton, and…

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Indecent Assault Alleged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—At Newtown Police Station late this afternoon a man was charged with indecent assault on a girl aged eight, at…

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Uttered 58 Cheques, Man Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 4

KEMPSEY, Friday.— William Thomas Moore, 36, pleaded "Guilty" in Kempsey Court to-day to charges of having uttered 58…

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Gaol and Birch for Robbery

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 8

LONDON.—When sentencing a 23-year-old soldier to 18 months' imprisonment and 15 strokes of the birch, Mr. Justice…

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Woman Hit By Car, Man Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—When attempting to board a tram in Oxford-street, Paddington, to-night, Erica Rosen, 32, of Bellevue Hill, was…

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Defied Police Order On Loudspeakers

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 2

Although police had told Newcastle Communist Party speakers that they were not to use loudspeakers in the open air meeting at Mayfield today, loudspeakers were used…

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Go to Court on Dispute of Builders

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 3

The Master Builders' Association last night decided to refer the dispute on construction work carried out by C. Davis and Sons to the…

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