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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

2,001 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 101

Police Inquiry

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY: Police who were called to investigate a fire at a Botany tannery last night found…

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Police Will Hold Plebiscite On Link With Labor Council

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY: After a bitter debate lasting two and a half hours, the annual conference of the Police Association today decided by 30 votes to 13 to hold a ballot of members on the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 5

BOUND OVER.—Albert John Englebrecht, 33, motor mechanic, was charged with having driven a car in Hunter-street, in March 29, while…

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Wallsend Court (Before Mr. W. C. Avery, S.M.)

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 2

Thomas Turner, licensee of the Terminus Hotel, Wullsend, pleaded guilty to supplying liquor during prohibited hours on Feb. 24…

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Third Gaol Escapee Recaptured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—Maxwell Moore, the last of three prisoners who escaped from Adelaide Gaol a fortnight ago, was…

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Strike Leaders In Japan Sent To Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 3

TOKYO, April 15.—The United States Proyost Court at Tokyo to-day sentenced two officials of the Japanese Communications Workers'…

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Police Smash German Blackmarket Gang

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 1

BERLIN, April 15. A.A.P.—American Military Police seized three tons of coffee, 540 lb of cocoa and hundreds of bars of…

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The Independence Of The Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 2

The Police Association has been well advised to take a ballot of its members on affiliation with the Trades and Labour Council of New…

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Secret Ballot For Police On Affiliation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—After a bitter debate at the Police Association conference to-day, it was agreed that a secret ballot be held by the…

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Police Drag For Lost Woy Woy Child

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 1

Police dragged unsuccessfully for several hours for Peter Hudson, 2, of Rawson-street, South Woy Woy, who was missed from his home…

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Go to Court on Garage Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 3

The Service Station Associations will ask the Industrial Commission in Sydney next Friday for new hours to cover service stations in New…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 4

UNLICENSED HAWKER.—For having carried on the business of a hawker without a licence, John Ramster, 48, labourer, was fined £3…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 5

Pleading guilty to haying behaved in an indecent manner in Sargent's cafe, Hunter-st., Newcastle, on April 15, Stephen Burns (49), laborer, was…

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Police In Glasgow Seize Explosives

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 3

GLASGOW April 16. A.A.P.—Police last night raided the premises of the "Young Scotland" extreme nationalist movement. They…

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Police Inquiring Into Woman's Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 4

KEMPSEY, Friday.—Police are inquiring into the death at Macleay Hospital this morning of Mrs. G. B. Peterson, 27, of Kempsey. She…

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Boys' Escapade Ends In Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 3

MURRURUNDI, Friday.—Thefts from widely-separated places were explained when two boys, one 15 and the other 11, appeared in…

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Tojo's Trial Ends After 419 Court Days

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 1

TOKYO, April 16.—The trial of Hideki Tojo, Japan's wartime Prime Minister, and of 24 other Japanese leaders, ended to-day,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 4

REMANDED.—Herbert James Britton, 67, caretaker, and Kenneth Alfred Marquett, 30, labourer, were remanded to May 14, on £40 ball, on a…

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Theft From Motor Cruiser

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 2

Mr. Desmond Carling, of Bennett-street, Hamilton, reported to the police last night that his motor cruiser Janice, at Belmont, had…

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Police Save Guards From Hanging

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 1

HAIFA, April 18. A.A.P.—Jews were preparing ropes to hang three British military camp guards trussed up under a tree when police…

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