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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

2,001 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 101

Kurri Court (Before Mr. W. C. Avery, S.m.) Stole Clothes

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 8

Jeffrey Manning Sherry (21) pleaded guilty to a charge of at Richmond Main between Mar. 25 and Mar. 30 stealing a tunic, sleeveless…

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Remanded On Paint Stealing Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—At Central Police Court to-day, Walter Wilson, 52, painter and docker, was charged with stealing paint,…

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70 Already For Assault Unit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 2

Seventy men, including ex-servicemen and school cadets, have already signified that they will join A Squadron of the 15th Amphibian…

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Police Transfers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 2

The following police transfers in the North-eastern Division have been notified— Senior Constable G. R. Wilson,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 6

REMANDED.—Leslie George Led-wide, 33, labourer, was remanded to May 19, on £10 bail, on a charge of having driven a horse and cart…

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Grazier In Court On Driving Counts

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 May 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY: A police chase from Rose Bay to Darlinghurst last night culminated in an assault upon a policeman by a well-known Moree grazier, police said in Central Court today…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1948 · page 8

ASSAULT CHARGE.—Convicted of having assaulted William Lyons at Wickham, on April 3, William Joseph Hughes, 44, seaman, was fined £10,…

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Man Stabbed, Woman Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A man was stabbed six times at his home in Thorn-street, Edgeeliffe, shortly after 1 p.m. to-day…

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One-Armed Taxi-Man On Burglary Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 May 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.—At North Sydney Court yesterday, Reginald William Andrews, 27, a one-armed taxi-driver, was charged with…

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Police Seek Child's Assailant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 May 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Police ire searching for a man who allegedly abducted a six-year-old girl at North Fitzroy yesterday. They…

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Full House at Police Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 May 1948 · page 3

"What am 1 bid?" Sergeant G. A. Ball had a large audience of bidders and onlookers on Saturday when he conducted the periodical police auction of property. He is demonstrating the qualifies of a sharpening stone before disposing of it…

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Fatal Car Crash, Youth Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A woman was killed instantly to-day when a car in which she was a passenger and another car, alleged…

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Police Say Constable Fed Wife Arsenic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A police constable who allegedly administered arsenic to his wife in a health food pleaded "Not guilty" in…

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Cold-Blooded Murder On Station In Country: Hunt For Killer

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 1

TRANGIE: Drilled through the forehead with a .22 calibre bullet, Hugh Caughey, 25-year-old foreman overseer of a 12,600-acre. grazing, property, was found murdered at the homestead early today. A State-wide hunt for the…

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Enginemen Stay Out Court Ordered Work, Talks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 1

Maitland sub-branch of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association last night reaffirmed its decision to stay on strike as a protest against the delay in…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 3

FOR SENTENCE.—Ronald Stephen Kelly, 19, furnaceman, was remanded till to-morrow for sentence on charges of having carried a…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 2

John McDermott, 41, seaman, was fined £2 for having used indecent language in Hunter-st., Newcastle, yesterday…

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Sentenced To Gaol For Contempt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In the Bankruptcy Court to-day. Mr. Justice Clyne committed Mr. F. M. New, trading as the New…

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Boy, 16, Arrested; Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At Werris Creek police station to-night Douglas Ashworth, 16, of Sydney, was charged with the murder of Hugh Caughey, 25, overseer of Auburn Station, 20 miles from Trangie…

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16-Year-old Boy on Charge of Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 May 1948 · page 2

WERRIS CREEK: Charged with the murder of Hugh Caughey, overseer at Auburn Station, Trangie, on Sunday, a 16-year-old boy appeared before a specially convened court at Werris Creek…

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