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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

2,001 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 101

Turnover Tax Case in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 11

SYDNEY.—A test case to decide whether the Australian Jockey Club is entitled to collect one per cent, of licensed…

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Extra Police Not Needed At Old Vic Opening

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Only about 150 people were outside the Tivoli Theatre when the Old Vic season opened to-night…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 4

REMANDED.—Lyle Davidson Olive, 46, butcher, was remanded to Paddington Court on July 6, on £80 bail, on a charge by warrant, with…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 9

Stanley Thomas Lawrence 34, wharf laborer, and Edgar Cruise, 29, wharf laborer, were each fined £2 for indecent behavior in a lane off…

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Man For Trial On GPO Theft Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Will am Stewart-Carter (23), acco[?]tant, alleged to have broken into the Sydney G.P.O. on June 2 and stolen…

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Awards For Police Reservists

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 3

Sixty police reservists to the Newcastle district who did active duty during the war will be presented with medals at a special function…

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Medals For 70 Police Reservists

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 3

Seventy police reservists will receive service medals from the Commissioner of Police (Mr. J. Scott) at a ceremony in the…

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

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

BEACH OF BOND. — Thomas Michael Hussey, 44, labourer, was charged with having broken a bond, entered into last year, to be of good…

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Carpenter For Trial on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. — A 61, year-old Mosman carpenter at the Coroner's Court to-day was committed for trial on a charge of…

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Six Children Killed At Glen Innes Father Under Police Guard

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 1

GLEN INNES: Huddled together on a blood-soaked bed, each one shot through the head, six children were found dead in a ramshackle shanty four miles south-west of Glen…

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

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

REMANDED.— Clement Trevor Narbey, 30, electrical engineer, was remanded till August 4, on £20 bail, on charges of having driven a car…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 5

Charged with having driven a car at Four Mile Creek, East Maitland, yesterday, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, Clement…

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Murder Charges Against Father

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 July 1948 · page 3

GLEN INNES: Frederick Charles Hall (48), otherwise known as Jones, was remanded on six charges of murdering his six children on Thursday night by Mr. Fleeman, S.M., in Glen Innes Court this…

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Father Faces Six Murder Charges

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

GLEN INNES, Friday.—A man discharged from hospital to-day was charged on six counts of murder. He is Frederick Charles Hall,…

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Police Boys' Baseball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1948 · page 8

A meeting to form a baseball team will be held at the Police Boys' Club rooms, Hunter-street, at 8 p.m. on Monday…

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Support Maitland Police Boys' Club

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 July 1948 · page 4

Members of the Colliery Staffs Association have pledged support for the move to establish a Police Boys' Club in…

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Police Seek Owners of Bicycles

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

Detectives W. Pollock and C. Williams, who have been investigating reported thefts of bicycles, ask persons who have lost…

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Court Rules On Blackmarket Price Refunds

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

SYDNEY, Friday.—Refunds of amounts charged in excess of the pegged price by car dealers could not be granted by Magistrates,…

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

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

DRIVER CHARGED.— Cecil Walter Soper, of Gresford, pleaded "Not guilty" to having driven a motor-lorry negligently along Maitland-road,…

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Police Search For Girl's Assailant

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 July 1948 · page 3

Detective-Sergt. R. Whalan is directing the search for the youth who attacked a 15-year-old girl near a bus stop on the…

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