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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

2,001 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 62 of 101

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 3

REMANDED.—A remand to October 1 was granted when Andrew Ivan Black, 40, taxi-driver, was charged with having driven a taxi negligently…

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F.E.D.F.A. Men Ordered To Attend Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—"Three officials of the Federated Engine-drivers and Firemen's Association were summoned to attend the…

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Explosives Theft by Schoolboys Alleged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Detectives have questioned two school-boys aged 12 who are alleged to have stolen a shopping bag…

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Newcastle Police Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 4

The Newcastle Police Ball, to be held in the Palais Royale tomorrow night, will be the first Police Association ball…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. HARDWICKE, S.M.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 6

REMANDED.—John Joseph Jordon, 38, machinist, was remanded till September 14 on a charge of having made a bet at Newcastle Stadium on…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 2

Percival William Nunn, 32, musician, was remanded to Oct. 15 on a charge of failing to give information to the police regarding the driver of…

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Bullet Theft Inside Job, Say Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 3

LITHGOW, Wednesday.—Sydney detectives are working on the theory that the theft of 75,000 rounds of 22 long and 3000 12g. shotgun…

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Man On Remand Charged On New Counts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Six days after having been given a chance in Quarter Sessions, George Phillip Pett, 21, panel-beater, appeared at…

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Jury Again Disagrees On Murder Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A Criminal Court jury to-night disagreed at the end of the trial of Reginald Clifford Mann, 50,…

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Police Prices During Changeover

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Prices Commissioner (Mr. McCarthy) said to-day that he did not want to bequeath to the States a…

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Police Ball To-night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 4

The Police Ball will be held at the Palais Royal to-night. Tickets may be obtained from the Secretary (Senior Constable L. S. Smith)…

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Thief Watched Station Officer, Police Believe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The man who stole £1300 from the safe at Fire Brigade Headquarters last night is believed to have…

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He Made Sure Of Attracting Police

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE—A young man who had been too frightened to leave his house for eight days in case he was seen by a…

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Crime Increase At Settlement; Police Claim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Crime in Liverpool area, since the establishment of Hargrave Park housing settlement, was greater than during…

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Trainer in District Court Action

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY ,Wednesday.—William Warrick Chaffe, racehorse trainer, of Kingsford, began proceedings in the District Court to-day…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 4

DISCHARGED.—In the adjourned matter in which Keith Frederick Johnson, 22, labourer, was charged with having assaulted John Edwards,…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 5

On a charge of being in the yard of Tooths Brewery in Purry-st. for an unlawful purpose on April 7 Herbert James Britton, 67, caretaker,…

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Boy Acquitted of Baby's Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Aug. 26. A.A.P.—The Magistrate discharged a 12-year-old Manchester boy whom police had charged with murder on…

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Poles Assaulted Police, Gaoled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 3

BATHURST, Thursday.—Two of three newly-arrived Polish migrants were sentenced in Bathurst Police Court to-day to three months'…

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Police On Guard At Theatres

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY: Police today are guarding three Sydney newsreel theatrettes lest demonstrations be…

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