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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

2,591 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 130

Letter Boxes Robbed, Police Allege

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A woman resident of Hargreave Park housing settlement was arrested yesterday and charged with having stolen…

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Fined For Damage To Police Cell

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 4

"During the war I was severely injured and when intoxicated I do things and am in complete ignorance of what I…

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Deportation Case Before High Court Women's Plea

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE: The Full High Court today began the hearing of an application by Mrs. Annie Maas O'Keefe for an injunction to prevent her from being deported from Australia…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. G. C. Hook, S.m.) Stole Purse at Show

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 10

James Allan, 24, laborer, was sentenced to one month's gaol when he pleaded guilty to having stolen & purse containing 10s at Newcastle…

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Gaoled for Theft of Purse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 4

James Allan, 24, labourer, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment by Mr. G. C. HOOK, S.M., at Newcastle Court yesterday, for…

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Two Men Are Fined For Assault On Conductor

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 3

Two men who pleaded guilty in Newcastle Court today to having assaulted a bus conductor were told by Mr. G. C. Hook, S.M., that he was sorry he could not send them to gaol The men were Alfred Dun-…

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Police Catholic Priests Gaoled

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 6

WARSAW, Tues. (A.A.P.).— A Military Court sentenced two Reman Catholic priests, Kazimierz Fertak and Viktor…

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Sydney Police Make S.p. Raids

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY.—In a raid at Coff's Harbor on Saturday, police from Sydney arrested seven men suspected of S.P…

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Bowlers' "Bob-in" For Police Boys' Club

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 11

A "Bob-In" fund to aid Newcastle Police Boys' Club will be associated with the last of the matches in the second round…

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Comic Court Unlikely Sydney Cup Runner

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 12

MELBOURNE.—Trainer J. Cummings today again warned that Comic Court is a most unlikely Sydney Cup runner. Cummings said that Comic Court is not even a certain…

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Start Soon On Police Boys' £20,000 Club

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 10

Construction of a Cess, nock Police Boys' Club estimated to cost £20,000, is expected to begin this year…

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Police Dogs in Search

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Police dogs are helping the search for Joseph Kevin Brown, 20, who escaped from Emu Plains prison farm early…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. G. C. Hook, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 4

REMANDED.—Wilfred Alfred Gardiner, alias Garner, 38, was remanded to March 29 on charges of having driven a motor-lorry in…

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No Victim For Assault Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday. —Detectives late to-night arrested a man and charged him with having stolen a watch and a sum of money from…

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Police Puzzled By Young Man's Death From Arsenic Poisoning

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY: The sudden death from arsenic poisoning at Rockdale on February 21 of Alan Ettles Larnach,28, has provided C.I.B. detectives with a puzzling investigation. In a report presented to the…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. W. Avery, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 4

REMANDED.— Cecil James Oliver Harris 44 Fisherman, was remanded to March 16, on £5 bail, on a charge of having had in his custody at…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. G. C. Hook. S.m.) Drove Negligently

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 9

Keith Bailey, of Hebburn St., Hamilton, pleaded guilty to having, driven a motor vehicle in a negligent manner in Hunter St., Wickham…

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Warders Resign In Police Probe At Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.— Three warders had resigned since detectives began investigating reports of smuggling at Pentridge…

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Poison Death Not Murder, Say Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Detectives are satisfied that Allen Ettles Larnach, 28, farmhand, of Bathurst, who died from arsenic poisoning at…

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Company Director Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Charges involving shark meshing off Sydney beaches were preferred against a company director to-day…

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