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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

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

Maitland Inspection Of Meat By Police "Wrong"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1949 · page 3

The people of Paterson and Vacy thought they were receiving meat inspected by a qualified inspector and they were not, the Lower…

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Two Escaped Nazis Are Still Being Sought By Police

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 January 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE: Said to be active Nazi agents, two escaped men from a Victorian internment camp in 1947 are still being sought by police in all States. The men are;—…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1949 · page 4

INDECENT BEHAVIOUR.—Derek Potter, 31, labourer, was fined £3 for having behaved in an indecent manner in a lane off…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. Hardwicke, S.m.) Bobbery Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 January 1949 · page 2

Two men charged with having assaulted and robbed James Andrews Wlttkopp of £19 and a wrist-watch, to the total value of £29. at…

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Japanese Admiral Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

TOKYO, Jan. 6. A.A.P.—Rear-Admiral Tasuku Nakazawa, Operations Chief of the Japanese Naval General Staff, was sentenced to 10…

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£100 Clothing Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Detectives are investigating the theft of clothing valued at £100 from baggage in the storeroom of Sydney's…

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£200 Smash-grab Jewel Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A man stole £200 worth of jewellery from a Roseville shop to-day in a smash and grab raid…

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Richmond Murder Case Dropped

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Crown had abandoned proceedings against John McGrath, who had been charged with the murder of…

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Gaol For Man Who Wounded His Wife

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY: A man who got drunk on his birthday and wounded his wife was sent to gaol by Mr. Thornton, S.M., in North Sydney Court today despite an effort by his wife that he be let free on a good…

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Prefers Gaol To Returning Stolen es, Says Girl

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY.—A 20-year-old girl who told police that she would rather go to gaol than be deprived of clothes she had…

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Police Took Off Girl Stowaways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

MACKAY, Thursday.—Four girl stowaways from Melbourne, aged 21 to 25, were landed at Mackay by police launch from the Canadian…

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Court Changed Travel Ideas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 2

"I was crazy about motor-bikes, but I'm not now," William Herbert Jones, 20, labourer, told Mr. G. C. Hook, S.M., in Newcastle Court…

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Field-Marshal's Letter In Court

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY.—A Greek whose family was commended by Field Marshal Alexander for their help, was fined at the…

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Judge "Uneasy" In Divorce Court Action

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Acting Justice Berne directed in the Divorce Court to-day that the evidence and letters tendered in a…

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State Sends 100 Prices Cases To Court

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY: First prosecutions by the State of N.S.W. for alleged breaches of prices regulations will be heard next Thursday [?]ne hundred cases have been…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 5

REMANDED.—Victor Gordon Frank Hulse, 23, painter, and Harold Clyde Christian. 28, labourer, were remanded till to-day on charges of…

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Keep Clothes, Go to Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—A girl told Mr. Hawkins, S.M., at Central Court, that she preferred to go to gaol than to surrender clothes she…

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Gaol for Man Who Wounded Wife

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Clyde Alexander Smith, 46, painter, was sentenced to 14 days' gaol, in North Sydney Court, for having wounded…

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Newcastle Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 9

REMANDED.—William John Harden, 43, taxi driver was remanded to January 20 on charges of having driven a taxi while under the…

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Skip Court's Surprise Victory In Flying

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY: Looming up half a furlong from the post, rank outsider Skip Court (50/1) finished brilliantly to beat Septet (3/1) by a length, with the favorite Persian Prince (5/2) a neck a way in third place. Apprentice W. Hughes, who…

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