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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

2,591 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 130

Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 4

Petitioning for divorce from Walter King labourer, of Gloucester at Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday. on the ground of desertion, Mrs. Ada…

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Mr. Gambier Man On Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE.—After being attacked at a camp near Dartmoor, 35 miles north-west of Portland (western Victoria) late…

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Police Entertain Lost Child

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 2

A lost child at Newcastle Police Station today ate several ice creams and enjoyed himself while police tried to find his…

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Former Detective Charged With Tapping New York city 'Phone

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.): A Grand Jury today indicted Kenneth Ryan, a former detective, on charges of tapping the telephone of a New York City official. Earlier, multi - millionaire…

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Police Traffic Expert Talks With Council

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 3

Sergt. M. R. Sherwood, of the Police Traffic Department, met the Town Clerk of Maitland (Mr. S. J. Dunkley) today and…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 4

REMANDED. —Alexander Donald Aird, 52, carpenter, was remanded to April 11 on charges of having driven a motor-car while he was under the…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Fought on Beach

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 4

The sequel to a fight on Newcastle Beach last night was heard when two men pleaded guilty to charges of offensive behavior…

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Gaol Sentence For Offensive Letter

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Five years after he won £10,000 in an interstate consultation, Patrick Keily joined a pen friend's club…

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Timber Worker Dies; Man Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Daniel Smith, 30, forestry worker, of North Sydney, died in Mount Gambier Hospital to-day from severe head…

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Gaol Breakers Arrested At Tunnel Mouth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 3

PARIS, March 15. A.A.P.— Eighty political and common law prisoners worked diligently for three months with knives and forks to…

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Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 6

In a part-heard case in Newcastle Divorce Court Mr. Justice Bonney granted a decree nisi in the case in which Ada Harriett King, formerly…

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Police Hold Many Cycles

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 3

Owners of lost or stolen bicycles should examine about 40 machines which have accumulated at the Newcastle Police…

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Court at Newcastle Fined Twice

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 3

Noel Lane, Wilson St.. Carrington, was fined £3 with 10s costs for exceeding the speed limit while riding a motor cycle on Maitland…

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Council Agrees On Action If Court Ignored

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The City Council late to-day authorised complaints to be laid against any person who contravened the decision of…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 6

INDECENT BEHAVIOUR.—Richard Walker, 34, miner, was fined £3 for Indecent behaviour in Scott-street on Monday…

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"Squire" Sent To Gaol For Huge Swindle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 3

LONDON, March 16. A.A.P.— Mr. Walter Arthur Charles Dicketts, alias Charles Stewart Pollock; 48, admitted, in the Old…

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Gaol Doctor Called In Case; Judge's Order

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— Mr. Justice Lowe, in the Criminal Court to-day, directed that a gaol doctor be sent for to testify about…

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Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 7

In Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday, Mr. Justice Bonney adjourned the hearing to Sydney on April 4 of the part-heard matter in which…

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Plumber Pleads "Not Guilty" To Bega Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Eugene John Cleary, 46, plumber, pleaded "Not guilty" in Central Criminal Court to-day to a charge of having…

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Melbourne Police Seek Wage Rise

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— A log of claims for salary increases for all ranks in the Victorian Police Force was lodged with…

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