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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

2,591 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 31 of 130

Special Bed For Youth In Court On Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY: A 19-years-old youth, who may never be able to walk again, will occupy a specially built bed in Central Criminal Court on Monday during his trial on a murder charge. He is Robert Matthew…

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Motorist Charged After Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 2

In Newcastle Court today, Hubert Reginald Thompson, 25, dealer, appeared before Mr. K. Inglis, J.P., on a charge of having feloniously slain Frederick William Sievert in Hunter-st. yesterday…

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Thief Lacked Decency, Says Magistrate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 3

"You seem to be lacking in decency and honesty. You took money which was contributed by working people to a worthy and honorable…

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Bond Allowed For Assault On Tram Man

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 3

Convicted of having assaulted James Augustus lam, tram conductor, at Newcastle on March 2, John Lennan, 30, tiler, was…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 3

DISCHARGED.—The police had no evidence to offer in the part-heard case in which John Gregory, 67, pensioner, was charged with…

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Drink Test Beats Magistrate

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 3

LONDON.—A motorist charged at Marlborough-st. with driving while under the influence of drink was said to have…

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Three Charged In Dog Case

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 2

LISMORE: Three men—one from N.S.W. and two from Queensland—were charged at Lismore Court today with conspiring to defraud in connection with the alleged "ringing-in" of the greyhound Brindle Havoc…

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Man Faces Charge Of Attempted Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY: A man was charged in Kogarah Court today with having attempted to murder his sister-in-law. Police alleged that me man,…

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Morgan Says Police "Incited" Crowd

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 2

A charge that two policemen at the riotous meeting of ironworkers in Newcastle Stadium last Friday had incited men to attack officials of the Ironworkers' Association was made today by the Newcastle secretary of the union (Mr. R. C. Morgan)…

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Court Upholds U.K. Claim Against Albania

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 3

THE HAGUE, April 10. A.A.P. —The International Court of Justice has upheld Britain's claim to damages from Albania for the…

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Maitland Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood. S.m.) Knocked Man Down

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 10

Charles William Lake, 38, laborer, was fined £2 on a charge of offensive behavior in High-st., Maitland, on Nov. 20…

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Cessnock Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.) Bicycle Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 2

A bicycle which was stolen from in front of the Cessnock Hotel on April 11 was on display for sale outside a Cessnock second-hand shop about…

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Father, Aged 16, Sent to Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 3

LONDON.—A 16-year-old father, Charles Arthur Dennis Parsons, was at London Sessions, sentenced to four…

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Attempted Murder Charge Dismissed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—In Kogarah Court to-day, Mr. Bryant, S.M., dismissed a charge against a man of having attempted to murder his…

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Honesty, He Says, Put Him In Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 9

TOKIO, Tues. (O.S.R.): Acclaimed by Tokio police as "Japan's greatest clothing thief," Asakichi Matsunaga was gaoled this week, complaining bitterly that honesty had been his downfall…

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£500 Bail For Injured Man on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—In Central Criminal Court to-day, Robert Matthew Thomas, 19, labourer, was remanded till the next sitting of…

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Police Recover Car Parts in Mountain Raid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A police blacktracker helped detectives and uniformed police from Sydney and Burragorang…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 4

INDECENT LANGUAGE.—Lionel Phillip Morri, 22, labourer was found asleep on a seat in Ocean-street by a constable. When the constable awoke…

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Said He Preferred Gaol To Bond

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 3

In the Newcastle Court today a man, charged with assaulting his wife, told Mr. Hardwicke, S.M., that he would rather go to gaol than be placed on a good behavior bond…

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A.C.T.U. Visits Gaol To See McPhillips

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY: The secretary of the A.C.T.U. (Mr. A. E. Monk) accompanied by other members of the A.C.T.U. Executive, visited Long Say Gaol today to see L. J. McPhillips…

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