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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

2,591 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 130

£500 Bail For Man Charged With Wounding

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 4

Clarence James Hartcher, 26, soldier, of Adam-street, East Maitland, was allowed bail of £500 yesterday when he was remanded in…

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Police Expect Early Arrest Of Basher

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY.—Police expect to make an early arrest of the two men who brutally bashed Mrs. Sabina Dalton, 55, of…

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Solicitor Lost £9956 Betting, Police Claim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Spencer Ingram-Pearson, 33. solicitor, of Pott's Point, was to-day committed for trail on 16 charges of having…

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Supreme Court Rules Reno Divorce Invalid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Apirl 19. A.A.P.—The Supreme Court ruled that divorces can be declared invalid when the divorced partner is…

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Stewards Charged; £1400 Jewel Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Detectives from the C.I.B. and pillage squad arrested two men to-day and charged them with the theft of…

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State To Meet £2240 Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Premier (Mr. McGirr) said yesterday that he had agreed to the Treasury immediately reimbursing…

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Brundahl, Boxer Charged With Conspiracy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Lars Gustav Brundahl had procured four hooligans to make a cowardly assault on one of his neighbours, the…

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Further Remand In Murder Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Three men who appeared at Central Court to-day on a charge of murder were further remanded at the…

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Funeral Of Murder Victim Off Again

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The funeral of Miss Mary Fahy, 62, who was murdered in her flat at Maroubra last Wednesday night,…

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Murder Charge Would Be 'Grotesque', Says Counsel

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY: "It would he grotesque to bring a finding of murder in this case," said solicitor J. Thorn at the City Coroner's court today. He was making submissions…

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Licence Transfer For High Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 14

SYDNEY: The decision of the State Full Court in a licensing case had created a great anomoly as far as the jurisdiction of the Quarter Sessions was concerned, said Mr. Alan Taylor, K.C., in the High Court…

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Big Radio Scheme Fo victorian Police Force

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 6

MELBOURNE: Police are about to install F.M. short-wave equipment at Geelong, headquarters of the Barwon police district, as part of a plan to cover Victoria with about 90 flying squads in one…

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Medicine Plan "Would Stand Court Test"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Federal Minister for Health (Senator McKenna) said to-night that if the B.M.A. decided to contest the…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. M. J. Austin, S.m.) Shoplifted Caught

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 2

Mary Andre Jamleson, 34, was fined £5 on a charge of having stolen a pair of shoes, a tin of jam and a tin of sponge mixture, valued at…

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Became Naturalised in Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 6

PERTH, Thursday.—The first magisterial naturalisation ceremony held in Western Australia took place in Perth Police Court to-day,…

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Two On £1400 Jewel Theft Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Charged with having stolen £1400 worth of Jewellery from a passenger on the Largs Bay between Melbourne and…

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Detectives Still Expect Maroubra Murder Arrest

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY: Defectives are still hopeful of arresting the killer of Miss Mary Fahy (62), despite the lapse of nine days since she was viciously stabbed to death in her Maroubra flat…

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Five Coloured Seamen On Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—The City Coroner (Mr. Cleland) to-day committed five coloured seamen for trial on a charge of the murder…

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Tramguard For Trial On Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday.—John G. Ruxton, 20, tramguard, was to-day committed for trial on a charge of having murdered Edward C. Morris,…

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Police Use Tear Gas Against Students

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 3

LONDON, April 21. A.A.P.— Dacca police used tear gas and arrested several university students who tried to force their way into…

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