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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

2,591 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 130

U.S. Supreme Court Divided On Free Speech

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 May 1949 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Monday. (A.A.P.).—The U.S. Supreme Court divided bitterly today on a decision which upheld…

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Court Bars McPhillips In Basic Wage Hearing

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 May 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE: When the basic wage case opened today the Full Arbitration Court refused to hear Mr. L. J. McPhillips as representative of the Federated…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) False Pretences Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 May 1949 · page 10

Patrick Kelly, 33, clerk, was remanded until June 22 on £100 ball on a charge of false pretences. The charge alleged that Kelly…

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Police Action On Parking

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 3

Police had stated that they would take action against people who left vehicles unattended overnight in Newcastle streets, the Chief Health…

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Students' Procession Censored By Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Police censored the University procession before it left the grounds of the University to-day to parade through…

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No Police Probe on Regal Gem

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.— Police assistance would not be called in the Regal Gem inquiry unless further investigation was necessary,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 5

REMANDED.—Patrick Kelly, 33, clerk was remanded till June 22, on £100 ball, on a charge of having obtained £140 from Albert Benjamin…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. Hardwickc. S.m.) Offensive Behavior

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 10

Leslie William Pike, 20, laborer and Alan Frederick. Maher, 23, laborer, were each lined £1 for offensive behavior in Church-st., on May…

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Teralba Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood. S.m.) Placed on Bond

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 2

Although the case against him was proved, George Vincent Carmichael (60). retired, was placed on a good behavior bond of £20 for 12…

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Jews Riot In Munich Over Alleged Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 4

BERLIN, Thurs. (A.A.P.)—Riots broke out in Munich yesterday as hysterical croups of displaced Jews [?]arched for a…

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Chain-Gang Fugitive Freed By Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 2

NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.): A U.S. Circuit Court ruled today that the State of Georgia was not entitled to the return of chain-gang fugitives who suffered cruel and brutal treatment in prison before they escaped…

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Dispute Over Night Rates for Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 2

A meeting of union representatives and management of Goninan’s Ltd. yesterday decided to refer to the Arbitration Court claims for…

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Rival Police Chiefs Don't Play Speaks "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, May 18.—Rival police chiefs are pounding the pavements of Litchfield, Illinois, while townspeople wonder what will…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 7

REMANDED.—Charles Mathews, 63, labourer, was remanded till June 1, on £20 bail, on charges of having stolen a bicycle valued at £10, the…

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New Plane Can Land In Tennis Court "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, May 18.—A revolutionary light plane that is able to land and take off in an area no bigger than a tennis…

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Kurri Court (Before Mr. P. R. Wood. S.m.) Stole Bicycle

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 15

Keith William G. Bevon, 42. pleaded guilty to a charge of having, at Cessnock on May 12. stolen a bicycle valued at £20. the property of…

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Two Shop-breakers To Be Sentenced

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Property worth £2000 was the haul of two men who pleaded guilty in the Quarter Sessions today to a…

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Government Charged "Courting Enmity Of Asiatics"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Government had endangered the White Australia policy and courted the enmity of 1000-million Asiatics, Mr. Lang (Ind. Lab., N.S.W.) said in the House of Representatives…

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Man Committed On Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Harold Angus Byrnes. 34, of Walker St. Waterloo, was committed for trial at the City Coroner's…

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10 Policemen Charged With Neglect Of Duty

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY: Thirty charges were served today on 10 policemen, alleging neglect of duty, following an eight months' departmental investigation into the disappearance of £2240 in September last from the safe at Liverpool Police Station…

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