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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

2,591 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 130

Theft Of £11,000 In Silver Coins

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 1

LONDON. Sat. (A.A.P.).—Silver coins worth £11.000 were stolen yesterday in London's East End…

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Pity the Poor Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 2

I CANT See THE SHOP WINOWS FROM THE LEFT…

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Police Blame Man with Grudge for Home Bombing

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Police believe thai a bomb, which damaged an East Brunswick home last night, was thrown by a man with a grudge against the occupants. Two carbon rods, two Indies…

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Mock Court To Educate J's.P. In Law Procedure

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 5

A major step in the education of J's.P. will be taken on Feb. 25 when a mock court, conducted strictly in…

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West Maitland Court Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 4

CHANGED PLEA.—Norman Robert O'Hara, 34, farmer, of Tarro, who had pleaded "Not guilty" at Monday's sitting of the Court, changed…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. C. H. Whiting, J.p.) Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 6

William James Harris. 18, laborer, Belmont South, camping area, was remanded till Monday on a charge of haying maliciously damaged a…

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Police Attack French Strikers

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 1

PARIS, Mon. (A.A.P.): Police went into action early yesterday to clear sit-down strikers from the Paris motor works of…

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Irate Berliners Chain Police To Trees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 1

BERLIN, Jan. 16. A.A.P.—Irate Berliners seized two Russian sector German policemen who attempted to arrest blockade-running…

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Skip Court Rival For Caruso

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Sunday.—After his win in the Sefton Handicap at Randwick yesterday Skip Court, once a despised outsider, now threatens Caruso for Challenge Stakes favouritism…

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Police Interview Man Believed Dead 16 Years

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Sunday. — Police yesterday interviewed a man who was thought to have died 16 years ago…

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Maitland Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.) Charge Dismissed

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 3

Fritz Soiling, medical practitioner, of High St., West Maitland, was acquitted on a charge of having failed to supply information…

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Youth Charged With Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE: After the shooting of a 56-year-old war pensioner at his home in the bush near Mt. Evelyn last night…

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Magistrate Saw Stolen Shoes

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 7

LONDON. — Mr. Charlton Hubbard, a magistrate, was walking along Southend Highst. when he met a man…

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400 Police Guard Court Trying U.S. Reds

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P. & O.S.S):— Unprecedented precautions were taken against disorder when 12 leaders of the Communist Party in the United States went on trial today on…

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Journalist Charged Under Crimes Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A summons was served on a journalist to-day, charging him with having been a party to the commission of an offence under Section 70 of the Commonwealth Crimes Act…

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Gaol For Flier Who Went Nazi

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK.Mon. (A.A.P.): Martin Monti, a former officer of the U.S. Air Force, who deserted to the Germans and…

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"Charged 2d Day" For Uncollected Parcels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 4

The Railway Department was charging the public 2d a day on parcels sent to Toronto if they were not picked up within two days,…

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School "Court" to Punish Pupils

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 17. A.A.P.—"Lines" will be imposed on children at Canvey Island school, Essex, by a "court" of fellow…

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French Police Clear Strikers From Car Plant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 1

PARIS, Jan. 17. A.A.P.—Police went into action early yesterday to clear sit-down strikers from the Paris motor-car works of…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 4

REMANDED.—William James Pyke. 29, window-dresser, was remanded till February 9 on a charge of having falsely pretended to Eric…

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