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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

2,591 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 53 of 130

Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 7

George Jefferies, storeman, of Seventh-street, Boolaroo, said in Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday that the turning point in his married life…

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Police Allege Man Paped Neighbor

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY: Martin Patrick Kennedy (27) invalid pensioner, was charged in the City Court today with having raped his next door neighbor after threatening her with a knife, at a residential…

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Prisoner Former Chief Of Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), June 8. A.A.P.-Reuter.—A man who said he was a former police chief of Nova scotia is among 27 seamen from…

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Arrests Follow Police Chase After Panel Van

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 1

Police chased a panel van being driven against the traffic in Hunter-street yesterday afternoon. They arrested two men…

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Court Interlude On Effect Of Taxes

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE: "Is there anyone in the community who does not think that taxation of his income is too high?" During the hearing of the basic wage case in the…

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Court Rules Uranium Not War Material

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 3

FRANKFURT, June 8. A.A.P.—A United States Military Government Court ruled to-day that uranium, in its natural state, is not…

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Sailor On Manslaughter Charge Hand Been Drinking, Court Told

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY: A ship's officer charged with the manslaughter of two roadway' workers admitted to the police that he had been drinking prior to the accident, it was stated today at the inquest. The coroner (Mr. A. R…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 7

REMANDED.—Jack King, 36, seaman, was remanded to June 15 on a charge of having been in Scott-street, Newcastle, on Tuesday night…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 3

Ernest Arthur Davies (28). commercial traveller, charged with driving a motor lorry in Scott-st. while under the influence of liquor…

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Divorce Court In Newcastle (Before Mr. Justice Bonney) DEAN v DEAN

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 3

Frank Leslie Dean, of Hill-st., Carrington, was granted a decree nisi for the dissolution of his marriage with Roma Ellen Dean (formerly…

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Man Told Police Of Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 3

A man called at Newcastle Police Station last night and confessed to the theft of £260…

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Gipsy Woman On £100 Theft Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Detectives arrested a Gipsy woman at the Gipsy camp at St. Ives this afternoon. She was charged at…

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Man Charged With Rape of Neighbour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday. — After having threatened his next-door neighbour with a knife, with which she had been peeling vegetables, a…

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Amateur Led Police To Illegal Radio

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), June 9. A.A.P.-Reuters.—Detectives seeking the New Zealand radio "pirate" caught a youth…

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Divorce Court JEFFERIES v. JEFFERIES

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 4

Mr. Justice Bonnet will resume the hearing this morning at Newcastle Divorce Court of the petition by Kathleen Jefferies, formerly…

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Favour Court Move On Ballots

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—After a heated and noisy debate Melbourne Trades Hall Council to-night adopted a recommendation…

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No Engine Defect, Railmen Say In Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 4

Two train crews who operated the locomotive on a goods train alleged to have been responsible for a fire near Muswellbrook on December…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 6

YOUTHS REMANDEED.—Noel Edward Stephen, 18, labourer, and Lionel Hugh Ramage, 19, labourer, were remanded to June 14. They…

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E. Maitland Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, [?] Motorist Gets Bond

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 2

Pleading guilty to driving a car while under the influence of intoxicating liquor last Saturday night, Harry Adderley (58) of Bourke-st…

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Gaol for Theft of Bicycle; Man Appeals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 4

Charles Mathews, 63, labourer, who was sentenced in Newcastle Court yesterday to three months' imprisonment for having stolen a…

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