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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

2,591 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 60 of 130

Police Warn Against Digging Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 2

Digging coal from any land without authority was an offence and subject to a heavy penalty, Newcastle police said yesterday…

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Police Patrol Near Home of Miners' Leader

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

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Police to-night patrolled the area at Beverley Hills, in which the General President of the Miners'…

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Marine Court Doubts Whether Light Was On

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The main factor in the stranding of the collier Munmorah, on Bellambi Reef at 7.25 p.m. on May 17, was…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 8

STOLE COAL.—For having stolen coal, the property of the Commissioner for Railways, at Port Waratah, William Stuart, 54, boilermaker,…

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Gaol For Assault On Constable

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 4

Johnnie Leslie Sullivan, 30, labourer, coloured, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., at…

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Judith Coplon Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 1

WASHIINGTON, July 1. A.A.P. —Federal Judge Albert Reeves to-day sentenced Judith Coplon to imprisonment' for a period of three…

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Australian Charged With Arms Traffic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 1

MANILA, July 1. A.A.P.-Reuter. —Raymond Goodwin, formerly of Rose Bay, Sydney, was arrested here yesterday and charged with illegal…

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Rest For Police At Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 5

With only a trickle of sightseers expected to visit Maitland tomorrow, most police officers will have their first rest day…

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Amateur Miners Warned By Police

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 1

Unable to buy coal through the normal channels, many people have been digging coal from "open cuts" in the…

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Live Coursing "Not Cruelty": Court Ruling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—The coursing of live hares is not punishable as cruelty. A ruling to this effect was given…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 6

STOLE BEER GLASSES. — William Henry Dobson, [?], labourer, was fined £3 for having stolen two schooner glasses and a middy glass,…

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Special Sitting Of Court Today On Unions' Bank Withdrawals

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA: A special sitting of the Arbitration Court has been granted to the Commonwealth Government for this afternoon. Applications by the Commonwealth in respect of "huge sums of money withdrawn by the Ironworkers' Union and Miners' Federation" will be heard by Judge Kelly…

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Report Of £1250 Jewellery Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE.—Dr. Hynek Slavotinek. who arrived in Melbourne in the migrant ship General Black on June 25, has…

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Police Guard Working Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE: Six Queensland coal miners, protected by 12 police, were producing in the Ipswich area today…

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4 Police Killed in Italian Ambush

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 3

ROME, July 3. A.A.P.— Four policemen were killed when bandits ambushed a patrol car with machine-guns and hand grenades…

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Man Shot As Police Break In Door

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—James Clifford Moore, 31, was shot in the stomach with a 22 rifle in a house in Norton-street, Leichhardt, last…

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Union Advocates Walk Out Of Court; Funds Hearing

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY: Counsel representing four Federal unions walked out of the Arbitration Count today when the Chief Judge rejected their request for an adjournment of a Commonwealth application for union money allegedly…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Indecent Language

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 3

John Duncan, 26 laborer, who said his wife had been manhandled by four English seamen, was fined £2 for using indecent language in…

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Motor Dealer Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 6

William John Edwards, 44, motor dealer, known as John Patrick Sidebottom, was charged by warrant before Mr. R.A. Hardwicke, S.M.,…

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Air Force Stealing Alleged

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Tues. (OSR): Seven officials of London Aero-Motor Services were charged in an Essex Court…

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