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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

2,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 136

Year's Gaol On Drug Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Found guilty of unlawfully having had in his possession a quantity of marihuana or Indian hemp, Eric Raymond…

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Men Charged With Newcastle Thefts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 1

Newcastle police have arrested two men on charges of having broken and entered the cloak room at Newcastle railway station this…

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£45,000 Jewel Theft In New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 A.A.P.—Three bandits stole jewellery and furs worth 100,000 dollars (£A45,000) from the home of Billy…

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Woman Remand On Melbourne Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Mrs. Lillian Cowen, 43, of Parker-street, Williamstown, appeared before Mr. McLean, S.M., in the City Court…

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Plane Message On Escapees Puzzles Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Airline officials and police are mystified as to how a message reached an A.N.A. Skymaster between…

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High Court Challenge Of MHR's Election

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY: Validity o fthe election of the Labor candidate, Gordon Anderson, for the Kingsford Smith seat in the House of Representatives, is challenged in a petition, filedin the High Court…

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New Start To Solve Setty Murder "Herald" Service and A.A.P.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 27.—Scotland Yard officers will confer to-day on starting new moves to solve the murder of Stanley Setty, 46, a London car dealer. Setty's headless and limbless…

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£225,000 New York Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Jan. 29. A.A.P.—Thieves stole jewellery and other valuables worth about £225,000 from an apartment house in the…

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Man Charged After Party Shooting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A 23-year-old man was charged to-day with having wounded a man with intent to murder him…

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Son-In-Law On "Fowlhouse" Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Sunday.—A man has been charged with having murdered his father-in-law, whose body was found last night in a fowlhouse…

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Police Search For Missing Boys

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Police have found no trace of Edward Smith, 12. and Ronald Lemon, 12, of Church St., St. Peters', who did…

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Night Court Best At Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 6

The experience gained by Night Court in his runs at Kembla Grange and at Newcastle a week ago should enable the colt to win the Juvenile Handicap at Broadmeadow this afternoon…

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Comic Court Unlucky In Reid Stakes Melbourne Correspondent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Comic Court failed by a neck to win the William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley yesterday, but had the…

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Newcastle Court (Before Mr. H. Treloar, J.p.) on Two Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 5

Aubrey cillford Black, 24. plasterer, of Cardiff, who, with Alfred Charles Johnson, 26, of Queensland, was charged on Saturday with…

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Octogenarian on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 3

BERLIN, Jan. 30. A.A.P.—The West Berlin police have arrested 82-year-old Emil Ziemer, on charges of having murdered his 75-year-old…

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Attack On Police In African Riots

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 3

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 30. A.A.P.—Policemen and natives exchanged shots and several people were injured in rioting which flared…

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Police Search N.Z. Liner For Dugan, Mears

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Jan. 30. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Fifty police rushed to the liner Aorangi on her arrival in Auckland this morning when…

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Court at Newcastie (Befere Mr. R. A. Hadrwicke, S.m.) Indecent Behavior

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 10

For behaving indecently at Broadmeadow Showground, David Albert Brown, 37, laborer, was lined £3. INDECENT LANGUAGE For using indecent language…

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Magistrate Criticises Police Officer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 3

KATOOMBA, Tuesday.— Mr. Stonham, S.M., to-day directed that the "improper conduct" of Police Superintendent E…

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Plane Wheel Theft At Williamtown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 2

Two wheels from a Wirraway plane were stolen from Williamtown aerodrome at the week-end. They are valued at £20 each…

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