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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

2,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 136

Magistrate's Views On Thrashing Boys

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 3

LONDON.—Chairman of East London Juvenile Court, Mr. Basil Henriques, said recently: "There are occasions…

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Men Charged Over £4000 Nylons

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 2

LONDON: Bail totalling £4000 was granted to two men—one a colored man—who were charged at Thames Court with…

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Two Men Charged With Rape

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday.—Police yesterday arrested two young men and charged them with having raped a 15-year-old girl on Redcliffe…

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Man Remanded On Train Assault Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 1

Proceedings were brief at Maitland Court today when Rodney Francis Thorley, 34, laborer, appeared on three…

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Comic Court Unlucky In Second Defeat Melbourne Correspondent

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

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Comic Court lost no friends because of his defeat by St. Razzle in the C. F. Orr Stakes at Moonee Valley…

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Police Boys Lead By One Point In C. & S. Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 11

Two matches in the C and S A grade cricket competition on Saturday, New Lambton v Stewart and Lloyds and…

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Maitland Court (Before Mr. E. I. Cocks, S.m.) No Evidence

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 3

When James Smith, 52, laborer, of Bourke St., Maitland, was charged with having, on Dec. 25, unlawfully assaulted Stella Gladys Smith, the…

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In Brief No Australian Trip For Miners' Leader Phoned The Police From Ice Room

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 6

The Communist General Secretary of the National Mineworkers' Union (Mr. Arthur Horner) has lost a visit to his relations and political friends in Australia, says the "Daily…

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Child As Shield For Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—A Maltese woman who used her 10-year-old daughter as a shield while she stole goods from city stores was warned…

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Police Transfers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

Police transfers in the North-Eastern Division are— Constables S. H. Jeffrey, Sydney to Newcastle; G. A. W. Callback,…

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Bail Not Sought On Train Assault Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 6

Rodney Francis Thorley, 34, labourer, did not apply for bail at Maitland Court when he was remanded till February 27 on three…

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Lawyer's Objection At Murder Inquest

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY: "Propaganda" on the mental condition of a man charged with double murder, was objected to by the man's solicitor at Campsie Coroner's Court today…

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Court Sits in New Room

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 4

The second of the new courtrooms, at the eastern end of Newcastle Courthouse, was used for the first time yesterday by Mr. R. A…

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Police Rushed To Quell Riot In Durban

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 1

DURBAN, Feb. 6. A.A.P.—One hundred armed South African police were rushed to the Cato Manor area of Durban last night to…

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Court Case Heard in German Tongue

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 3

LONDON.—Professor Edith Morley, the chairman of Reading magistrates, conducted the court proceedings in German…

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Police Pick Up 6 In Hunt For Gunman

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE: Four men and two women are being held for questioning by detectives who searched throughout the night for the gunman who wounded John Gilligan (49) with a burst of fire from a tommy-gun at Jolimont yesterday. They were taken to police…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 6

REMANDED.—George Richard Burwell, 40, plumber, was remanded till February 27, on a charge of having stolen a wash hand basin, valued…

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Cessnock Court (Before Mr. E. I. Cocks. S.m.) Case Adjourned

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

The hearing of charges of offensive behavior against Alexander Purdon and Raymond Williams of Cessnock were adjourned on the…

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Two Remanded On Intent To Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The men appeared at a special sitting of the City Court to-day charged with having wounded John Gilligan, 49,…

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Man For Trial On Lakemba Murder Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Kevin John Irwin, 23, was to-day committed for trial on charges of having murdered Dorothy Jean Dart, 20, and…

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