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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

2,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 136

Court Extends Injunction On Chinese Ship

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY: An injunction to prevent the ship Union Builder, now berthed at Circular Quay, from Leaving the port of Sydney was extended by Mr. Justice Roper in the Equity Court today until next Thursday…

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High Court Awards £24,000 To Westey's

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday.—An order in favour of the North Australian Meat Company, also known as Vestey's against the Minister for the…

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Police Raid Many Homes in Search for Dugan, Mears

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY: Detectives last right raided houses in several Sydney suburbs and distant country towns in their State-wide search for escaped convicts Dugan and Mears…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 8

STOLE MOTOR-CYCLE.—On a charge of having, in Newcastle on October 22, stolen a motor-cycle, valued at £90, the property of…

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District Court At Newcastle (Before Judge Nield) Oar Sale Claim

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 11

A second-hand car, sold for £315. brought to his garage for repairs was not economically repairable, a motor engineer, Albert Jenkins, told the…

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Belmont Court (Before Mr. M. J. Austin. S.m.) Exceeded Speed Limit

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 11

A fine of £5 was Imposed on Sydney Henry Price of Ramsgate Rd.. Ramsgate. for exceeding the speed limit at Pelican on Nov. 6…

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Court at East Maitland (Before Mr. E. I. Cocks, S.m.) Traffic Breaches

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 11

N. L. McCourt of Brunswick St.. East Maltland, was fined £1 10s with 10s costs for having failed to return the expired number plates of…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R, A. HardwicKe, S.m.) Bond for Seaman

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 11

On three changes of having behaved offensively, resisted arrest and used innecent language on Jan. 20. Boris shapiro, 20 seaman was…

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Four Years' Gaol For Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Found guilty of having assaulted a young married woman, George Flood Alwood, 26, labourer, of no fixed residence,…

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Youths on Arson, Theft Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday—Two youths were remanded in Central Court to-day on charges of having maliciously set fire to a shop in…

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Man's Body In Shallow Grave; Wife Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 1

ADELAIDE; At 1.30 a.m. today detectives removed from a shallow grave a few hundred yards from the McLaren Flat Post Office the body of Henry Seymour Emms, about 35, carrier of McLaren Flat…

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Maori Gaoled For Life For Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 1

WELLINGTON, Feb, 10. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Napolean Brown, 28, a half-caste Maori, was sentenced to-day to life imprisonment with hard…

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Police Fire On Rioters In Calcutta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Feb. 10. A.A.P.—Police opened fire on rioting crowds armed with sticks and brick bats when stabbing, looting and…

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District Court Before Judge Nield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 12

The hearing was adjourned, to a date to be fixed, in the part-heard case when John Bates, of Sunderland-street, Mayfield, claimed…

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Police Allege Woman Kept Watch for Man

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 6

A man broke into a house at Hamilton and stole some money while a woman kept watch outside, Detective Constable Pollock…

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Police Inquiry Into Death Of N.Z. Nurse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 10. A.A.P.—Police are investigating the death of a 23-year-old nurse, from Auckland, Elsie Mavis Thornton, who…

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Scientist Received £100 For Atom Leak, Court Is Told

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Sat (A.A.P.): Dr. Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs, atom scientist, had re-ceived £100 sterling for disclosing information, the prosecutor (Mr. C. Humph-reys) said in Bow Street Court yesterday. Accused of having betrayed…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 6

ON BOND.—Without proceeding to a conviction, the Magistrate placed Boris Shapiro, 20, seaman, on a £5 bond, to be of good behaviour for…

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Sydney Arms Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Detectives believe gangsters were responsible for the theft last night of five Austen sub-machine guns, one Bren…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Fined for Stealing

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 10

Kenneth Noel Jones, 25, laborer, was fined £5 on each of two charges of stealing at the Newcastle Gas Company on Feb. 7…

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