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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Police Station on the Grounds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 3

A temporary police station is located next to the secretary's office for the duration of the Show…

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Police Heard Struggle Through Phone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A police wireless patrol car went to the assistance of a constable at a call box in Church-street, Parramatta,…

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Woman's Outburst in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY: An outburst at a jury s verdict by a young woman in Quarter Sessions today was answered by Judge Holden with…

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Appeals By Police Over £2240 Loss

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 7

SYDNEY: Nine policemen appealed today to the Crown Employees' Board against punishments imposed on them by…

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Cessnock Court Before Mr. V. COCKS, S.M.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 4

REMANDED.—Thomas Hutchinson, Aberdare-road, Cessnock, was charged with having assaulted Edwin Anderson, of Stephen-street, Cessnock, and…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 8

VAGRANCY.—Harold Ernest Plumeridge, 38, labourer, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for vagrancy at Dudley…

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Stop Press Five Years' Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 16

SYDNEY: For attacking ex-Superintendent William Morgan with a jagged bottle at Camperdown on December 30, Leslie Smith (37), laborer,…

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Bail On Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY: A tram conductor accused of shooting at a fellow employee with intent to murder him…

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Disappearance Of Money; Police Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Nine policemen appealed to-day against their punishment following a departmental inquiry into the…

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Winter Dress For Berlin Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 1

The traffic policeman in Berlin, well protected against the winter blasts, wears huge straw-rope bootees with thick wooden soles…

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New District Court Judge Appointed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) said to-day that Mr. G. J. O'Sullivan had been appointed a District…

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Court Reserves Decision On Attendance Pay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Justice Kirby, in the Arbitration Court to-day, reserved his decision on an application by the Stevedoring…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 8

INDECENT LANGUAGE.—Rudolph Douglass, 20, seaman, was fined £2 for having used indecent language in Hunter-street…

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4 Czechs Sentenced For Spying

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 7

PRAGUE, Feb. 23. A.A.P.—The official Czech Newsagency announced that an export official, Dr. Tiri Strich, with another man…

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40 Charges Of Theft From Army Stores

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY: Organised thefts over eight months of £2724 worth of goods from the Villawood munitions area were alleged against five men, including two Commonwealth peace officers, in Campsie Court today…

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Governor Abused The Police

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 9

TOKIO, Fri. (O.S.R.): Governor Kobayashi, of Shizuoka Prefecture, was delayed in his…

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"Mad Lover" Still Sought By Police

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 4

ROME, Fri. (A.A.P.): Police are still searching the woods around Ancona (north-east Italy) for Cetuolio Lillini,…

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8 Malayan Police Killed In Raid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 4

SINGAPORE, Feb. 23. A.A.P.-Reuter.—A police station in the Muar area of Johore was attacked by terrorists last night…

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British Troops Aid Police In Asmara Riots

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 3

ASMARA, Feb. 23. A.A.P.—British troops to-day helped police to cordon off the non-European quarters of Asmara, where bitter…

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People Knocked Down In Chase By Police At Show

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 9

While running away from a policeman at Newcastle Show last night, a 19-year-old sea-man, George Were knocked…

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