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Courts & crime, 1950

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Police Rescue 2 Men On Sydney Cliff

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Police Cliff Rescue Squad, under Sergeant Weir, was called out twice to-day to rescue men from Sydney cliffs…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Betting Offences

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 2

For betting offences eight men and one woman were fined a total of £145. Two men, fined £20 each, were:…

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Versatile Burglar Sentenced To 18 Months' Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 9

SYDNEY: A 31-year-old man who, according to police, mixed his callings as active housebreaker, casual painter and…

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Murder Trial Adjourned

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE: The trial of Norman Andrews, 38, Robert Clayton, 32, and Jean Lee, 29, on a charge of murder was…

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3 Years' Gaol For Manager

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY: A 49-year-old business manager who defrauded the Commonwealth Bank of more than…

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Train Assault Alleged; Man For Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 4

Rodney Francis Thorley, 34, labourer of on fixed abode, was committed for trial on March 21 then he was charged at Maitland…

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Police Identify Body In Sydney Harbor

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY: Sydney water. police today identified the body of a man who was found floating in the harbor at Kirribilli…

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Police Unlikely To Act On Bribery Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—It is understood that police will take no action when they complete investigations into allegations that a Labour…

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Police Found No Evidence Of MLA Bribe

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY: Police have found no evidence to support allegations of bribery made against a Government member in the Legislative Assembly last week. A police report which was…

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"Brother Stood Over Others": Story to Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 4

Douglas Greentree, 27, labourer, said in Newcastle Court yesterday that an elder brother, Allan Thomas Greentree, had been "standing…

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Saw Child's Body In Rocks; Woman's Story To Police

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY.—An intensive search by Sydney water police and detectives failed today to find the body of a child, which…

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Maitland Court Before Mr. E. I. Cocks, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 4

ESCAPED FROM GAOL.—Charged with having escaped from a prison farm at East Maitland Gaol on Friday, while serving a sentence of…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 6

FOR SENTENCE.—Thomas Brian Masters, 19, labourer, was remanded till to-morrow for sentence on a charge of having worn a military…

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How does it feel to live in Russia? What kind of people are the Russians? Is there any chance that Russians one day will turn against their police state? Edmund Stevens, Staff Correspondent of the "Christian Science Monitor," has observed Soviet affairs for 10 years and only recently left Moscow after a three-year assignment there. He answers many questions being asked outside Russia. Russian Enemies Of Soviet State

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 2

NEW YORK, Feb. 27. A.A.P.—In Russia to-day, there are legions of thinking, intelligent people who chafe under the omnipotent police state and long with their whole being for freedom…

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Year's Gaol For Abducting Teenage Girl

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

DUBBO, Tuesday.—A married man who became friendly with a 16-year-old girl, of Coonabarabran, and went with her to Bourke, where…

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Lambton Police to Get Telephone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 4

Following representations by Newcastle City Council, a telephone is to be provided at the premises of the police constable in…

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Claims Baby Left With Police

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE: The two-year-old boy abandoned at Flinders-st. Police Station yesterday was identified today as Kenneth…

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Prisoner Recaptured After Court Escape

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

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—After having been sentenced in Parramatta Court to-day to 12 months' hard labour, Keith Douglas Charles…

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Effects Of Alcohol Explained To Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 2

Dr. Idris Morgan outlined the effects of alcohol on an individual during the hearing of a case in Newcastle Court today. He was explaining the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 6

REMANDED.—Neville Clifford Blanch, 34, labourer, Clifford James Williams 35, clerk, and Eric James Parker, 38, labourer, were remanded…

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