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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

2,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 136

Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Placed on Bond

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 2

On two charges of stealing and one of wearing a Defence Force uniform when of a member. Thomas Brian Masters (19), laborer. was…

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£1000 Haul In Goulburn Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 5

GOULBURN. — A bookmaker and his son were robbed of £1000 in £10 notes last night. The victims of the theft were…

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Escapee Given 3 More Months' Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Keith Douglas Donnelly, 28, was sentenced to three months' hard labour by Mr. Brooke, S.M., at…

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Police Are Puzzled By Bloodstains

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Police are investigating the mystery of bloodstains and broken furniture in a Mosman house which was let…

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Cut Up Husband's Body, Police Told

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 6

PARIS, Thurs. (O.S.R.): A woman accused of murdering her husband, cutting him up and scattering the pieces round the countryside, fainted while police were reconstructing the crime at Savigny-Sur-Orge last…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 5

REMANDED.—Hector Carl Neilson, 21, storekeeper, was remanded till March 28, on £40 ball, on a charge of having received at…

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Teralba Court (Before Mr. E. Cocks, S.m.) Orchardist Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 4

Failing to collect falling apples from an orchard between Jan. 8 and 13 cost Andrea Frederick Conti of Mt. Hutton 10s with 10s costs…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 2

For stealing two cabbages and one pineapple, valued at 3s, from Selfridge's Newcastle shop yesterday, Reuben James Davies, 56, machinistm,…

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Five Negroes Dead; Pastor's Wife Charged

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

CAIRO (Georgia), March 2. A.A.P.—Police charged Mrs. Hatie Mae Turner, 32, wife of one of the victims, with the murder of…

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Murder, Incest Charges Against Family

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

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—Anna Matilda Hoff, 60, alleged to have drowned her unmarried daughter's newly-born baby in a drum of water,…

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R. Lawn to Lead Police Boys

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 10

Ron Lawn, Newcastle City and Suburban "Telegraph" Shield captain, will lead Police Boys' Club in the vital match against Hume Pipe Works at Sports Ground No. 2 to-morrow. This match will…

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Screaming Brawl in Rent Court

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 12

LONDON: Screaming babies, shrieking women and fighting men marked the end of a case before South Paddington rent…

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Court at Newcastle Illegally Used

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 11

A Finnish seaman, Frans Olavi Kalliamaka, 26, was fined £10 for illegally using a car and £2 for driving without a licence and was…

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Court Held in Front Garden

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 11

LONDON: A magistrates court was held in the front garden of a municipal house at Cradley, near Halesowen…

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60 m.p.h. Police Chase Through Sydney Suburbs

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

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A police motor-cycle and sidecar touched 60 miles an hour as it chased a stolen two-ton lorry five miles through…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 4

BAIL FORFEITED.—Archibald Henry Swanborough, 33, labourer, failed to appear to answer a charge of offensive behaviour in…

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Belmont Court (Before Mr. M. J. Austin, S.m.) Betting Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 4

Joseph Andrew Grahame, Kenrick-st., Junction, was lined £15 on a charge of betting on Feb. 25 Sergeant Skehan asid Grahame…

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2 Men Knifed: Man Charged

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

SYDNEY, Friday.—One man was disembowled and another sabbed in the groin, buttock and arm in an altercation at…

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Murder Charge In Melbourne Shooting

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

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Following the death of Mervyn Batten, 30, of Gold-street, Collingwood, in St. Vincent's Hospital…

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Court Move In Meat Strike

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

SYDNEY, Friday.—A Court move was made late to-day against the Meat Industry Employees' Union. The Metropolitan Meat…

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