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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

2,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 136

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

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 9

William James Kane, 55, clerk, was admonished and discharged on a vagrancy charge. Kane, who was remanded last week to find…

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Youth Charged With Theft From Employer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 5

In Newcastle Court yesterday Donald Victor Greenaway, 18, labourer, was charged with having stolen £325/4/3, the property of…

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Parties At Gaol For Prisoners

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 1

GENEVA, Thursday (O.S.R.): Champagne parties in which five prisoners, their wives and sweethearts…

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Navy Court Hears Tarakan Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY: Two charges of negligence arising from the explosion aboard H.M.A.S. Tarakan on Jan. 25—killing eight men—were laid against the Tarakan's commander at a naval court martial today. Before the court was…

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Minister Will Examine Court Ruling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Minister for Labour (Mr. Holt) said in the House of Representatives to-day he would examine a ruling by…

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Police Visit To Clerks' Office Was Not Needed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Police went to the offices of the Clerks' Union to-day when a clash was feared between deposed…

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Maitland Court Before Mr. F. R. WOOD, S.M.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 5

THEFT FROM MILL.—Thefts from Burlington Mills were alarming, Detective-Sergeant V. R. Woodward said when Colin Leslie Ralston, 19,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 5

REMANDED.—John Henry Field, 37, labourer, was remanded till April 4, on a charge of having broken into the home of Rupert Braye, at…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Drove Negligently

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 3

For having driven a bus negligently in Brunker-rd., Broadmeadow, on Dec. 17, Reginald James Swadling, of corner Lake-rd, and Martin-st.,…

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Teralba Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M.) S.P. BETTING

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 3

Harold Keith Jones, 32, laborer, Harold Burns, 23, laborer, and Thomas Jones, 28, laborer, were each fined £20 for S.P. betting at…

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Airmen Gaoled For Theft Of Nylon

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE.—Four young airmen were sent to gaol today for the theft of parachute nylon valued at £4645 from the…

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Strikers Attack African Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 3

LADYSMITH, March 30. A.A.P.—Police, with fixed bayonets, drove hundreds of African strikers from Ladysmith to-day, after having…

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High Court Appeal By Boilermakers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—An appeal to the Full High Court against the refusal of Mr. Justice Dunphy in the Arbitration Court to…

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Tennis Court For Young Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 5

An amount of £125 has been paid to the credit of Newcastle City Council to build a tennis court on Young Wallsend recreation ground,…

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Rebuffs For Stale Bread, Court Told

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 7

Breadcarters wanted Saturday work only if they had hot bread to deliver—there were too many rebuffs from the public for stale bread, the Full Bench of the Industrial Commission was told…

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War Court Members To Leave In May

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 9

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The President and members of the Australian War Crimes Court will leave for Manus Island in May to…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 12

REMANDED.—Noel Leslie Taylor, 19, labourer, was remanded to Monday on £30 bail, on a charge of having taken and used a…

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Belmont Court (Before Mr. M. J. Austin, S.m.) Fisherman Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 11

Convicted of having obstructed an officer of the Fisheries Department in the execution of his duty, Randell Burnett, Turner-st., Belmont, was…

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Polish Migrant Charged With Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1950 · page 14

The hearing was begun before Mr. K. A. Hardwicke, S.M., at Newcastle Court yesterday of a charge against Wlady Slaw Kot, 31,…

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Airmen Gaoled For Stealing Nylon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1950 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Four airmen were sent to gaol to-day for having stolen parachute nylon worth £4645 from the R.A.A.F…

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