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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

2,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 41 of 136

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 8

OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR.—Angus Henry Dodds, 26, labourer, was lined £5 for offensive behaviour in District Park on Wednesday afternoon…

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Belmont Court (Before Mr. F. Pocock S.m.) Drove Too Fast

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 11

A man who, a solicitor claimed, had an unblemished record in 38 years of driving recorded his first conviction for a traffic offence…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Did Not Appear

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 11

Charged with having ridden a motor cycle negligently in Railway-st., Merewether. on March 18. Harry Lockett. 23. laborer, failed to appear…

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2 Aborigines on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday.—Two aborigines have been charged with murder following investigations into the spearing of a native…

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Police Raids In War On Gambling

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Seventy men were arrested in four separate raids last night by Vice Squad men who are waging a fresh war…

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Prague Court Convicts "Spies" In U.S. Employ

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 3

PRAGUE, April 14. A.A.P.—The five-judge court yesterday sentenced Miss Dagmar Kacerovska, a Czech, to 15 years' hard labour for…

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Court Hears Real-Life Raffles Story "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 4

LONDON, April 14.—A woman acquitted in London on 11 charges of having received stolen property worth £1000 will be handed…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 13

DID NOT APPEAR.—There was no appearance of Harry Lockett, 23, labourer, to answer a charge of having ridden a motor-cycle negligently…

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East Maitland Court Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 7

EXCEEDED SPEED LIMIT.—For having driven a lorry of more than 11 tons at more than 15 miles an hour, Joseph Kearns, of The…

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Indian Police Shoot Six Terrorists

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 1

MADRAS, April 16. A.A.P.—Special police shot six communist terrorists on Friday night in a village about 150 miles north of…

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Strike Threat Follows French Police Seizure

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 1

PARIS, April 16, A.A.P.—Communist union leaders called on nearly a million Paris workers yesterday to "affirm their solidarity…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 3

Fines of £20 each were imposed on three men who pleaded guilty on April 3 to S.P. betting. They were Walter Reginald Lord, blacksmith, of…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Bail Forfeited

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 2

When he failed to appear on charges of having used indecent language and of being drunk in Cowper St., Carrington. Frank Asser. 20…

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Wrong Man Charged, Says Magistrate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—When discharging a grave-digger on a charge of malicious wounding in Burwood Court to-day, Mr. McElroy, S.M.,…

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Boy Migrant Charged With Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A 15-year-old British migrant was charged at Gulgong police station to-night with the murder of Ronald Rosser, 14…

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Young Migrant Is Charged With Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY. — A 15-year-old English migrant, charged with the murder of his 14-year-old companion while rabbiting on…

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Multiple Assault Alleged By Girl

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Allegations by a 13-year-old country girl that she was assaulted by a number of youths in a paddock near…

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Man Charged Over Treasury Bonds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Detectives arrested a Melbourne bookmaker, aged 33, at a Sydney broker's office to-day…

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Doctor's Evidence On Girl's Death: Announcer Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 10

MELBOURNE: Elizabeth Maureen Williams (20) had been dead "at least an hour" when taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital from Albert Beach on Dec. 28 last year, Dr. Richard…

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Police, Strikers Clash in Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 1

PARIS, April 17. A.A.P.—Steel-helmeted police to-day drew batons and charged 400 demonstrating workers attempting to force their way into the nationalised Sneema aircraft factory, says Reuters…

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