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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

2,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 50 of 136

Maitland Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.) Traffic Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 9

Maxwell Bernard Brady (26). laborer, of Regent St., Maitland. was remanded till May 22 on charges of having on April 29 used a motor…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 10

Charged with having behaved offensively in Pacific Park on May 5, Albert Ernest Blarney, 48. cranedriver. failed to appear and his bail of £5…

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Union Typist Charged With Stealing £4461

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—In the City Court to-day a 29-year-old typist formerly employed by the Clothing and Allied Trades…

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Youth on Bond For Cattle Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 3

SINGLETON, Monday.—John Whitfield Dunstan, 19, dairy farmer, of Greenwood, Singleton was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment…

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Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 4

Eighteen petitions were heard at Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday by Mr. Justice Edwards. Twenty-one cases are set down for hearing to-day. Lionel George Dixon, railway…

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Arriving At Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 1

FMr. P. McHenry (who appeared for the Ironworkers' Association), Mr. L. Schofield (Secretary of the Newcastle branch of the Ironworkers' Association) and Mr. K. C. Morgan, arriving at Newcastle Courthouse today…

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Disappearing Bride-elect Phones Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Police are satisfied that the missing bride-to-be—Miss Betty Selby, 19, of Orchardleigh-street, Yennora—is safe…

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Young Girl Assaulted, Police Allege

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Police allege that a middle-aged man lured a six-year-old girl into a partly-built house at Mascot to-night and…

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'Commem' Day Floats Checked By Police

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY: A large squad of police was stationed in Sydney University grounds today to ensure that no floats taking part in the Commemoration Day Procession entered city streets without being inspected…

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Police Check Claimed on Mine Meetings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Miners' leaders claimed to-day that police has checked on the number of Western collieries idle on Thursday…

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Police Fail To Find Bullets; 2 Trains Hit

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 5

Although detectives searched the carriages of the two trains from Toronto and Sulphide…

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Court Told Of Tactics In Alleged Fraud

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 9

SYDNEY: Jacob Gobez, one of three men charged with a bank fraud conspiracy, had said he would use the same tactics as a "master forger" acquaintance had used overseas…

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Court to Hear Morgan Work Claim To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 3

The Full Bench of the State Industrial Commission in Newcastle to-day will begin hearing a claim by the Federated Ironworkers'…

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Bullets Chipped Road Near Him, Man Tells Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY: Bullets from a tommy-gun fired by William Cecil Mears near the Mori's Dock gate on Feb. 3, had chipped the roadway three or four feet from him. a witness told Central Court today…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 4

DROVE UNDER INFLUENCES.—The Magistrate placed Wilson Thomas McIlwain, 42, piano tuner. on a £10 bond to be of good behaviour for 12…

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Newcastle Divorce Court (Before Mr. Justice Edwards.) Nisbet V Nisbet

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 5

Her husband's jealous nature caused trouble in their home for some time before he left her. Joan Lavell Nisbet (formerly Stewart), of…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. A. R. Raschke, S.m.) Indecent Behavior

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 2

For having behaved indecently is a lane off Newcomen St. last night, James Keith Lawler. 23, seaman, was fined £2…

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Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1950 · page 8

Twenty-one undefended petitions came before Mr. Justice Edwards at Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday. DAVIES v. DAVIES…

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University Students Defy Police Order

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Sydney University students risked imprisonment when they displayed certain posters in the biggest, noisiest,…

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Cardiff Asks Police Aid On Vandalism

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1950 · page 4

Cardiff Urban Area Committee will ask Cardiff police to watch safety lamps and signs placed over-night at road works…

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