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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

2,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 136

Australian Gaoled By Paris Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 May 1950 · page 4

PARIS, Wed. (A.A.P.).—A 23-year-old Australian art student, Sonia Dorothy Goldschmidt, was sentenced to six days'…

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

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

STOLE FISHING REELS.—William John Hayward, 42, mechanic, was given a suspended sentence of 4 months imprisonment for having, at…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 May 1950 · page 11

Sid Spruce, of Brunker-rd., Adamstown, was fined £2 with 10s costs for having sold adulterated mincemeat…

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Solicitor Criticises Sydney Police

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 3

A Newcastle solicitor criticised Sydney police "for their lack of cooperation" when his client, who is charged with shooting with intent to murder and with attempted suicide, was called at Newcastle Court…

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Court Move Against Sydney Watersiders

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Ship-owners will apply to the Arbitration Court to-morrow morning for the suspension of annual leave credits…

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Court Annuls Widow's Union With Bigamist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Acting Justice Toose to-day granted a decree of nullity to Mrs. Ivy May Barker, 40, on the ground that…

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Damages Claim At Maitland District Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 2

Hearing of a case in which James Lawson of Georgetown is claiming damages from Adrian Chapman, motor…

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Sydney Traffic Court Is Veritable Goldmine

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 6

One of Sydney's leading businessmen has paid £1100 in car parking fines and scores of others are in the three-figure class of penalty-payers for the same offence. These motorists, with a…

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Married Boy Of 16 In Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 23

LONDON: When a 16-year-old boy was told in the juvenile court at Oldbury (Wores.) that he would be put on…

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Man Is Given Absolution in Court: Fatal Collapse

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 3

BRISBANE.—Soon after the hearing of the Supreme Court claim by Jack Francis Hennessy, Sydney architect, against Archbishop Duhig was resumed this morning an elderly man sitting at the back of the court collapsed and died within a…

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Newcastle Court (Before Mr. A. R. Raschke) Bail Forfeited

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 23

When he failed to appear on a charge of offensive behavior in a lane off Hunter-st. on May 10, Edward Graham. 39, seaman, forfeited…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 7

ALLEGED WHARF THEFT.—James Arthur Peachman, 39, wharflabourer, was charged with having, on March 16, at Newcastle, stolen 12 tins of…

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Divorce Court Before Mr. Justice Edwards. Stevens v. STEVENS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 5

Their married life was happy till November, 1947, when his wife became discontented through living in a flat at Tamworth, said John…

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Princess Did Not Spurn Police Jalopy "Herald" Service and A.A.P.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 3

LONDON, May 10.—Princess Elizabeth yesterday drove in a jalopy which prisoners sometimes use…

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Court's Sympathy For Police Prosecutor

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 6

Before proceedings began at Newcastle Court today the Magistrate (Mr. R. A. Hardwicke) extended his sympathy…

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Man Charged After Harbor Bridge Smash

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY. — A 32-year-old motor driver was today charged in North Sydney Court with dangerous, negligent and…

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Belmont Court [?]

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 11

Aubrey Harold Miller (31), farmer and grazier, was ordered to enter into a £10 bond to be of good behavior for three years alter he pleaded…

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Arbitration Court Ruling Upheld

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Arbitration Court had the power to order a fresh election of Boilermakers' Union officers, the Full…

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Court's Praise Of Taxation Officer

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 4

Mr. W. M. Brady, as representative of the Department of Taxation, had always been ready and willing to see the…

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Court Awards Woman £5000 For Lost Bets

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 5

NEW YORK, May 11. A.A.P.—A woman yesterday recovered 11,195 dollars (£5000 Australian) which her husband had lost in bets…

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