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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

2,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 54 of 136

Police Told Missing Doctor Alive, Well

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A senior police officer has been told that Dr. Albert E. Khan, 37, Macquarie-street specialist, is alive and well…

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Human Rights Court Plan Rejected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, May 16. A.A.P.—The United Nations Human Rights Commission rejected an Australian proposal dealing with the creation…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 5

REMANDED.—Walter Menzie Reid, 43, mechanic, was remanded to Newtown Court, on June 21, on £100 ball, on a charge of having stolen,…

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Kurri Court (Before Mr. F. P. Wood, S.m.) Traffic Breaches

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 3

John Richards (22) of Wermol St., Kurri, pleaded guilty to charged of having, in Lang St., Kurri, on Feb. 11. driven an uninsured motor vehicle…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. a R [?] S M ) Begged Alms

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 20

Patrick Joseph Byrnes, 59, was sentenced to three days' gaol for begging aims in Hunter St. Byrnes, who pleaded guilty, said he…

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Clerk Charged With Murder Of Melbourne Girl

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.— A 23-year-old clerk was charged in the City Court to-day with having murdered Carmen Walters, 19, at…

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Given Bond For Rail Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 7

LITHGOW, Thursday.—Clarence John Parnaby, charged at Lithgow Court with having stolen from the Commissioner of Railways, was put…

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In Brief Wild Schoolboy Suspended Victim Forgives £800,000 Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 8

A Wellington (N.Z.) schoolboy has been suspended from school because of his lunch-hour attacks on schoolmates. A report to the Education Board said the boy ran amok in…

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Police Rescue Dean From Crowd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 3

ONTORIA, May 18.—A.A.P.—An angry crowd threw rocks, eggs and firecrackers at the Dean of Canterbury's car last night…

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Court Suspends Leave Credits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Justice Kirby, in the Arbitration Court to-day, suspended annual leave credits of Sydney waterside workers for two months, as a result of a stoppage on May 9…

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Police Check Allegations Of Wire Tapping

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Chief Superintendent of the C.I.B. (Mr. W. C. S. Thompson) has assigned detectives to investigate the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 10

FALSE PRETENCES.—Leonard Sampson, 47, salesman, was sentenced to two months imprisonment on each of three charges of having…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicks. S.m.) on Two Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 11

Edward Dem Rawney. 24 laborer was enarged with offensive behavior and using indecent language in Scott St. on May 13…

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Gaol Escapee Recaptured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1950 · page 3

LISMORE, Friday.—After three days of freedom, an escapee from Goodna gaol, Queensland, was recaptured to-day at South Grafton…

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Charged with Death of Baby

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 May 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE.—Early today a mother was charged at Stawell with having murdered her three weeks old son…

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Bit And Kicked Policeman: Six Months' Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1950 · page 3

Patrick Ronald Hardy, 29, was sentenced by Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., at Newcastle Court yesterday to six months' imprisonment for…

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Retrial Ordered For Trio On Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1950 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Criminal Appeals Court by a majority to-day ordered a retrial of Jean Lee, 29, domestic, Robert…

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Boy Freed on Charge of Murder "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1950 · page 3

LONDON, May 19.—A weeping mother hugged her 16-year-old son, who had fired four shots, killing a man he had called "Father,"…

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Paris Police Were Very, Very Sorry for Delays

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 May 1950 · page 2

PARIS, Sat. (A.A.P.).—It took half an hour to ride half a mile in Paris yesterday, because the police were doing what the regulations say they should. While immense queues piled up, 5000 traffic police—they…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1950 · page 14

REMANDED.—Terry Francis, 24, boilermaker, was remanded till June 22, on £10 ball, on charges of having ridden a motor-cycle…

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