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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

2,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 55 of 136

Husband Charged With Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Francis Gordon Millar, 27, was arrested by homicide detectives to-day and charged with the murder of his…

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Jewellery Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 5

Newcastle detectives are investigating the theft of a bag containing jewellery valued at £20, reported by Hilda Maud…

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Man Who Bashed Bookmaker Is Sent To Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY.—A man who had used a bottle to bash a bookmaker who had refused to give him £1 was sentenced in…

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Police Find No Trace Of Missing Man

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY: C.I.B. detectives have been unable to find any trace of an 80-year-old man, who, after holding the position of superintendent of the Sofala District Hospital for six…

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Police Rescue Shivering Party In Drifting Launch

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Shivering with cold and nearly exhausted, 11 young men and women were rescued by Water Police from a drifting launch off Shark Island, early today. The 30ft. launch, driven by…

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Police Say Boy Was Killed By Stolen Car

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE.—A young man who is alleged to have stolen a car and struck and killed a nine-year-old boy in St…

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Police Say Man Kicked His Wife To Death

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Police alleged in the City Court today that Francis Gordon Millar, 27, of St…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.M.I ON 15 CHARGES

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 4

Donald Burl, 23, laoorer, who appeared on 15 charges, including six of having broken into Newcastle dwellings and shops and four of…

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5 Years' Gaol For Assault On Child

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—A builder's labourer, convicted of having indecently assaulted a girl aged two, was sentenced at Parramatta…

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Van Overturned; Driver Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 4

When a panel van overturned and collided with a stationary car in Scott St. on Jan. 7 onlookers had lifted it on to its…

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Attacked Man Charged With Killing Girl

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 1

CHICAGO, Mon. (A.A.P.).— The father of a murdered girl caused a sensation at the inquest today when he attacked…

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£1000 Reward in Fahy Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY.—The Inquest on Miss Mary Fahy, who was murdered in her home at Maroubra in April last year, was…

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Police Recover 2 Bodies From Rivers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Police recovered the bodies of two drowned men from the Georges and Nepean Rivers to-day…

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Council Advised Against Deal On Tennis Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 2

A recommendation that Newcastle City Council refuse to take responsibility for the construction of a tennis court on land at the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 4

OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR.—Jack Melrose Livingstone, 25, labourer, was fined £3 for offensive behaviour in Hunter-street. Charles Esmond…

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Questions on Communism Opposed Appeal To Court In Morgan Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 3

When the Morgan case was resumed in the Industrial Commission yesterday the State Secretary of the Federated Ironworkers' Association (Mr. McHenry) objected to questions on…

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Cessnock Court (Before Mr. P. R. Wood. S.M.) For having used indecent language Indecent Language

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 10

in [?] St.. Cessnock, on April 27, John Evans was fined £3 with 10s costs. On a further charge of offensive behavior on the same…

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Man Charged With Murder Now Witness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A man originally charged with four others with murder was called by the Crown as a witness against them…

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Germans Charged With Murder Of U.K. Official

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 2

BONN, Wed. (A.A.P.). — Three German refugees from Silesia have been charged with murdering a British official, Sir…

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Youth Gaoled For Assault On Constable

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—When John Thomas Egan, 21, labourer, of Crow's Nest, was sentenced in the Quarter Sessions to-day to 12…

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