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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

2,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 58 of 136

Maitland Circuit Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 10

Only one criminal case has been listed for the Circuit Court at East Maitland tomorrow. The case is one in which Terrance…

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£150 Realised at Police Auction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 2

A sale of unclaimed goods at Newcastle Police Station on Saturday morning realised a little over £150. A crowd of more than 100…

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Mepham Wins Police Boys' Cycle Title

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 6

Roy Mepham, State amateur road and track cycling representative and former Newcastle Amateur Club champion, won Newcastle…

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Man Injured Outside Hotel: Police Inquire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 3

Newcastle police are inquiring about an elderly man who was found unconscious outside the Criterion Hotel, Wickham, on…

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3 Police Allege Threat By Man With Rifle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Three policemen said last night that a man they arrested in a house in Provincial-road, Lindfield, threatened…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 10

For having behaved indecently in Steel-st., Newcastle, Stanley Hicks. 42, laborer, was admonished and discharged…

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Gaol Escapees Caputured At Police 'Road-Block'

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 1

BROKEN HILL: After eluding police for more than 48 hours, three young men who escaped from Berrima Gaol on Sunday were recaptured near Broken Hill at…

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Gaol Escapees Sighted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The three escapees from Berrima Gaol were seen near Trangie to-day. Police have narrowed their search down…

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Put on Bond for Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 10

In Newcastle Quarter Sessions today a man was placed on a bond to be of good behavior for three years on a…

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Bettor Given Suspended Gaol Sentence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 8

Charged as a second offender, George Portsmouth, 35, butcher, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by Mr. R. A…

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Two of "Dingo Pack" Given 12 Months' Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—A detective said at the Quarter Sessions to-day hat a labourer charged with assault had hunted with a team of…

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Murder Case Appeal Finding Is Reserved

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE. — The Full High Court today reserved judgment in the appeal by the Crown against the decision of the Victorian Court of…

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Soviet Zone Police, Youths Seek Asylum

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 1

BERLIN, May 29. A.A.P.—Since the Whitsun rally began in the Russian zone of Berlin on Thursday, 39 East zone police have…

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Men Speak Up in Court For Migrant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 10

SYDNEY, Monday.—Two Sydney business men upheld the character of a Polish migrant accused in North Sydney Court to-day of…

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Man "Lost Rocker," Court Told; Accused of Murdering Child

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY: A man charged with the murder of a 22-months-old child told police that he had drunk "a lot of grog" earlier and "must have lost his rocker," it was stated in Liverpool Coroner's Court today…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 8

OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR.—For offensive behaviour in the Arcade, Newcastle, on Friday. Thomas Andrews, 43, seaman, was fined £3…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 10

John Francis McCloy, 40, builder, was remanded until June. 28 on charges of having occupied the driver's seat of a motor lorry on May…

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Gaol for Assault on Woman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 7

John Miller, 31, miner, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment by Judge O'Sullivan at Newcastle Sessions yesterday for having indecently assaulted a female at Kurri Kurri, on April 1…

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Gaol Escapees Recaptured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 3

BROKEN HILL, Tuesday.—Three prisoners who escaped from Berrima Gaol on Sunday were recaptured at 3.45 a.m. to-day about…

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Alleged Theft From Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 7

Douglas Thompson, labourer, of Newcastle, was charged before Judge O'Sullivan and a jury at Newcastle Quarter Sessions…

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