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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

2,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 65 of 136

Six Remanded On Charge Of Stealing Gravel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 8

Six men were remanded in Teralba Court yesterday till July 13 on charges of having stolen gravel, the property of the Commissioner…

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Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 9

Judge O'Sullivan heard 17 more divorce petitions and completed three part-heard suits at Newcastle Courthouse yesterday. HOARE v. HOARE…

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Man For Trial On Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 9

SYDNEY, Thursday.—In the City Coroner's Court to-day, William Noel Cartwright, 40, of Buckingham-street, Surry Hills, was…

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Police Seek Owner of Margarine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 10

A carton containing 56lb. of cooking margarine is awaiting an owner at Charlestown police station. The parcel was found in…

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Last Time in Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 2

Mr. W. M. Brady made his last appearance in Newcastle Court yesterday as prosecutor for the Taxation Department. Mr. R. A…

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Committed for Trial Stockton Man On Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 3

Harold Stephen Devereux, 29, wood machinist, of Stockton, yesterday was committed for trial on a charge of having murdered his wife at Stockton on May 30…

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Betting Control Responsibility Of State Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Postmaster-General's Department had not taken over the responsibility for the suppression of illegal…

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Duchess Acquitted By Court-martial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 4

MADRID, June 15, A..A.P.— The Duchess of Valencia was acquitted by a court-martial on a charge of organising clandestine…

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Wrong Drink Poisoned, Say U.S. Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 1

ALBERT LEA (Minnesota).—A jury to-day convicted Mrs. Viola Gavle, 33, on a charge of having murdered a neighbour with poisoned…

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Court Sequel To Arrest At Menzies Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Five men and a woman appeared in Central Court to-day on charges of having behaved offensively at the Prime…

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Visited Married Woman 'For Cup Of Tea,' Court Told

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 5

A man who was discovered during a divorce raid with a married woman protested that he "only came for a cup of…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 9

SENTENCE SUSPENDED.—Kevin George Weeks, 23, labourer, was charged on 10 counts with the theft of scrap gun metal, the property of…

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Belmont Court (Before Mr. A. R. Raschke. S.m.) Traffic Breaches

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 3

William Edward Beavls, Wood St. Lorn, was fined £2 with 10s costs on a charge of having been the owner of a lorry which was not…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 3

For having used indecent language in the Railway Cafe on June IS. William Peter John, 23, seaman, was lined £3…

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Magistrate Urges New Punishment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1950 · page 13

SYDNEY, Friday.—A better system of punishment in Courts was suggested to-day by Mr. E. T. Oram, a retiring Magistrate…

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Actor, Sentenced For Obscenity, Wins Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1950 · page 13

SYDNEY, Friday.—A member of the "Rusty Bugles" company successfully appealed to-day against the severity of a three-month goal…

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Golf Club Theft on Big Liner

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 June 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY. — In Central Court a waterside worker was today sentenced by Mr. Soiling, S.M., to three months' gaol for…

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5 Years' Gaol For Tram Conductor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1950 · page 13

SYDNEY, Friday.—A tram conductor who fired shots into the body of a fellow employee outside Waverley Depot on February 8,…

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Four Years' Gaol For Complicity In Shooting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1950 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Allan Frederick Ashton, 30, of Fitzroy, was sentenced in the Criminal Court to-day to four years' gaol…

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Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1950 · page 14

The Newcastle sitting of the Divorce Court ended yesterday. Judge O'Sullivan heard three petitions…

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