Police Charges Rose in 1950
Charges at Newcastle Police Station for 1950 were 304 more than in 1949. In 1949 6557 charges were…
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Courts & crime, 1951
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 105
Court Story Of Assault On Taximan
SYDNEY, Monday.—Two men who assaulted and tried to rob a taxidriver were chased by the driver and one was caught, it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood. S.m.) Assault Charge
Clifford Broadhead (30), laborer, was remanded till Jan. 8 on £50 ba[?]l on a charge of having assaulted a 10-year-old girl at Kurri on or…
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SYDNEY.—A roll of notes worth £200 was picked up by a boy on the road at Miller's Point early today…
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WAGGA: A 16-year-old boy, who refuses to talk and who appears to have run away from somewhere, is being held by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Remanded
A 35-year-old salesman, Athol George Lumby, was remanded until Jan. 17 on charges of driving under the influence of liquor and driving…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tailor's Cutter On Kurri Kurri Theft Charges
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A tailor's cutter appeared at Newtown Court to-day on four charges of having stolen property valued at nearly…
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LONDON.—Because of a slight misprinting flaw, thousands of Burmese 100-rupee notes were sent to a paper mill…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—An Italian, Mrs. Assunta Barduca, 61, of Adelaide, was remanded in the Adelaide Court to-day on charges…
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SYDNEY: Mr. George Osborne, solicitor, gathered up his papers and walked out of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Comic Court's Mission Is Sydney Cup
SYDNEY: Comic Court, Australia's No. 1 racehorse and winner of the last Melbourne Cup, seems a certain visitor to Sydney for the Autumn racing, with the £10-000 Sydney Cup…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Court Ponders Meat Content Of A Meat Pie
LONDON: The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Goddard, sitting with two other judges in a King's Bench Divisional court, held that there was no standard by which a meatpie can be defined—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Change In Police By U.S.A. On Atom Information
WASHINGTON, Tues. (A.A.P.).—A U.S. policy change on atomic information was forecast today by the Atomic Energy Commission Chairman (Mr. Gordon Dean). He said the commission would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
SHOP THEFT.—Essie Jean Erskine, 34, domestic duties, was fined £5 for having stolen sun glasses valued at £2/7/6, the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Weapons for Korean Targets Rose Queen and Her Court
SABRE JETS PRAISED: Four F-86 Sabre jets, fly a tight formation in a training flight over the Californian desert. Four planes of the same type won the praise of Allied airmen with a victory over four Russian-built Jets in a five-minute…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court at New Castle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Assaulted Conductor
A 28-year-old laborer. William James Schmidt, was fined £10 for unlawfully assaulting a bus conductor at Mayfield on Jan. 2…
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LONDON.—A police dog trailed Brian Kenneth Beveridge of Victoria Rd., Mitcham, from Hambledon sub-post…
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SYDNEY: A gang of thieves are believed to have used a heavy truck to steal eight tons of batteries and lead valued at…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A 21-year-old married woman was charged at the City Watchhouse to-day with the murder of her two…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The Bulimba election fraud is to be investigated by police. [The Elections Tribunal (Acting…
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