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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 105

Search For Police Station Site

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 4

Work has been held up on the new police station at Swansea till Lake Macquarie Shire Council and the Police Department consider…

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Japanese Court Tries Australian

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 3

TOKYO, Feb. 8. A.A.P.- Reuter.—The hearing of a charge of illegal entry against Kenneth William Gibbons was adjourned by a Japanese…

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Woman Killed As Police Are Waiting

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 2

DETROIT, Thurs. (A.A.P.): With police waiting in the next room Mrs. Virginia Daly (22) was shot dead at the end of a 15-minutes talk the police allowed her estranged husband (Albert Daly, 23) to…

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Contempt Charge Hearing—court Made No Order: Evatt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Dr. Evatt, K.C., said to-day that the Leaders of the Miner's Federation could not be guilty of contempt of the Arbitration Court because the Court had made no order in connection with the present coal dispute…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. H. T. D. See, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 5

RIDER FINED.—Harold Charles winter, 33 shunter, was fined £10 for having ridden a motor-cycle in Broadmeadow-road, Broadmeadow,…

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Court At East Maitland (Before Mr. M. J. McAuley. S.m.) Traffic Offences

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 7

Allan Bailey, of Hopetovm-st., Kurri Kurri, was fined £1 with 7s costs for driving a lorry at Tarro on Dec. 12 with an Inefficient silencer…

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Girl In Hysterics At R.A.F. Court: Sergeant Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 5

LONDON: Thirty-seven-year-old Flight-Sergeant Bertram Stanley Grenville Henson, accused of offences against W.R.A.F. girls, was sentenced by court martial to 18 months' imprisonment,…

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Bail Allowed On Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Mr. Justice Dean, in the Supreme Court to-day, allowed Edward Joseph Scully. 52, chef, £500 bail,…

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Police Station Site Opposed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 5

ONCE upon a time Swansea had a police station and courthouse, but the citizens were so law-abiding, so the…

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Gang Leader's Father "Known To Police"

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 5

LONDON.—A nine-year-old boy was said at Reading to have already been twice before the court for stealing…

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Comic Court May Do It Again

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Australia's champion racehorse, Comic Court, is chosen to relegate Chicquita once more into the minor place when they clash in the C. F. Orr Stakes at…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 7

DISCHARGED.—There was no evidence to offer in the adjourned case in which Wong Fatt 44, fireman, was charged with having disobeyed a…

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East Maitland Court Before Mr. M. J. McCAULEY, S.M.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 7

BOND FOR YOUTH.—Colin Maxwell Skinner, 19, of High-street, Maitland, was charged wit having on January 27, driven a motor-car…

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Magistrate Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 1

LONDON.—William Henry Holding, 69, of High-st., Rainham (Kent), a Chatham magistrate for 16 years, was charged…

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Lorry Crashes Into Police Callbox

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 3

A lorry crashed into a police callbox near Elizabeth-street, Tighe's Hill, about noon yesterday. The lorry's steering gear had…

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Police Boys Seem Cricket Winners

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 8

With only three series to go before the semifinals, Police Boys seems, almost certain to finish at the top of the City…

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Comic Court 4th In Winnings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Comic Court won his 25th race in the C. F. Orr Stakes at Moonee Valley yesterday and advanced his stake-winnings to £43,592. He has had 49…

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British Police Chiefs To Combat New Industrial Sabotage

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Mon. (O.S.R.): Police chiefs from every part of Britain will meet in London in a few days to discuss methods of frustrating new attempts to sabotage industry. The conference has been call-…

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Maitland Court (Before Mr. M. J. McCauley, S.m.) Three Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 3

William Beavis, of Wood-st.. Lorn, was fined £1 3s with 7s costs on each of three charges of having had no rear lights on three lorries…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Bode Under Influence

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 7

William Joseph Taper, 49, laborer, was fined £5 for riding a bicycle In Chinchen-st., Islington, while under the influence of liquor…

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