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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 105

Woman Alleges Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A 24-year-old woman who was married last December told police she was criminally assaulted and…

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£1000 Bail on Theft Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 3

TOCUMWAL, Monday.—Neil Thomas Murphy, of Tocumwal, was to-day released on £1000 bail to appear before Tocumwal Court…

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Soldier On Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 3

SINGAPORE, Feb. 12. A.A.P.-Reuter.— A soldier charged with the murder of a waitress, told the police prosecuter to-day he did…

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Man "Didn't Feel So Good" After Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.).—Raymond Poling, 31, walked into a New York hospital and told a nurse…

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Court Order Restrains Judge Berne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The State Full Court to-day made an order restraining Judge Berne, of the District Court, from dealing further…

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Court Orders Wind-Up Of Ironworkers

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission today ordered the winding up of the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia, N.S.W. Division…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 5

DISCHARGED.—The police had no evidence to offer against James Gillies Macrae, 37, labourer, charged with having driven a utility truck…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. F. P. Halpin. S.m.) Three Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 7

George Scott, of King-St., Newcastle, was fined £9 10s with £1 18s costs on charges arising from a collision at Hamilton on Sept. 9…

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Ex-gaol Governor Sent to Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 3

LONDON: A retired gaol governor, Alexander Barthwick Meikle, aged 58, of Knighton. Church Rd., Leicester, was…

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Soldier Sentenced To Hang

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 3

SINGAPORE, Feb. 13. A.A.P.-Reuter.—At the Malacca Assizes to-day Bombadier John Stewart, 26, was found guilty of the murder of…

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NO Bail On Theft Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY: A detective told the Supreme Court today he feared a woman charged with stealing…

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Heavy Red Assault Gains Momentum; New Threat

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Wed. (A.A.P.-Reuter): Chinese forces yesterday shifted the direction of their attack in central Korea and began probing down mountain passes…

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Milkman On Charge Of Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Slim, fairhaired Raymond John Cupitt (22), milk carter, of Canley Vale, was…

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"All Agreed To Murder Of P's.O.W."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 4

LOS NEGROS, Feb. 13. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The death of two Australian and two Allied prisoners of war in Java in 1942 was "no hole and…

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Tried To Run Down His Wife—Police

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 4

LONDON.—Francis Lidsey, 45, of Waverley-rd., Small Heath, was alleged at Birmingham, to have driven his car…

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Waiters' Tips Not Wages: Court Ruling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 13. A.A.P.—A London Court to-day ruled that waiters' tips were not wages. For waiters and waitresses all…

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Nominee For V.C. In Court Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A man who was recommended for the Victoria Cross during the war appealed in the Quarter Sessions Appeals…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 10

SENTENCED.—Two Indian seamen. Anfer All and Abdul Razik, who had been remanded for sentence on a charge of having disobeyed a…

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U.s. Economist Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 4

William V. Remington leaves a Federal courtroom in New York after having been released on £2500 temporary ball. A former…

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Melbourne Murder Charge Fails

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE.—Harold Roy Francis, 32, of St. Kilda, was found not guilty by a Criminal Court jury yesterday of the…

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