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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 105

Police Finish Inquiries On Disappearance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—State police have finished their inquiries into the disappearance of Professor P. E. Daunt, on February 19…

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Police Boys Certain To Hold Trophy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 8

The Police Boys' Club is certain to have its second consecutive win in the Newcastle City and Suburban Cricket Association's A…

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Stole Twice From Shop Police Say

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 3

After once successfully robbing a shop of £3 on Feb. 23, Bruce Kenneth Carrison, alias Henderson, 25, laborer,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 6

REMANDED.—Cleland Benjamin Baker, 48, painter, was remanded till May 3, on £20 bail, on a charge of having driven a car at Bar Beach…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Bus Drives Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 9

Eric Thomas, bus driver, of Westcourt St., New Lambton, was fined £3 with 16s court costs for having failed to give way with a double…

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Electoral Officer Charged

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

BRISBANE, Thursday.—Bernard Joseph Maguire, 53, Chief Electoral Officer in Queensland was remanded on £600 bail in the Police…

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Theft From Shop At Adamstown

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 4

An attempt to rob the Adamstown Railway Station and the theft of £23 10s from a shop occupied by Reginald…

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Inference Of Sheep Theft, Says Grazier

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

SYDNEY, Thursday—Mervyn William Harris, grazier, of Nyngan, claimed heavy damages from William Davis, of Nymagee, in the…

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Had Knife When Arrested; 3 Months' Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 7

Allan Brooke Campbell, 53, waterside worker, was sentenced by Mr. T. H. D. See, S.M., at Newcastle Court yesterday, to three…

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Intent To Murder Charge Fails

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A pensioner charged with having attempted to poison a young woman with intent to murder was found not…

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Question on Dr. Evatt's Court Cases

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

CANBERRA, Thursday.—There was an unruly scene in the House of Representatives to-day when it was suggested that the Deputy…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 8

FOR TRIAL.—Bruce Kenneth Carrison, alias Henderson, 25, labourer, was committed for trial at Newcastle Sessions on April 3 on charges of…

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Threat To Murder Shah and Bride

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 1

TEHERAN, Sat. (A.A.P.). — The Nationalist Fadayian Islam terror group yesterday threatened to kill the Shah of…

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Court Evidence Before Video

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Fri. (O.S.R.) —The Government will test in court whether a witness can be compelled to testify…

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Court Upholds Act Challenge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.—By a majority of six to one, the Full High Court to-day upheld a challenge to the Communist Party Dissolution Act. The Chief Justice (Sir John…

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Court Decision On Californian Play

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Justice Roper to-day held that Herbert Thibault Silverberg, Hollywood, California, had no copyright in…

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Court Told Of Massacre On Ambon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 1

LOS NEGROS, March 9. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Japanese executioners whipped themselves into a frenzy of revenge and shouted the names…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 4

DISCHARGED.—The police had no evidence to offer when William Joseph Taper, 49, labourer, was charged with having ridden a bicycle…

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Challenge to Evatt—M.H.R. Invites Court Action

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.—Mr. Wentworth (Lib. N.S.W.) to-day challenged the Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Dr. Evatt) to take Court action against him for allegations that Dr. Evatt…

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Burke Saves Police Boys

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 8

Going in when five wickets had fallen for 57, Ron Burke with a fighting 32 put on 48 with G. Stafford to save the…

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