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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 105

Put In Gaol For Sending Son To School "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, April 1.—Clarence McVey, 38, is in the Graham, South Carolina, gaol because he insisted sending his son to school…

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Wayward David Gives Police Runround

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 1

NEWCASTLE uniformed and plain clothes police had a hectic time playing…

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Court Told Of Tribal Killing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Sunday.—Wargurra, or Dick, an aboriginal, yesterday was committed for trial for the manslaughter of Barree, or Jacky…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. T K. See, S.m.) Forfeited Bah

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 3

George Anderson, 58, manner, forfeited ball of £5 when he failed to appear on a charge of behaving offensively in Scott St. on March 31…

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2 Sentenced On "Guinea Pig" Charge

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

LOS NEGROS, April 2. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The Australian War Crimes Court to-day sentenced two former high-ranking officers of the…

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Mother Desperate Court Told

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: The desperate housing conditions suffered by a young married couple and their baby were the cause of incidents which nearly cost the young wife her life, Central Court was told today…

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Police Seize Guns Of Duck-Shooters

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 2

MILDURA: Wentworth police seized rifles and shotguns worth £1000 in their biggest raid on duck-shooters at the week-end. Fourteen men, all Victorians,…

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Police Blame Boys For Store Thefts

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

SYDNEY, Monday.—Thieves broke into Marcus Clark's department stores at Railway Square at the week-end and stole goods…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 6

DRIVER FINED.—James Campbell Murdoch, 35, labourer, was fined £15 for having driven a car in Hunter-street on Friday while under…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 3

Sidney Hall (60), fireman. was fined £3 for having behaved indecently in Hunter St. on April 2. INSULTING WORDS…

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Daylight Theft Of Rings From Jeweller

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A man walked into a jeweller's shop in Collingwood this afternoon, snatched a tray of diamond rings…

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Soviet Zone Romance Ends In Gaol "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 1

LONDON, April 3.—It was love, not politics that made 21-year-old ex-Corporal J. K. Waller, of Britain's occupation…

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Police Probe May Extend

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 12

SYDNEY: C.I.B. detectives investigating the doping of Even Flow, winner of the Princess Handicap at Randwick on March 24, may go interstate to make inquiries…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 5

OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR.—Frank Smith, 33, labourer, was fined £5 for having behaved offensively in Beaumont-street, Hamilton, on…

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Wallsend Court (Before Mr. F. R Wood, S.m.) Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 2

A remand to April 18 wot granted William Harry Johnston 27i, driver, who was charged on March 24, with driving s motor car under the…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. H. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Stole Money

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 10

Norman Ronald Foster (21), laborer, was fined £3 on a charge of having stolen three £1 notes belonging to Adelaide Bridget Foster…

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Acquitted On Stealing Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 2

A Jury in Newcastle Quarter Sessions today acquitted a 27-year-old laborer charged with stealing £25 from a Wallsend…

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Caretaker Convicted Of Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 6

Leslie Fulford, 41, caretaker at Hamilton Speedway Ground, was found guilty at Newcastle Sessions yesterday on a second count of…

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Miner Charged With Forgery Over Sick Claim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 4

At Wallsend Court yesterday, Mr. F R. Wood, S.M., committed John William Robertson, 31, miner, for trial at Newcastle Quarter Sessions…

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Police Seek Truck, Wool Worth £25,000

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Adelaide and Melbourne police have been asked to help to trace a missing transport truck loaded with wool…

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