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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 105

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

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

STOLE MONEY.—Norman Ronald Foster, 21, labourer, was fined £3 for having stolen three £1 notes, the property of Adelaide Bridget Poster…

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Arbitration Again Under Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 2

Before the ill-effects of the miners' series of one-day strikes have been fully overcome, the Federated Enginedrivers and…

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Police Auction

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 5

A police sale of unclaimed property will be held at the rear of Newcastle police station at 10 a.m. on Saturday. April 14…

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Appeal Against Gaol Sentence For Sedition

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

SYDNEY, Thursday. — William Fardon Burns, 38, former publisher of the Communist newspaper "Tribune," appealed to the…

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Five Students Charged Alleged Remark at Drowning

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

ADELAIDE, Thursday. — A fifth-year medical student said to-day that he had heard a student saying "He's got to come up sometime," after a first- year student was thrown into the Torrens River…

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Sale of Goods by Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 2

Several bicycles, two suits of clothes, an electric drill, a wrist watch, purses and other items will be offered for sale at Newcastle…

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Court Dismisses Death Appeal

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: An appeal by a baker against his conviction and death sentence for the murder of a missing Blacktown widow was unanimously dismissed by the Court of Criminal Appeal today…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 4

INDECENT BEHAVIOUR. — Joseph Winn, 32, seaman, was fined £2 for having behaved indecently off Morgan-street, Newcastle, on Wednesday…

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Indecent Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—William Cecil Austin, 42, sales manager, of Whiting-street, Artarmon, was to-day sentenced by Judge Stacy to 12…

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Confessed Spy Gets 15 Years' Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 April 1951 · page 2

NEW YORK, Fri. (O.S.R.).— David Greengrlass (29) was to-day sentenced to 15 years' gaol for his part in the Russian…

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Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1951 · page 6

Judge O'Sullivan heard 28 undefended petitions at Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday. More cases will be heard on Monday…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1951 · page 6

STORE THEFTS.—John Daniel Malcolm, 40, male nurse, was fined £2, on each of five charges of thefts from city stores on April 3. He…

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Court Sets Date For Case Against Southern Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 April 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY: A summons calling on members of the Southern district of the Miners' Federation to show cause why they should not be dealt with under Section 100 of the State Industrial Arbitration Act…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 April 1951 · page 10

For driving a car in Perkin St. while under the influence of liquor, George Robertson, 31, laborer, was fined £15…

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Wife Charged With Attempt To Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—A woman was remanded at Katoomba Court to-day on a charge of having wounded her husband with intent…

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Police Inquiry Into Murder On Ship

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: C.I.B. detectives today will interview a native sailor of the Pakistan frigate Sind, about the murder of…

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£9000 Theft Confession At Farewell Party

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Mon. (O.S.R.).—John Zabady is 40-year-old hospital accountant) was being presented with a travelling bag at a farewell party when he broke down. He then confessed that in the past three years he had…

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Dog's Tongue Torn Out; Migrant Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—A European migrant had torn out a dog's tongue when it grabbed the bait on a finishing line, said Mr. Salmon,…

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Judge Says Doctor Is "Liable To Gaol"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY: Dr. Norman George Malouf was liable to imprisonment for wilful contempt of court unless he justified his failure to attend the Supreme Court yesterday as a subpoenaed witness, Mr. Justice Kinsella said today. The judge yesterday directed…

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Man Remanded on Murder Count

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.— Edward Sydney John Smith, 36, foundry worker, of Erskineville, in Newtown Court to-day was remanded…

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