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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 105

Pakistani to Be Charged in Own Country

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A sailor who is alleged to have stabbed a shipmate in the Pakistan trigate Sind on Saturday will be taken…

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Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 4

Judge O'Sullivan heard 20 petitions at the Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday. MUSGROVE v MUSGROVE Vera Ann Musgrove said she and…

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200 More Police To Be Appointed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Premier (Mr. McGirr) has approved the appointment of 200 more policemen…

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Court Divorce Ruling On Misconduct

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—A husband who had condoned his wife's misconduct in the Sydney two years ago because he feared she might…

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Court Told Divorce Raid At Adamstown

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 2

Following a raid, and after being told that he would be named as co-respondent in divorce proceedings, a man…

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Arrest For Doctor Not at Court

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

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Justice Kinsella to-day ordered the arrest of Dr. N. G. Malouf, Government Medical Officer for Parramatta, for…

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Cessnock Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood. S.M.)

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 9

John Alfred Conn (25) of Congewai St., Aberdare, and Richard Douglas Joass (121 of Anstey St., Cessnock, were each fined £3 when…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 4

UNDER INFLUENCE.—George Robertson, 31, labourer, was fined £15 for having driven a car in Perkin-street, Newcastle, on Friday, while…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Bail Forfeited

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 10

Charged with having used indecent language in Hunter St. on April 9, Arthur Eric Kitchin, 28. laborer, did not appear in court…

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Wharflaborer Fined For Stealing

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 2

Convicting a wharflaborer of stealing, Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., in Newcastle Court today, told him that he was…

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3 Charged Over Flat Gun Affray

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: Two women and a man, said by police to have been involved in a shooting affray in…

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Gun Fight Theory In Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Detectives are investigating a theory that the criminal who was shot down in a Melbourne street early…

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Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 6

Judge O'Sullivan heard three undefended petitions at Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday. BALDWIN v. BALDWIN…

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Two Men On Murder Count Weep

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Two men charged with murder, who wept in the dock had their plea of "Guilty" of manslaughter accepted…

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EDITORIAL Treatment Of People Who Have Been In Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 6

THE FACTS and figures given by the Comptroller of Prisons (Mr. Nott) in his annual report concerning prison population and the problem of what to do with convicted people…

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Married Cripples In Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: A crippled bridegroom's claim for heavy damages was adjourned because of the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 6

EXPOSURE.—Walter Nead, 28. labourer, received a suspended sentence of three months' imprisonment on a charge of having wilfully exposed…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See. S.m.) Indecent Behavior

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 3

William Francis Harvey 43, laborer, was fined £3 on a charge of indecent behavior in Civic Park, Newcastle, on April 10…

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£85 Theft at Adamstown

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 9

Newcastle detectives are investigating the theft of £85 in cash, a wrist watch and a bank passbook containing a large…

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Jewellery Theft at Woy Woy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 8

Jewellery and money valued at £45 were stolen from Thomas Gerald Peisley, of Blackwall-street, Woy Woy, on Tuesday night…

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