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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 39 of 105

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 6

DISMISSED.—The information was withdrawn when john Koilkeary, 61, watchman, was charged with having maliciously damaged a glass door,…

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Koreans Sentenced By U.S. Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 1

TOKYO, May 16. A.A.P.-Reuter. —An American provost court, in a speedy one-an-a-half-hour trial to-day sentenced three Koreans to…

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Royal Jewels Theft "Alarm"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—All exits from the Tower of London were guarded yesterday when an alarm was…

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Police Use Plane Seeking Escapees

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE.—A police spotting plane today picked up what are believed to be tracks of two goal escapees…

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Police Advised Of Betting Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 3

GOSFORD, Wednesday. — The non-payment by a bookmaker of some winning bets at Gosford races yesterday has been reported to the…

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Bus Driver Killed Baby, Police Allege

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A 17month-old baby boy died after having been assaulted by a 33-year-old bus driver, police said at Manly…

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Court to Hear Women's Claim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 3

A claim by women members of the Federated Ironworkers' Association for 90 per cent. of the male basic wage will come before…

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Police Say Part Of Wife's Nose Cut Off With Razor

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE: A New Australian cut off portion of his wife's nose with a razor, police said in the St. kilda Court…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 6

FINED FOR ASSAULT. — Gordon Raymond Monley 24. upholsterer, was fined £10 for having assaulted Special Constable William Simpson Power…

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Teralba Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.) Cut Corner

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 3

A fine of 13s with 7s costs was imposed on Sydney Bennett, of Wansbeck-rd., Cardiff, who pleaded guilty to having cut a corner on…

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Court To Decide Service Leave

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: The Industrial Commission would determine how long-service leave is to work, Labor and Industry Minister Finnan said today. Under the Industrial…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 7

REMANDED.—Bert Albert Clyde Cheshire. 26. glass-blower was remanded till Monday on £800 ball on eight charges of breaking, entering…

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Maitland Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood. S.m.) Trespassed on Railway

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 2

Five men who trespassed on the railway line at Victoria Street Station and two who trespassed at High Street Station were each fined £3…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwickc, S.m.) Seamen Discharged

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 3

Four Norwegian seamen who, ponce alleged, behaved offensively in Hunter St. yesterday, were discharged after a warning from Mr…

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Bank Clerk Gaoled For Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—A clerk who was employed by a bank for 23 years was sentenced to three years' gaol at the Quarter Sessions to-day…

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Police Inquiry on Housie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Chief Secretary (Mr. Evatt) said to-day that police were conducting a searching investigation into housie…

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Police, Strikers In N.Z. Clash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 1

AUCKLAND, May 18. A.A.P.-Reuter—Police and hundreds of striking waterside workers clashed in Auckland this afternoon. Nine men were arrested…

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Court Rules On Wage Margins

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The principle of increasing margins in accordance with basic wage rises was rejected to-day by the Full Bench of the…

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Maitland Court Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 4

DANGEROUS DRIVING.—Harold Norman Beavis, 35, hairdresser, of Dent-street, Newcastle, was fined £15 for dangerous driving and £5…

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Nazi Officer Charged With 1934 Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 2

BERLIN, Mon. (A.A.P.).—Kurt Gildisch, a former Nazi Black Guard officer, will go on trial here today for a murder…

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