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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 40 of 105

Carrier On Charged Of Manslaughter

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY: A St. Peters carrier was today charged in Central Court with the manslaughter of two-year-old Rhonda Dawn Jones in Surrey-st., Darlinghurst, on April 10…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. A. S. Tunchon, S.M.)

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 3

"Your behavior makes it [?] for me not to send you to gaol," Mr. Tunchon told a 20-year-old airman, Lloyd Airs, who pleaded guilty to…

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Maitland Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M.) S.P. BETTING

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 2

Ivy Mary Dorn, 55, domestic, of Hannan-st., Maitland, was fined £25 for using a place for the purpose of betting…

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Charged With Child's Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday. — William Hawthorne Grieve, 48, of St. Peters, was charged in Central Court to-day with the manslaughter of…

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Fine for Assault On Conductor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 6

George Ernest Douglas, 31, labourer, was fined £5, with £2/10/ witness's expenses, by Mr. A. S. Tunchon, S.M., at Newcastle Court…

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Airman Fined For Assault On Detective

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 5

"The only reason I am not sending you to gaol is because this is your first offence," the Magistrate (Mr. A. S. Tunchon) said at…

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Prisoners Seize U.S. Gaol In Bloodless Riot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, May 21. A.A.P.—More than 400 rioting prisoners seized virtual control of Utah's new State prison at Salt Lake City for five hours to-day. They overpowered seven…

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Bodgie Activities Probed By Police

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: Startling reports of the questionable activities of some sections of the bodgie and widgie community in Sydney are being investigated by C.I.B. detectives…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. A. S. Tunchon, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 5

DISCHARGED.—She police had no evidence to offer when Joseph Frederick Melmeth, 35, carpenter, was charged with having aided and…

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Cessnock Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.) Sentence Suspended

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 3

When he pleaded guilty to having stoler a lorry wheel; tube and tyre, valued at £30, on April 27, Collyn Threadgate, 23. of Greta-st.,…

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Court at Newcastle Before Mr. A. S. Tunchon, S.m.) Carried Pillion Passengers

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 3

Eleven motor cyclists were each fined £2 with 7s costs on charges of carrying pillion passengers on motor cycles without having held…

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Youth Gaoled In Church Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY: An 18-year-old youth, who pleaded guilty to stealing from a collection box in a church, was sentenced to…

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Two Charged With £2250 Pay Robbery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — Detectives enquiring into the £2250 payroll robbery from Standard Cars, in Russell-street early this month,…

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City Street Murder; Man For Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — At the conclusion of the inquest on Percival Charles Neville, 38, in the Coroner's Court to-day, Norman…

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Police Story Of Gun Duel In Flats

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY: A graphic story of an alleged gun duel involving two women and a man in…

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Police Allege Car Raced Off After Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 2

Eyewitnesses had told him that a car, after striking a man in Tudor-st., Hamilton, mounted the garden centre of…

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Police Traffic Supt. Accused Of Sending 'Stereotyped' Replies

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 6

Newcastle Council should be tired of receiving "roneoed" replies from the Police Traffic Superintendent and should take all its complaints and requests direct to the Commissioner of Police, the…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. A. S. Tunchon, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 8

ASSAULT CHARGES.—Hendrickus Luiga, 24, labourer, was charged with having assaulted Archibald Johnson, at Waratah early…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m.) Traffic Breaches

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 10

For carrying pillion passengers on motor cycles while only holding riders' permits. Edward J. Condon, of Fullerton Rd., North Stockton, was…

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Magistrate Acts As Peacemaker

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 4

Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., acted as peacemaker to two migrant families in Wallsend Court yesterday. Konstantin Luncanu, a…

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