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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 105

U.K. Appeals To Court On Oil

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 1

LONDON, May 27. A.A.P.—The British Government yesterday acted to place the Persian oil dispute before the International Court of Justice at The Hague…

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Mainland Court (Before Mr. P. R. Wood. S.m.) Unlicensed Driver

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 3

Francis J. Phillips, of Love-st., Cessnock, was fined £3 with 10s costs for driving a lorry in Belmorerd., Lorn, on Dec. 13 without a…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. A. S. Tunchon, S.m.) Avoided Train Fare

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 2

Walter Allan Danier, 46, laborer, was fined £2 and ordered to pay £1 11s 4d compensation for travelling on a train between Kempsey…

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Two Charged With Brisbane Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday.—Two men were arrested and charged this afternoon with the murder of Albert Flarrity, 29, whose body was…

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Lithgow Store Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 6

LITHGOW, Monday.—Tobacco and money worth £14 were stolen from the grocery store of E. L. Lakin Pty. Ltd. Lithgow at the…

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Engineer For Trial on Stealing Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 4

James Dornan Paterson, 22, engineer, was committed for trial at Newcastle Sessions on July 17, by Mr. A. S. Tunchon, S.M., at…

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Murder Charge at Taree

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 3

In a report published in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" on May 24, it was stated that a girl who died in the Manning District Hospital…

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Newcastle Quarter Sessions (Before Judge O'Sulivan.) Stealing Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 2

Kerry Wilson, 18, laborer, who pleaded guilty to stealing a motor-cycle at Newcastle on March 26 was remanded for sentence…

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Civil Cases for Circuit Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 4

No criminal cases are listed for hearing at Maitland Circuit Court which will open before Mr. Justice Kinsella at East Maitland…

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Decision Soon On State Court's Power

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The State Industrial Commission's powers to deal with summonses against Southern District miners under section 100…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 4

UNLICENSED DRIVER.—For having driven a lorry in Belmore-road, Lorn, on December 13 without having had a licence. Francis J. Phillips,…

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Union Leaders to Face Court Government Acts On Wharf Ban

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 1

The Federal Government yesterday authorised the prosecution of certain Communist trade-union leaders. Mr. Menzies announced this in Canberra after a long…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. A. S. Tunchon, S.m.) Traffic Offences

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 3

Penalties today were: Allan Robert Blackshaw of Wolfe-st., Newcastle, £1 with 13s costs for failing to give way with a car…

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2 Charged With Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 7

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Two men were charged in the Police Court to-day with the murder of Albert James Flarrity, whose body was…

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Cabaret Murder Criminal Haunts Searched

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Police searching for two men for questioning about the Ziegfeld Cabaret murder…

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N.Z. Murder Shack Burnt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 3

WELLINGTON, May 29. A.A.P. Reuter. — The squalid two-roomed shack at Otaki where four were shot dead by an enraged Maori…

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Action Against Union Leaders 2 More Will Be Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA: Summonses under the Crimes Act are to be served in Melbourne today on two more union officials. They are:—…

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Labourer Guilty Of Murder Bid, Attempted Rape

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— Roy Ainslie, 32, labourer, of no fixed address, in the Criminal Court to-day was found guilty of the…

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S. African Police Baton Rioters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 4

CAPETOWN, May 29. A.A.P. — Police made baton charges against ex-servicemen and others who pelted them with burning torches and other missiles during a demonstration last night…

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Argument On Court's Jurisdiction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Legal argument in the case in which the Southern District of the Miners' Federation has been summoned to…

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