'Too Few Police' For Point Duty
Too few police were attached to Newcastle Traffic Branch to control all intersections at peak traffic hours, Newcastle City…
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Courts & crime, 1951
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 43 of 105
Newcastle Court Before Mr. A. S. Tunchon, S.m
FOR TRIAL.—Joseph Brian Smith, 19, labourer, was committed for trial at the current Newcastle Quarter Sessions on charges of having, on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court Defers Judgment on Its Powers to Fine Striking Miners
SYDNEY: The Full Bench of the N.S.W. Industrial Commission today reserved judgment on a challenge to its power to fine striking coalminers. The challenge was made by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Circuit Court At Maitland (Before Mr. Justice Kinsella) Damages Claim
In a case in which Norman Stevens, farmer, of Medowie. claimed heavy damages from Mervyn Blanch, carrier, of Tea Gardens, as a result…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Divorce Court At Maitland (Before Mr. Justice Kinsella.) MONTGOMERY v MONTGOMERY
Betty Doreen Montgomery (formerly Drury) of Lake-rd., Wallsend, petitioned for divorce from her husband, Monty James Montgomery, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. A. S. Tunchon, S.M. Two Men Gaoled
Two men received gaol sentences and a third was bound over for three years on charges of having taken and used a vehicle without…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Teralba Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.) Stealing Charges
Four ex-railway employees were remanded to June 28 when they were charged with stealing from the goods shed at Cockle Creek between July…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drink Saved Man From Gaol Sentence
"Drink, in a sense, has saved you from a stiff gaol sentence," Judge O'Sullivan told a young man in Newcastle Sessions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cat Killed By Greyhound; Owner Charged
A man charged with needlessly causing a cat to be killed by a greyhound had told police that he "did his block and let…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Reserves Judgment On Jurisdiction
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Full Bench of the New South Wales Industrial Commission to-day reserved judgment on whether it had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Divorce Court At Maitland MONTGOMERY v. MONTGOMERY
Betty Doreen Montgomery (nee Drury), of Lake-road, Wallsend, was granted a decree nisi against Monty James Montgomery, American…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →900 Drunken Drivers Freed on Appeal: Police Chief's Report
SYDNEY: Nine hundred drivers, charged with driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor were given the benefit of section 556A of the Crimes Act by N.S.W. courts during 1950, the Police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. A. S. Tunchon, S.m
USED CARS.—Kelvin Maxwell Hartland, 25, labourer, and Michael George McMahon, 33, cranedriver, were each sentenced to nine months'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Circuit Court At Maitland (Before Mr. Justice Kinsella) Claim Against Optician
After a long legal argument, Mr. Justice Kinsella consented to hear an an action between two Newcastle builders and an optician rather than…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Divorce Court At Maitland (Before Mr. Justice Kinsella), ILLIDGE v ILLEIDGE
A stock and station agent who was ordered by his wife to "pack his bugs and get out of her home," fulled in a petition for restitution…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sessions Court At Newcastle (Before Judge O'Sullivan) Contractor Given Bond
Roy William Clifford, 42, contract fencer of Wallsend, who appealed against the severity of a penalty for driving under the influence of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. A. S. Tunchon, S.m.) Stole Axe
James Donald Kerr, 33, lorry driver, and Arthur. John Warren Gunning, 21, laborer, were each bound over in £10 to be of good…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →2 Women Charged with Murder
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two women, described as the wives of notorious gunmen, were charged in Central Court to-day with murder. Police said one of the women…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →3 Men Charged; Race Arrests
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Two Rumanians and a Greek, said by police to have been arrested following complaints of pickpockets…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Committal In Murder Intent Count
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A 56-year-old man, charged with having caused grievous bodily harm to a girl with intent to murder her, told police…
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