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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 105

Stop Press Police, Strikers Clash

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 8

AUCKLAND. Fri. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Police with batons and strike [?] sticks fought in an AucklaNd [?] today when the waterside…

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Divorce Court At Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 4

A petition by Charles Martin Illidge, of Emmaville, for restitution of conjugal rights with his wife, Ruth Nea Illidge, was dismissed by…

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Builder Tells Court Of "Fierce Battle"

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 3

A New Lambton builder said at Maitland Civil Causes Court today that when a conference was called to discuss the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 7

STOLE SADDLE.—Joseph Brian Smith, 19 labourer, was placed on a bond of £10 for 12 months on a charge of having stolen a saddle,…

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Court at Newcastle Mr. A. S. Tunchon, S.m.) Charge Dropped

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 7

Police offered no evidence against John Frederick Baird, 28, salesman, on a charge of riding a motor cycle negligently in Lambton-rd.,…

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Students Sentenced Next Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1951 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Friday.—Sentences will be passed next week, probably on Tuesday, on the four University students found guilty of…

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Charged With Babies' Neglect

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 June 1951 · page 4

LITHGOW.—A 31-year-old Lithgow fettler, Glen Roy Davison, was charged today with neglecting to provide proper…

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Police Site "Ideal For State Office"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1951 · page 2

Newcastle police station site would be ideal for the crection of State Government offices, the President (Mr. L. Saddington) told Newcastle…

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Court Move on Potato Prices

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1951 · page 1

HOBART, Friday.—A writ on behalf of the Tasmanian Potato Marketing Board will be issued in Sydney on Monday seeking to…

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Police, Strikers Clash in N.z. Street

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1951 · page 3

AUCKLAND, June 1. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Fifteen hundred strikers and sympathisers, including women, and 200 police with batons clashed to-day…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1951 · page 7

REMANDED. — William Johnstone, 47, showman, was remanded till Tuesday on a charge of having imposed on Richard John Gaudin, in…

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Cabaret Murder Bail For Women Is Sought

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY: The police search for the husbands of two women charged with murder was…

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Gaol For Man Who Took Body Of Wife To Sea

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE.—A 53-year-old chef, who swam out to sea with his wife's body, was sentenced to three years' gaol…

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Police Check On Boy's Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Police are investigating the death of a boy at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital on Thursday…

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Police Fire Shots Over Intruders

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Police fired several warning shots when they disturbed intruders in Williamstown Beach railway station last…

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No Intruder At Clarence House: Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 1

LONDON, June 3. A.A.P. —Police believe Miss Joan Miles, 40, who said she was attacked while working at Clarence House on…

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Price War After Court's Ruling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 3

NEW YORK, June 3. A.A.P.—New York's millions, who have been glorying in a good, old-fashioned price war, had a Supreme Court decision to thank for it…

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Divorce Court At Maitland (Before Mr. Justice Kinsella) YOUNG v YOUNG

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 3

Mrs. Enid Young, of Kemp-st., Hamilton, who petitioned for a divorce on the grounds of desertion, said that when her husband, Stewart…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 3

Penalties were—Charles James Browne Barclay. 29, miner, was bound over in £20 to be of good behavior for two years…

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3 Years Gaol For Disposal Of Wife's Body

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.— Mr. Justice O'Bryan, in the Criminal Court, to-day sentenced Edward Joseph Scully, 52, chef, to three…

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