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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 47 of 105

Police Find Secret Underground Lair of Young British Gunman

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 9 June 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Sat. (O.S.R.)—The secret underground lair of the 20-year-old gunman Alan Poole, who perished in a gun battle with the police on Wednesday after murdering Constable Baxter, has been…

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3: Men of the Kremlin, by Captain Mirko Jeladitch, Former Chief of the Yugoslav Secret Police. Stalin's Office Is Close Secret

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1951 · page 5

Ask any well-informed Russian where exactly Stalin's office is inside the Kremlin, and he will answer: "I don't know," and will try quickly to change the topic of conversation. This is fact ochyn secretna—…

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£200 Theft, But £3000 Damage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 June 1951 · page 1

WELLINGTON, June 10. A.A.P.— Reuter.—Thieves early this morning blew the safe of an Island Bay bakery took £200 and started a…

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President Of Eire's High Court Dies

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 June 1951 · page 2

DUBLIN, Mon. (A.A.P.).—Mr. Justice George Gavan Duffy, President of Eire's High Court, died here yesterday,…

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Gaol Break When Police Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1951 · page 3

CAIRO, June 11. A.A.P.—Prisoners broke out of gaol in Khartoum when they heard that the city's police were on strike…

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Man Charged With Manslaughter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1951 · page 3

TAMWORTH, Monday.—William Patrick Gunn, 57, has been charged with the manslaughter of Albert George Cannons, 73,…

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Murder Victim Strangled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1951 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Monday.—Mrs. Lucy Barrows, who was found dead in the Oxford Hotel this morning, had been strangled. A post-mortem examination…

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Stop Press Leavers Murder Probe

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 June 1951 · page 8

WEST WYALONG.—Any hope of ending the skeleton of William Henry Lavers in a disused mine shaft at West Wyalong was abandoned today…

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Police Get Pay Rise

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: Non-commissioned and commissioned police in N.S.W. will receive salary increases ranging from £9 to…

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Expulsion Of Short Now Court Issue

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Justice Kirby to-day ordered national officers of the Federated Iron-workers' Association to show cause…

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500 Men Helping Police In Hunt For Slayer

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 June 1951 · page 1

WOLLONGONG: More than 500 workmen and sportsmen are cooperating with police in the hunt for killer of Mrs. Lucy Frances Barrows, 53, licensee of…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. A. S. Tunchon, S.m.) Played "Headin-em"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 June 1951 · page 3

Seventeen men each forfeited £2 when they failed to appear on charges of playing "headin-em" at Merewether on Saturday…

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Lavers's Murder Interview In Gaol Is Planned

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY: The Public Solicitor (Mr. Hawkins), in an attempt to prove innocent a man found…

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2 Talked To Murder Suspect

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.— Detectives are seeking two men who were seen talking to the man suspected of having…

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Police Prevent "Private Salvage"

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 1

NORAHVILLE.—Police are patrolling the beach near Norah Head to prevent people stealing wreckage washed ashore…

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False Alarms On Diplomats 'Nightgmare' To French Police

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 3

PARIS, Wed. (A.A.P.).—The mystery of the two missing British diplomats (Donald MacLean and Guy Burgess) has become a nightmare of false alarms for French police because the pair are "typically English."…

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Bloodstained Bed Linen and Scarf Found in Grass Vital Clues In Hotel Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 1

WOLLONGONG: A bloodstained sheet and pillow-slip, taken from the bed in the Oxford Hotel, Crown-st., Wollongong, on which the licensee, Mrs. Lucy Frances Barrows, 53,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 7

REMANDED.—John Clarke Gibson, 43, engineer, was remanded till July 9, on £20 ball, on charges of having driven a car in Hunter-street on…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 3

Penalties today were: Forbes Gatley Lyons, Wharf-rd., Stockton, £10 for falling to stop after an accident on Jan. 11, £2 for negligent driving,…

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Three Men Arrested In Hotel Murder Case

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 1

WOLLONGONG: Two young men, both New Australians, who were arrested in a Sydney club yesterday, were charged at a special court in Wollongong today with the murder of wealthy hotel licensee, Mrs. Lucy Frances Barrows, 53, last Monday…

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