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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 48 of 105

Enginemen To Resume, Court Told

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Secretary of the Coast Branch Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association (Mr. D. Ferguson) told the…

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Chased, Caught Intruder, Man Says In Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 2

A witness told Newcastle Court today that when he was awakened early in the morning of June 7 and found a man…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 8

INTOXICATED DRIVER.—Kenneth Arnott, 26, fireman, was fined £20 for having driven a car in Turton-road, Waratah, on Tuesday night…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 3

Penalties were—Clifford Victor Vale, of Thornton, £1 with 10s costs for passing a car stopped at a pedestrian footcrossing;…

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Man Charged With 9-Year-Old Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 5

AUCKLAND, June 14. A.A.P.- Reuter.—George Cecil Horry, 44, married, has been charged with having murdered Mrs. Mary Eileen…

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Norwegian Navy Head's Son Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 1

OSLO, June 14. A.A.P.—Per Edvard Danielsen, 33, son of the Norwegian. Navy's supreme commander, will be tried on spy charges…

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Woman Killed In Road Smash; Man Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A man was charged with manslaughter to-night following an accident in which a woman was killed and her…

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3 Hungarians On Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Thursday.—Three Hungarians appeared in the Wollongong Court to. day charged with the murder of Mrs. Lucy Frances Barrows, 53, licensee of the Oxford…

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Man Wounded by Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Police shot and seriously wounded a man after an alleged house-breaking in John-street, Brunswick, to-night…

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Man Shot Dead: Chased By Police

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE: A man died in Melbourne Hospital early to-day alter police shot him in the head during a chase last…

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Court Warning To Publicans On S.P. Betting

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 3

Hotelkeepers risked an appearance in court on gaming charges where illegal betting was detected on their premises,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 8

DISCHARGED.—The police had no evidence to offer when Ross Gordon Foley, 20, labourer, was charged with having ridden a motor-cycle…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. A. S. Tunchon, S.m.) on £100 BAIL

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 3

Maurice Charles John Baker, 23, laborer, was remanded to June 25 on £100 bail when he appeared on a charge of having broken into a house into a house…

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3 Remanded On Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Three men were remanded in the Central Police Court to-day till June 22 on a charge of having murdered Mrs…

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Police Protection For Schoolgirls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 4

Girls at Wickham School were in danger from undesirables on the nearby waterfront, it was claimed at last night's meeting of…

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Boy Admits Fire. Police Say

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 3

GRAFTON, Friday.—Police alleged to-day that a 10-year-old Grafton boy had admitted responsibility for the fire which gutted…

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Police Search For Missing Children

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 8

MELBOURNE.—Police are searching throughout Victoria for two school children who have been missing from their…

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Man Dies, Shot by Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Raymond Purcell, of Camp pell housing settlement, who was shot in the lead by police during a chase last…

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Man Charged With Taxi Robbery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A 21-year-old labourer was charged to-day with the assault and robbery of a taxi-driver at Waverley yesterday…

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Wage Relationships Fixed by Parliament, Court Declares

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: The relationship between the male and female basic wage is fixed by Parliament and administered by the Industrial Commission, Mr. Justice Cantor said today at the conclusion of the…

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