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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 105

£300 Theft From Club House

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 1

COOTAMUNDRA, Sunday.— Thieves broke into the Cootamundra Golf Clubhouse during the week-end and stole about £300…

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Theft Of £1750 From club

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 1

A safe containing more than £500 and five fruit machines valued at about £1250 were stolen from…

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Helped to Alter Alleged Stolen Car, Witness Says in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 3

A witness in Newcastle Court today said he had assisted Leslie Allan Morrison to change the color and engine of a car—the subject of one of several charges against the 28-year-old laborer…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 2

Penalties were—Kevin Tiedman, of Louth Park-rd., Maitland, £1 10s with 7s costs for riding a noisy motor cycle in…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Street Betting

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 3

James Logan. 55, laborer, of Merewether, was fined £30 for accepting bets in Berner-st., Merewether, on June 23…

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Man Charged With Assault on Woman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A 26-year-old man was arrested at Balmain to-night and charged with an indecent assault on a female and…

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Cemetery Murder Recalled

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY.—A woman collapsed in the Divorce Court to-day after she said she believed her husband committed murder…

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Man For Trial On Stealing Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 June 1951 · page 2

At the Newcastle Court to-day Maurice Charles John Baker, 23, laborer, was committed for trial at the…

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Winch Used In £1700 Club Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1951 · page 2

Thieves operating at the Workers' Club at Newcastle Trades Hall on Sunday night lowered a 6-cwt. safe containing £450 from the first…

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Police Recapture Two Prisoners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Kevin Uren, 21, and Edward Eastham, 27, who yesterday escaped from Corriemungle, prison farm, near…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1951 · page 4

REMANDED.—John Kane, 25, labourer, was remanded till July 23, on £20 bail, on charges of having driven a utility truck in…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Indecent Language

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 June 1951 · page 2

Jack Oliver, 43, laborer, was fined £3 for using indecent language in Hunter St. last night. TRAFFIC OFFENCE…

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Man Faces Trial on Theft Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 4

Leslie Allen Morrison, 28, spray painter, was committed by Mr. T. H. D. Sec, S.M., at Newcastle Court yesterday for trial on a charge of having stolen, at Lindfield, on March 17, a Morris Minor car valued…

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Further Adjournment of Healy Case Refused by Magistrate

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: Mr. Simon Isaacs, K.C., today sought another adjournment of the case against Water-siders' general secretary, James Healy, for breaches of the Commonwealth Crimes Act…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 6

DISCHARGED.—The police had no evidence to offer when William Beggs, 3[?] soldier, was charged with having driven a jeep negligently in…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 11

Penalties were:—Ross Stenhouse, Downie St., Wickham, £1 with 10s costs, for permitting an unlicensed rider to ride…

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Assault Against Child Alleged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Bruce Edward Whelan, 20, labourer, of Cremorne, was committed to-day for trial on a charge of having assaulted…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Harawicke, S.m.) Truck Stealing Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 9

Charles Allred Herbert (30). laborer, was remanded to appear at the Central Court, Sydney, next, Monday on a charge of stealing a truck…

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Seized Papers Read In Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Documents, seized in a raid on the premises of the Waterside Workers' Federation on May 24, would show that James Healy, General Secretary of the…

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Court May Give Long Service Exemptions

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY: Firms with satisfactory long-service and sick leave schemes may be granted exemptions from provisions of the Industrial Arbitration (Amendment) Act, which is expected to be proclaimed tomorrow…

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