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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 52 of 105

Police Say Youth Changed Mind On Killing Boy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — A youth who left a six-year-old boy tied up in the scrub at Mentone overnight had intended to kill him…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 8

DRIVER FINEID.—Clarence Henry Smith, 29, labourer, was fined £15 for having driven a car in Gleberoad, Adamstown, on June 9 while…

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Long Gaol Term For Archbishop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 3

BUDAPEST, June 28. A.A.P.— Archbishop Josef Grosz, Hungary's senior Catholic priest, to-day followed Cardinal Mindszenty into…

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U.K. Troops Charged With Mutiny

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 3

TOKYO, June 28. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Eleven Northumberland Fusiliers privates are to be tried here on mutiny charges to-morrow…

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Court Says Regulations Ambiguous

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The State Full Court to-day upheld the validity of restrictions imposed by the State Electricity Commission on…

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Police Club To Proceed With Tenders

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 7

Despite the threatened resumption of its site, the committee of the Maitland Police and Citizens' Boys' Club intends to call tenders…

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Court-Martialled Fusiliers To Be

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Fri. (A.A.P. -Reuter): Eleven privates of the Northumberland Fusiliers will be court-martialled here today…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 7

REMANDED TO SYDNEY.—Charles Alfred Herbert, 30, labourer, was remanded to Central Court, Sydney, on Monday, on charges of having stolen…

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Court at Newcastle Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Begged Alms

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 3

Convicted on a charge of having begged alms in Hunter-st., Newcastle, yesterday. Robert Charles Redding, 67, pensioner, was…

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Police Promotions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—The following promotions in the Police Force have been notified— Sergeants second class to…

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Police Say Wife's Claim "Baseless"

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 June 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY: C.I.B. detectives are satisfied that allegations made by a woman in the Divorce Court this week that her…

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Coal Tribunal "Higher Court"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal, on the coal industry, is a superior court to the Industrial Commission. The Full Bench of the…

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Father Informed Police Of Son's Guilt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—A father was praised by Judge Redshaw in the Quarter Sessions to-day for giving information to the police which led…

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Court Upholds Doctor's Driving Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—An appeal by Dr. Reginald Stuart Jones, of Macquarie-street, against a conviction and line of £25 for driving a…

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Coal Tribunal "Better Than Court"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Since Mr. Gallagher had been appointed to the Coal Industry Tribunal there had been better results from the…

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Tokyo Wants "Thought" Police Freed "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1951 · page 1

TOKYO, June 29.—The Japanese authorities will demand a clearance of former members of the notorious "dangerous thoughts"…

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Mechanics To Meet On Court Ruling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Disputes Committee of bus mechanics employed at Government bus depots in Sydney will meet on Monday to…

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Labor "Will Oppose" Extra Court Powers

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 June 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY: The Labor Party would "strongly oppose" the bill introduced by the Commonwealth Government yesterday to increase the powers of the Arbitration Court, the secretary of the N.S.W. Labor…

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Ceylon's Murder Motives

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 July 1951 · page 3

COLOMBO, July 1. A.A.P.Reuter. —Sudden provocation and jealousy over women are the main reasons for murders in Ceylon and…

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11 Soldiers Charged With Mutiny

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 July 1951 · page 3

SEOUL, July 1. A.A.P.-Reuter.— Eleven privates of the 1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, with the British 29th Brigade,…

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