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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 53 of 105

Reds, Police Clash In Syria: 2 Dead

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 July 1951 · page 4

LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.).—Jerusalem Radio reports that Lebanese authorities declared a state of emergency, in Beirut…

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Licensing Court at Maitland (Before Mr. A. S. Tunchon, S.m.) Hotel Alterations

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 July 1951 · page 2

An application by Tooth and Co for permission to install a cold room at the Imperial Hotel. Maitland, at an estimated cost of £977, was…

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Peacemaker Charged With Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1951 · page 6

A man who was called in to a neighbour's home at Tighe's Hill on the night of June 11, was charged before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M.,…

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Wallsend Man Sent To Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday. — Charles Alfred Herbert, 30, of Manion-street, Wallsend, was sentenced in Central Court to-day to three…

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Police Promotions

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

The following promotions of police in the North Eastern Division have been notified—Sergeant third class to sergeant second class, L…

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Dead Woman's Sister Identifies Man on Hotel Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 July 1951 · page 3

WOLLONGONG: One of the three Hungarians charged with the murder of hotel licensee Mrs. Lucy Frances Barrows, 54, was identified by the dead woman's sister in the Coroner's Court today as a…

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Maitland Court Before Mr. M. S. Tunchon, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1951 · page 4

SHIFTMAN FINED. — Herbert Worthington, 30, shiftman, of Margaret-street, Mayfield, was fined £3 and ordered to pay £19…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m

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

REMANDED. — Richard David Barry, 35, labourer, was remanded till July 23, on £10 ball, on a charge of having stolen £5, the…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m.) Drove Under Influence

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 July 1951 · page 3

Thomas Evan Price, 31, laborer, was fined £15 for driving a car in Chinchen-st., Islington, on May 5 white under the influence of liquor…

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Fusiliers Sentenced For Mutiny

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

SEOUL, July 3. A.A.P.-Reuters. —Eleven members of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers were found guilty to-day of having joined in a…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. See) Six Months' Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 July 1951 · page 7

Lawrence Ronald Warren, 28, laborer, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on a charge of having been in premises at The Beaches…

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Woman Identifies Man In Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 July 1951 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.—The sister of a woman found dead in a hotel in Wollongong to-day identified a man charged with murder, as having been employed at the hotel…

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Murder Accused Gave Friend £1 to Pawn Ring, Coroner Is Told

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 July 1951 · page 3

WOLLONGONG: The eldest of the Hungarians charged with the murder of hotel licensee Mrs. Lucy Frances Barrows, 54, gave a Czechoslovakian migrant £1 to pawn one of the dead woman's diamond…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 July 1951 · page 6

REMANDED.—Werner Schulz, 18, steward, was remanded till July 25 an a charge, by warrant, with having deserted the Dundalk Bay in…

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Wallsend Court (Before Mr. A. S. Tunenon, S.m.) "Snowdropper" Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 July 1951 · page 3

"No sympathy can be extended to anyone who steals clothing from lines; it is difficult to replace," Mr. Tunchon told John Buxton (21),…

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Wollongong Murder Inquest 3 Charged Men "Pawned Ring"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.—Three Hungarians charged with the murder of a woman hotel licensee had been concerned in the pawning of her jewellery, the Coroner's Court was…

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5 Years' Gaol For Threat To Merchant

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: A young man who demanded £500 from a merchant under the threat of death was…

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Comic Court Resumes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— Comic Court has resumed training in preparation for the big spring races…

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Police Take Boxer To Safety

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 6

"Sugar" Ray Robinson (white robe), world middleweight champion, is taken to safety by West Berlin police after the sudden…

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Screaming Woman's Court Threat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—A woman who screamed in the Supreme Court to-day that she would kill her husband, tried to…

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