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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 59 of 105

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 6

RECEIVED GOODS.—Geoffrey Michael Sullivan, 24, labourer, was fined £10 for having, in Newcastle between June 21 and 26. received…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicks, S.m.) Stole Timber

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 7

Wallace Barrack, 41, mac[?]. was fined £10 for having at Newcastle between Jan. 1 and July 19 stolen oregon timber valued at £9,…

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Man Gaoled for Cycle Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1951 · page 6

A man was sentenced yesterday to three years' gaol for having stolen a motor-cycle. The man, James Dornan Paterson, 22, fitter, pleaded "Guilty"…

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Embezzler Of Jockey's £1648 Sent To Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—A 45-year-old insurance agent who pleaded "Guilty" in the Quarter Sessions to-day to having embezzled £1648…

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Grazier Remanded On Murder Count

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1951 · page 3

QUIRINDI, Friday.—Thomas Langhorne Fleming, 43, grazier, of Mt. Parry, near Willow Tree, in Quirindi Court to-day was…

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Dam Emptied In Murder Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1951 · page 2

Cook's Hill Fire Brigade yesterday pumped an estimated 50,000 gallons of water from a dam at Jesmond at the request of detectives…

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Police Ball at Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 July 1951 · page 4

Despite bitterly cold weather, more than 800 attended the annual Police Ball in the Lyceum Hall, Cessnock, last night…

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Arab King's Murder May Start Crisis In Mid-East

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 July 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Sat. (A.A.P.): The assassination of King Abdullah of Jordan yesterday may undermine the precarious stability of the whole Middle East, British…

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Woman Charged With Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY.—A woman was arrested by C.I.B. detectives to-day and charged with the murder of George Brett, 74, wharf…

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Woman Proves Her Murder Report Untrue

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 1

PARIS, July 22. A.A.P.—An Irishwoman living in France who read in the papers of her own murder walked into a police station to…

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Mass Arrests In Wake Of Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 2

JERUSALEM, (A.A.P. and O.S.R.): Between 500 and 1000 arrests are reported since the murder on Friday of King Abdullah of Jordan. They are reported to have occurred in Jerusalem, Amman…

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Court at Newcastle Before Mi. R. A. Hardwicke. S.M. Traffic Offences

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 3

Penalties were: John L. Bebb of Nile St., Mayfield, £2 with 10s costs, for driving negligently; Gordon R. Smith of Northumberland St.,…

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Man Charged With Firing at House

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A storeman alleged to have fired 10 shots at his girl friend's house after an argument was remanded at South…

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Woman Remanded on Murder Count

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Doris Wilma Beavan, domestic, 35, of Goodlet-street, Surry Hills, was charged at Central Court to-day…

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Mother On 2 Charges Of Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 1

TOOWOOMBA: The mother of two boys who, police say, were hacked to death with a tomahawk yesterday, was…

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Police Lectures to Children

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 2

Six officers, including two women, from the Police Traffic Department, Sydney, will visit Newcastle on August 6, 7 and 8 to give…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 7

REMANDED.—Richard David John Barry, 35, labourer, Was remanded till August 29 on £10 ball on a charge of having stolen £5, the property of…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 2

Penalties were: Hugh Jeffrey of Maitland Rd., Mayfield, £3, costs 10s, for operating a private hire car as a public…

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Woman Charged With Murder Of Two Sons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 5

TOOWOOMBA, Tuesday.—Mrs. Deilha Evangeline Lee, 41, of Toowoomba, was charged to-day with having murdered her two sons,…

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Jesmond Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 1

Michael Joseph Maher, 50-year-old laborer, was remanded until Aug. 8 when he appeared in…

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