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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 78 of 105

Five Are Charged After Dawn Raid

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Three well-dressed men and two attractive women arrested by police in dawn raids at North Sydney yesterday were alleged to be active in the theft and stripping of motor cars in Sydney,…

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Gaol Break "Common Talk" For A Month

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 2

BATHURST: The gaol break at Bathurst in which six prisoners escaped had been "common talk" throughout the prison for more than a month before, one of the escapees told a detective, according to evidence in court today…

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2 P.M.G. Employees On Theft Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 3

GRAFTON, Sunday.—Two employees of the Postmaster-General's Department arrested at Lismore on Saturday have been charged with…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Goods in Custody

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 3

Cecil Richard Harris, 27, laborer, was fined £5 for having in his custody at junction on Sept. 28[?] paint brushes and three gallons of…

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Cars Stolen, Stripped, Police Say

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—Three men and two women who were arrested in North Sydney at dawn yesterday were concerned in the stealing…

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Aged Indian's Throat Cut, Police Say

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 1

ALBURY, Monday.—Detectives investigating the death of Puturb Singh, an aged Indian hawker, at Henty on Saturday night, said…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 6

REMANDED.—John Irwin, 41, coaltrimmer, was remanded till October 26 on £20 ball on a charge of having stolen six tins of paint, valued…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 2

Penalties were: Philip S. Pincombe of Bellevue Hill, 5s with 10s costs, for standing a car contrary to a standard…

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No Sentence For Ex-Postmaster On Theft Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 12

SYDNEY.—A former postmaster who misappropriated a total of £636 10s 1d from the Postmaster-General's…

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Police Given Clue On Found Body

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Adelaide detectives believe the discovery of a decomposed body may be linked with the disappearance of Mrs…

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Court Orders Man To Be Reinstated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Full Bench of the Arbitration Court to-day ordered the reinstatement of Arthur Herbert Freeman as a…

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Long Service Must Not Be Broken, Court Rules

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Full Bench of the industrial Commission today held that employees must have an unbroken period of 20 years' service with the same employer before qualifying for…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 4

Penalties were: Mervyn Ernest Grahame. Parry-st., Hamilton (failed to give way to vehicle on right), £1, 19s costs, £6 witnesses expenses; Maxwell…

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Men Charged Over Wallsend Shooting

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 3

Two men were charged at Newcastle Court today with having assisted a man who, police allege, shot at a woman with intent to murder at Wallsend on Sept. 9…

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Remanded On Charge Of Murder

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

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Leslie Daniel Slade, 36, engineer, of Darlington, was remanded without bail in the Newtown Court to-day on…

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Rogue Sent To Gaol For Nine Years "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Oct. 3.—One of Britain's cleverest confidence tricksters, who posed as an Australian sheep farmer, went back to Dartmoor…

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Landless Peasants Detained By Police

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 6

ROME, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—Italian police yesterday detained more than 200 landless peasants who had invaded estates…

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Bus Threat Referred To Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY: The threat of a continued strike by Sydney's 2500 Government bus employees was…

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Railman's Dismissal Upheld By Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE. Wednesday.—The dismissal of a former railway-man. Errol Roy McVicar, by the New South Wales Railways…

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Siren Was For Wife But Alerted Police and Pilots

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY.—Police were alerted and the pilot steamer Captain Cook made a full-powered dash from port today when a trawler began to sound its siren off Curl Curl. A report has been received that the skipper and his wife…

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