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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 105

Man On Murder Charge: Body Not Yet Found

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday.—A man was charged in Brisbane Police Court to-day with the murder of his wife in Frankston, Victoria, last May…

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Men, Women Fight Police On Wharf

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Police arrested three men today after a crowd fought it way through a barrier at Walsh Bay wharf to…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 14

OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR.—James Beaton Jenkins, 25, driver, was fined £2 for offensive behaviour. Constable J. Irwin said that at 10 p.m…

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4 Priests Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 January 1951 · page 3

PRAGUE, Jan. 28. A.A.P.—The State Court yesterday sentenced four Roman Catholic priests, a former police officer and a…

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Ex-Police Sergeant Assaulted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 January 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A former police sergeant, Martin Herbert Fisher, was assaulted by four men at Matraville last night…

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Police Dogs Search For Missing Man

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 January 1951 · page 1

NAMBUCCA: Two police dogs arrived here from Penrith today to help search for a…

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Comic Court, Alister For Sydney Cup Melbourne Correspondent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 January 1951 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Comic Court and Alister encouraged admirers for the Sydney Cup, which, it is said, will be their main…

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Court Suspends Ship's Officer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 3

SUVA, Jan. 29. A.A.P.—A Court exonerated Captain Laing, Master of the Ivor Jenny, which was stranded on Horse .Shoo Reef, Fiji, on…

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Maitland Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 6

REMANDED.—John Thomas Galvin, 24, of Eurimbla-street. Thornton, was remanded till February 12 on a charge of having on January…

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Man To Face Intent To Murder Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Loyal Clifford Marsh, 64, pensioner, of Moore Park-road, Paddington, was committed at Central Court to-day…

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Tips Poser for Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 30. A.A.P.—Five High Court Judges to-day tried to decide whether a waiter's tips were wages…

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Wife's Body Disposed Of, Court Told

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A detective said in the City Court to-day that Edward Joseph Scully, 52, chef, had admitted having stripped…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 6

BETTING.—Samuel John Paterson, 59, shopkeeper, was fined £30 and ordered to forfeit £7/19/6 betting money for having used premises on…

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Cessnock Court Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 4

DAMAGES CLAIM.—Robert Keith Allan, of Subiaco-avenue, Cessnock sued Cyril Sylvester, 01 King-street, Cessnock, claiming £50 damages for…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Took Motor Cycle

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 5

William Keith Easton, 23, and Selwyn George Skippen, 20, both Air Force trainees, pleaded guilty to taking and using a motor cycle on Jan…

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Witness In U.S. Court Saw Assault On Television Set

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 6

NEW YORK, Wed. (O.S.R.). — A New York court yesterday allowed a woman who saw an ice hockey match by television to testify that she witnessed a player assault a spectator…

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Cessnock Brothers On Assault Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 2

At Cessnock Court today Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., remanded three brothers to appear on Tuesday on charges of having…

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Migrant On Intent To Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A 27-year-old migrant employed at the Warragamba Dam appeared at the Penrith Court to-day on a charge…

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Man For Trial On Murder Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 12

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.—William Willoughby was committed for trial to-day on a charge of having murdered his wife, Laurel…

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Police Honour Aero Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 6

Appreciation of Newcastle Aero Club's work in the floods last year is expressed in a certificate awarded to the club by the Commissioner…

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