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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 115

Prisoner Tells Of Break Into Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A man who broke into Pentridge Gaol on Boxing Day and distributed gifts to his prisoner friends explained in General Sessions to-day how he did it. Harold James Sheahan,…

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Girl (17) Tried To Kill Herself, Court Told

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY.—In grief over the fatal stabbing of her 25-year-old Greek lover, a 17-year-old girl attempted to commit suicide by taking an overdose of drugs, the Lunacy Court was told today…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 7

TRAFFIC OFFENCES. —Sidney Vincent Monroe, 47, labourer, was fined £1 on charges of having driven an unregistered…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m.) No Action Taken

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 4

Mr. See ordered that no action be taken against Stanley Augustus Robb, 29, laborer, who appeared on a charge of breach…

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Gaol for Sex Offender

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday. —Kevin John Bridges, 26, bus conductor, of Forest-road, Arncliffe, was sentenced to 10…

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11 Ex-Klansmen Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 3

WHITEVILLE (North Carolina), Feb. 28. A.A.P.—State and county officers arrested 11 former Ku Klux Klan…

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Gaol Bath Ended Woman's Pose

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 1

MONROE (Louisiana), Feb 28. A.A.P.—Complaints from prisoners in the men's section of the Monroe Gaol that 14…

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Two Accused Of Assault On Sergeant

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 3

Sequel to an alleged assault at Maitland Show last night on a detective was the appearance at…

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Man Charged Over Body On Road

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 7

BROKEN HILL, Thursday. —Norman Charles Waite, 41, plumber, was charged to-day with having feloniously slain…

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Parade Ground Assault Landing To Be Realistic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 5

An amphibious assault landing on March 20 is expected to be "the most realistic C.M.F. training exercise attempted in the Newcastle area." The Adjutant of the 15th…

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Police Raid Gets Big Goods Haul

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. —Goods estimated to be worth £8000 were seized by police in a raid at a house at…

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Police Seek News Of Missing Boy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Sydney C.I.B. to-day appealed for information which would help them find James Scudd, who…

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Court Orders Men Back At Lysaght's

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY: At the conclusion of a compulsory conference called by the Industrial Commission in Sydney today Mr. Justice Webb made an interim order for resumption of work at Lysaght's Works, Newcastle…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 7

REMANDED.—John Walker, 54, crane attendant, was remanded till April 18, on £20 bail, on a charge of having…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. Kerslev, S.m.) Heavy Fine

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 3

A man was fined £40 for driving a car four months alter be had been disqualified 3 or 12 months…

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Two Charged With Assault On Detective

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 11

Lyall Mervyn Humbles, 30, gardener, of Dagworth, was charged before Mr. V. R. Jenkins, J.P., at Maitland Court…

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English Migrant Sent To Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Friday.—Dennis Victor Tomsett, 27. an English migrant, was to-day sentenced to three years' gaol…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 11

SEAMAN CHARGED.—James Pritchard, 29, seaman, was sentenced to 24 hours' imprisonment on a charge of having…

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Police Exhume Murder Victim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday. — Police yesterday exhumed the body of George Edwards, who was killed by a shotgun blast…

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Gaol Riot Quelled In Egypt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 3

LONDON, March 2. A.A.P. —Nearly 100 Egyptian prisoners, most of them suspected terrorists, rioted for an hour…

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