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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 115

Two Men For Trial In £1335 Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 4

Two men were committed for trial at Newcastle Court yesterday on a charge of having stolen clothing valued at…

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Malan Defies Court Decision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 3

CAPE TOWN, March 21, A.A.P. — The Prime Minister (Dr. Malun) yesterday said he could not accept a Supreme Court ruling that his "Coloured Voters"…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. L. Stapleton, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 4

REMANDED. — John Henry Amour, 26, labourer, was remanded ball April 7, on £80 ball, on three charges of false…

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Police Tip On Bank Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE: The Victorian Police had been on the alert for two months for a raid by the safeblowing gang which narrowly missed £100,000 of bookmakers' money…

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Police Search For Basher

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Detectives are searching for a man who beat and robbed a man in Redfern last night…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 15

Yeas Alfredas (26), laborer, was remanded to April 21 on a charge of assaulting John Kun at wickham on Mar. 21,…

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Maitland Court (Before Mr. C. K. Word. S.m.) No Evidence

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 3

Gordon Charles Farnham (31), fitter and turner, of Mayfield, who was charged with negligent driving, had the charge…

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Charged With Theft Of £5300 Rings

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY.,—From, photographs handed to her by the police, a young sales woman had picked out one…

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Woman Admits Theft of £4551

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 6

A woman who was alleged to have lost a large sum playing baccarat pleaded "Guilty" at Newcastle Sessions yesterday to having stolen £4551/10/5 from her…

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Jury Disagrees In Assault Case

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 1

A Newcastle Quarter Sessions jury trying a 22year-old laborer on an assault charge was unable…

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£25 Fine For Theft Of Hens

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 8

Ronald Alfred Blanch, 42, labourer, was fined £25 at Newcastle Court yesterday for having stolen five hens…

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Jury Fails To Agree In Assault Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 6

After having been locked up fox six hours, a jury was unable to agree at Newcastle Sessions yesterday. Leslie James Gibson, 22, labourer, had pleaded "Not…

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Cyclist Sought by Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 5

Detective M. Kelly, of Maitland Police, wants to interview a motor-cyclist who was allegedly forced off the…

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Name Of Court 'Misused'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.— Members of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Australia were…

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Sea Flight In Dinghy To Escape Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 3

DARWIN, Monday.—After a five-day air, sea and land search, Darwin police this afternoon located and…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 6

REMANDED.—Yeas Alfredas, 28, labourer, was remanded tilt April 21, on £30 ball, on a charge of having assaulted John…

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Maitland Court Before Mr. C. K. WARD, S.M.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 5

THREE FOR TRIAL.—Three migrants were committed for trial on charges of having assaulted Frank Vana and Harry…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Drove While Drunk

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 3

John Albert Ryan, 59, laborer. was fined £15 for driving a car while under the inf[?]uence of liquor in Chatham…

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Full Court Upsets Verdict For £993

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The State Full Court to-day set aside a District Court verdict against Consolidated Press Ltd…

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Malan Adamant Court Fight To Go On

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 1

CAPE TOWN, March 25. A.A.P.— Resignation of the Malan Government was called for at mass meetings throughout the country last night…

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