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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 115

Japan's Police Recruiting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 3

TOKYO, March 30. A.A.P.-Reuter.— The national police reserve corps is recruiting 32,500 men and 2000 officers,…

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Court To Inspect Rylands

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission today directed parties…

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Court At Maitland Vagrant Gaoled

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 8

John Joseph Keating, 52 over, was sentenced to months' gaol on a [?] charge. The magistrate [?]…

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Maitland Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.) Dismissed

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 2

The magistrate dismissed a charge against Alex Roach. 41. barman, of the Kandos Hotel, Kandos. holding that a prima…

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Assault Costs Man £25

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 8

At Newcastle Court yesterday, Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., fined Kenneth Adrian Beech, 25, labourer, £10, and…

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French Assault On Communists

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 3

French and Vietnam Forces disembark from assault boats on the Communist-held Island of Ly Nhan in northern…

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3 Policemen Questioned On Assault Allegations

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Three young plainclothes constables are being questioned at Police Headquarters following complaints that several New Australians were assaulted and robbed in the St. \ Kilda district last night…

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New Police Purge in East Germany

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 12

BERLIN, Tues. (Reuter). — East Germany's "People's Police" faces a second political purge within 12 months. Herr Karl Maron, sturdy 46-year-old Moscow-train-…

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Took Son on Raid, Court Told

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 2

A man told Newcastle Divorce Court today that he took his 18-year-old son with him on a divorce raid…

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Single Tax for Test in High Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Victorian Government will challenge the validity of the Commonwealth uniform taxation system in the High Court…

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Maitland Court Before Mr. F. R. WOOD, S.M.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 3

SPEEDSTER FINED.—For having ridden a motor-cycle on the New England Highway at Beresfield on March 29 at a…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 4

CHARGES DISMISSED.—Police offered no evidence against Edward James Stewart, 41, barrowman, and Ronald L…

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Cessnock Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood. S.m.) Traffic Breaches

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 14

John rose, Kanngo St., Bellbird, was fined £5 13s for having driven a car not covered by third party Insurance at…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Evaded Fare

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 14

For having travelled from Singleton to Broadmeadow by train without paying the fare and with intent to avoid…

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Policeman Charged With Robbery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— A22-year-old constable attached to the Traffic Control Branch was charged at the…

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More Egyptians Sent To Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 4

CAIRO, Wed. (A.A.P.).—Six more Egyptians were sent to prison yesterday for arson and looting in…

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Divorce Court in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 6

Twelve undefended petitions were heard by Judge Brereton in the New castle Divorce Court yesterday. SCORER v. SCORER…

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Police Save Launch In Heavy Seas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The police launch Nemesis to-night rescued a 20ft. boat in distress in a heavy sea, 200 yards off…

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Boys Hoax Police On Atom Find

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 1

LONDON, April 1. A.A.P. — Two schoolboys yesterday handed to police papers, marked "top secret" and "Harwell,"…

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Court At Bedside Of Woman

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: At a bedside court at St. Vincent's Hospital early this morning a woman exonerated a man…

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