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Courts & crime, 1952

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London Police Prevent Malan Protest March

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 13

LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.): The police prevented about 60 colored and white students staging a march on South Africa House, London, yesterday in protest against the South African Government's racial policy…

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"Black Hand" Mentioned In Court Case

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

SYDNEY, Monday. — Two migrants, Stephen Kovacs, 24, and Frank Lakatos, 25, were charged at Paddington Court…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 4

DISCHARGED. — Kenneth Arthur Hewston, 29, was discharged when his wife, Marjorie Aileen Hewston, said she…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 14

Penalties were: Reginald Shepherd, £5 with 12s costs, for riding a motor cycle negligently…

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Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 3

CHICAGO, April 8. A.A.P. —Police last night arrested a weight-lifter on a charge of the murder of one man and…

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Man, Woman on Murder Count

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Ronald William Simpson, 28, and Mary Lillian Tommerup, 30, were committed to-day for trial on a charge of having murdered John William…

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Police Go on "Strike"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A meeting of 150 detectives and uniformed police to-night decided to begin a regulation strike immediately…

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21 Seized in Police Raid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY,—Tuesday. Twenty-one men and women were arrested in a police raid on Gleneagles Restaurant at…

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Mobile Radio Aid To Police Work

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 3

From a very small beginning in 1924, the N.S.W. Police radio system' now had 88 mobile units, Senior Constable L. C. Ansell said today…

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Police Appeal For Road Caution Over Easter

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 8

Police today appealed to motorists and holiday-makers to keep the Easter week-end as free as possible from road accidents. Inspector J. W. Hayes said it was in the public's holiday motorists a 24-hour service throughout the long weekend. He said there had been…

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Court Threatens Bing Crosby With Arrest

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 13

SAN FRANCISCO, Tues. (A.A.P.)—Film star Bing Crosby will be arrested tomorrow if he does not appear at the trial of Henry von Morpugo, charged with misappropriating Sister Kenny infantile paralysis funds…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 7

REMANDED.—William Dodds, 41, engineer, was remanded till May 8 on a charge of having deserted the Heronspool at…

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Wallsend Court (Before Mr. P. R. Wood, S.m.) Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 3

A remand to April 23 on ball of £50 was granted to Gordon Ralph Maybury, 18, laborer, who was charged with having…

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Criminal Hangs Himself In Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: An hour after having been declared an habitual criminal, a 22-year-old man hanged himself in his cell at Parramatta Gaol yesterday…

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Police Rescue Policeman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Water police to-night rescued a policeman who was drifting in a disabled launch off Long…

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Police To Press For Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday.— All available policemen within 100 miles of Brisbane have been asked to attend a mass…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 5

DAMAGED WINDOWS.—James Muir, 44, labourer, pleaded "Guilty" to having maliciously damaged two windows, the…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 3

John Ernest Higginbottom, 26, painter, Lawrence Alfred Hustler 32, linesman, and Cyril Leonard Drew, 39, linesman…

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Labourer Charged With Wounding

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1952 · page 3

WOLLONGONG. Thursday.—A Polish migrant was remanded at Wollongong Court-to-day on a charge of having…

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£15 Fine For Theft Of Beef Carcases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1952 · page 3

A butcher who pleaded "Guilty" at Newcastle Court yesterday to having stolen three bodies of yearling beef,…

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