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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 115

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

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 14

Four youths were each fined £1 8s with 12s costs for having carried firearms on a Sunday. They were: Colin Whitford, Fern…

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Kurri Court (Before Mr. F. L. McNamara, S.m.) Committed for Trial

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 3

William Frederick John Hess (20) and John Kenneth Lawson (25), charged with breaking, entering and stealing from the…

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Divorce Court in Newcastle

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

A husband who claimed his wife preferred to sleep with her mother was granted a decree nisi by Mr. Acting Justice Nield in Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday…

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Kurri Court Before Mr. F. L. Macnamara, S.m

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

BETTING CHARGE. — Neville James Price, 23, of Neath-street, Pelaw Main, was fined £20 for betting at Kurri Kurri…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 4

REMANDED.—Valdamar Armstrong, 24, labourer, was remanded till February 29 on £20 bail on a charge of having…

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Court At East Maitland (Before Mr. F. L. McNamara, S.M.) S.P. BETTING

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 3

Eric Samuel Gear (28), of Paterson St., Hinton, was fined £20 on a charge of being in the passageway of the Victoria…

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Report Urged Gaol Release

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Justice Kinsella's report on the Lavers murder case recommended the release of Frederick Lincoln McDermott from gaol…

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Divorce Court in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 6

A married man said in Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday that he wanted to marry a divorced woman who was the mother of his child…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. E. M. Deben Ham, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 6

DROVE UNDER INFLUENCE.—James Moore, 53 labourer, was fined £5 for having driven a horse and cart in…

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Court at Newcastle Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M. Bound Over

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 3

Charged with having driven a car while under the influence of liquor in Glebe Road, Adamstown, on Aug. 25. Austen…

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EDITORIAL Stealing Faces Its Biggest Crisis

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 4

IT is no new crisis that faces the Commonwealth Finance Ministers at the conference which opens today in London. But it has now assumed such menacing…

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Police Thank Searchers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 6

The Officer in Charge of Newcastle Police sub-district (Inspector J. V. Hayes) said yesterday that the assistance…

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Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 6

A man who said he pretended he had been hurt in a hotel brawl to arouse his wife's sympathy was granted a decree nisi…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 6

BOUND OVER.—Austen Albert Tull, 35, dealer, was placed on a £10 bond for 12 months on a charge of having driven a…

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Cessnock Court (Before Mr. F. L. McNamara. S.m.) Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 2

Lionel Hele of [?] Alexander St., Kurri, was remanded on £200 bail to appear at Cessnock on Feb. 5 on a charge of…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 3

Penalties were: John P. Saunders, of Raymond Terrace, £3, and Frederick J. Croft, of Fassifern, £5, for…

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'Revenge' Murder, Police Say

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 4

CAIRNS, Tuesday.—An Albanian, charged with murder, told a detective, "I revenge, I lose my brother," police said…

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Interest In Life Found In Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A convict told Coburg Court to-day he escaped from Pentridge Gaol because he…

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Sea Captain on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Jan. 15. A.A.P.—Captain Franklin B. Weaver, master of the Isbrandtsen Line's freighter…

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Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 5

Eight undefended petitions were heard by Mr. Acting Justice Neild at the Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday…

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