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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 115

German Police Fire On Reds: Youth Killed

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 2

ESSEN, Mon. (A.A.P.): A youth teas killed and two injured yesterday when police opened fire to break up a demonstration by 3000 Communists. One policeman also was…

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Man May Die, Court Is Told

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 3

In Newcastle Court today Mr. T. H. D. See, S.M., refused bail to a New Australian charged with…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 7

Norrie Guest (20), laborer, of Darwin St., Beresfleld, was fined £2 for having used indecent language and £2 for…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m.) Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 7

Albert Edwin Verey (48), accountant, was remanded until June 19 on a charge of driving a car in Chatham Rd.,…

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£1000 Bail on Theft Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 6

Two men were charged before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.M, at Newcastle Court yesterday, with having stolen nickel…

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S. Australian On Assault Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 6

HAY, Monday.—Victor Nail Raymond Tugwell, of Longborne's Creek, South Australia, was to-day remanded in…

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Murder Evidence Ruled Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday. — Counsel for the defence succeeded at a murder trial to-day in having excluded the evidence of three policemen who spoke to a man after he had…

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Gaol Hunger Strike Is Ended By Gas Attack

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 2

NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.): A gas attack on 120 convicts today broke a four-day hunger-strike in a prison at Angola (Louisiana). The convicts went on strike against working long…

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Holiday Aid For Country Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.— The State Government will assist police in the Far West to enable them to have a holiday…

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U.S. Court To Decide On Steel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 1

WASHIINGTON, May 12. A.A.P.—Argument on President Truman's seizure of the steel mills to avoid a strike…

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Strike "Wrong:" Court Work Ordered At Kembla

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 4

The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission yesterday ordered unions involved in the dispute at the Australian Iron and Steel Company's works at Port…

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Police Chief Once Tried To Stow Away On Ship

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 4

Forty-nine years ago a broad shouldered, sea-minded youth attempted to stow away on a German sailing ship at Newcastle, but a minute before sailing time he was discovered huddled in a pile of rope on the forepeak…

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A.I.S. Dispute Jurisdiction Of Court Queried

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 3

The secretary of the Disputes Committee of Newcastle branch of the Metal Trades Federation (Mr. A. Ailwood) today questioned the jurisdiction of the State Industrial…

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Reject Court Order Move To Stay Out At Kembla

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 1

WOOLONGONG, Monday.—The district committee of one of the unions involved in the Port Kembla steel dispute has moved to reject the Industrial…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 7

REMANDED.—Albert Edwin Verey, 48 accountant, was remanded till June 19 on £20 ball, on a charge of having…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 2

william McGregor, greengrocer, of Vincent St., Cessnock, was fined a total of £22. and ordered to pay £ 4 4s costs,…

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Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Undersize Fish

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 2

William J. Asquith, of Nelson's Bay, was fined £5 with 12s costs for consigning nine cases of undersized bully…

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Government Charged By Treatt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The leader of the New South Wales Opposition (Mr. Treatt) to-night accused the State…

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3 Remanded On Nickel Theft Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 7

Three men were charged before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., at Newcastle Court yesterday with the theft of nickel…

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"Night Club Queen" Sent To Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 3

LONDON, May 13. A.A.P.—A "night club queen," who was arrested a month ago in a swanky 12-room Mayfair flat, was sent to gaol for one year for conspiracy to defraud…

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