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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 115

Gaol For Father Who Got Daughter (5) Drunk

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wed. (O.S.R.).—A judge yesterday gaoled Richard Miller, a 23-year-old Connecticut father, for getting his five-year-old daughter drunk on gin…

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Police Demand Civil Rights

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

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The New South Wales Police Association will send a deputation to the Premier (Mr. Cahill) asking for political and civil rights for police…

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Move To Police Smoke Nuisance

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 6

The big industries and some Government departments in Newcastle may be asked to pay for an officer to police smoke abatement in the city…

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U.S. Police Arms For Egypt

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

WASHINGTON, May 13. A.A.P.—America has agreed to sell "police equipment and materials" to Egypt…

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Police Refusal Of "Halt" Sings Nettles Aldermen

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 6

Newcastle Council was unlikely to obtain any satisfaction from its many requests to the Police Department on traffic matters until it could get a police officer to attend inspections with aldermen, Alderman A. Terry claimed today…

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Court Told Of Scuffle, Fatal Shot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Events allegedly leading to the shooting of a policeman were described in the Criminal…

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Vagrant Gaoled For Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 3

A 21 - year - old man charged with vagrancy and stealing property from A. F. Toll Pty. Ltd., was…

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Charge Of Assault On Father

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Victor Neil Raymond Tug-well, 29, plumber, of Mount Barker, was to-day remanded…

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No Penalty For Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, May 14. A.A.P,—A 16-year-old wife who shot her husband dead after a "few words over…

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Police Gun "Often Misfires"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Present types of pistols issued to the New South Wales Police Force often "failed to…

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Man "Like Madman," Court Told

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday—A taxi-driver said in the Criminal Court to-day that he had picked up a man near the…

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Missing People 150 Reports To Police In Year

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 6

Days, sometimes weeks, of anxiety for relatives lie behind the simple term "missing friend" on a police daily occurrence sheet. The location of missing,…

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Maitland Court Before Mr. V. R. Jenkins, J.p

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 7

REMANDED.—William Charles Seates, 22, business manager, of Belmore Hotel, High-street, Maitland, was…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 13

Penalties were: Nicholas Maniarizis, of East Sydney; Alexander R. Dunk, of Newtown; E. B. Cane, of…

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Murder Victim Unidentified

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 3

UPPER SANDUSKY (Ohio) May 15. A.A.P.—Pessimistic detectives are seeking a killer who shot his victim through…

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Murder Trial In Fourth Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Howell murder trial to-day was largely taken up by a series of witnesses claiming…

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Police Disperse March

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: Police today broke up a city march by 200 wharf tally clerks who went…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 7

John Patrick O'Brien, a British seaman, who disobeyed the command of his chief engineer and then "continually and…

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Hammers Drew Gaol Threat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday.—The Commonwealth Deputy Director of Health (Dr. Dowling)…

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Seaman Sent to Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1952 · page 11

John Patrick O'Brien, 41, seaman, was sentenced to eight weeks' imprisonment by Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., at…

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