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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 43 of 115

JsP. To Hold Mock Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 4

A cross-action for damages in connection with the erection of a fowlhouse will be staged tomorrow…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hard-wicke, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 7

STEALING.—John William Gatlan, 19, labourer, was fined £15 for having stolen a spare car wheel, tyre and tube,…

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Waterside Workers Defy Court— Govt. Stands Firm On Overtime Ban Issue

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA: The Government intends to maintain pressure on the Waterside Workers' Federation for its defiance of the Arbitration Court by refusing to…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Drove Under Influence

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 14

For having driven a utility truck on Pacific Highway, Adamstown, yesterday while under the influence of liquor,…

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Film Producer Goes To Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

HOLLYWOOD, June 5. A.A.P.—Walter Wanger, one of Hollywood's best known producers, to-day was routed…

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Gaol Rioters Given Extra Imprisonment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—Ninety of the 140 prisoners who rioted in Yatala Gaol recently have been sentenced by…

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Forbes Arrest On Car Theft Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 3

Forbes police had arrested a man on a property near Forbes by warrant on a charge of stealing a…

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Police Transfers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 2

Police on the North-eastern Division have been transferred as follows: Constables J Peter, from Lecton to…

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Farmer On Wife Murder Count

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 3

AUCKLAND, June 5. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Charged with having murdered his 51-year-old wife, Thomas James Hayr,…

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Boys Thanked by Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 3

On March 23 two boys helped police and ambulance men attend a boy, Malcolin McGeachie, who was injured…

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Police Thank Boy Rescuers

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 6

Police Inspector J. V. Hayes of Newcastle is anxious to contact two young boys who assisted…

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Mother's Impudence In Court

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 5

LONDON: When a 12-year-old St. Paul's Cray boy was ordered at Bromley Juvenile Court to be…

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Court To Hear Dispute Over Travelling Time

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY.— The Newcastle ship painters and dockers' strike has been set down for hearing by the Federal Arbitration Court in Melbourne on June 23, the Deputy Industrial Registrar (Mr. J. C. Welbourn) said today…

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Divorce Court (Before Judge Brereton) FULLICK v. FULLICK

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 2

The issues were found in the affirmative when Richard Fullick, of Swan St., Hamilton, sought a divorce from Vera…

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Bound Over For Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1952 · page 6

Reginald Linnerston 31, lab. outer, who pleaded "Guilty" at Newcastle Sessions yesterday to having assaulted Charles…

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Porter Charged With Thefts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1952 · page 6

William James Hartnett, 35, railway porter, of Maitland-street, Kurri Kurri, was remanded at Kurri Kurri Court…

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4 On Railway Theft Count

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1952 · page 1

After months of intense investigation in the Maitland district, police and railway detectives, in swift raids…

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Remand On Car Theft Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1952 · page 11

At Newcastle Court yesterday, Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., remanded John George Johansson, alias Raymond J…

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Intended To Cause Blast; Sent To Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday. — A carrier who was captured on the front lawn of a house in possession of a fuse,…

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Divorce Court in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1952 · page 6

Judge Brereton heard 12 undefended petitions at the Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday. FULLICK v. FULLICK…

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