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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 115

7 Years' Gaol For Slaying

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1952 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday.—A builders' labourer convicted by a Criminal Court jury on Wednesday for the manslaughter…

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Counsel For Police At Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. A. J. Goran, a Sydney barrister, will represent the Police Department at the Royal…

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Divorce Court in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1952 · page 6

Judge Brereton heard 14 undefended petitions at Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday. WORTHINGTON v. WORTHINGTON…

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Defendant Faints In Court Room

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1952 · page 7

A man who collapsed in Newcastle Court yesterday during the hearing of a charge of having driven under the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1952 · page 7

FOR TRIAL.—John Gustav Johansson, 31, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen a Holden car valued at…

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Foreign Office Man Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 June 1952 · page 3

LONDON, June 15. A.A.P.—A Foreign Office radio operator was yesterday remanded in custody for a week on a charge of having passed on secrets to a…

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A.w.u. to Await Court Decision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 June 1952 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A.W.U. members will be told to continue to work under the present pastoral award. A rowdy meeting at…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Fought in Street

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 June 1952 · page 10

Two laborers, Roy Robins (19) and Percival Harold Bannister (18), were fined 30s and 20s respectively for fighting in…

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Theft From City Bowling Club

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 1

Five fruit machines valued at £375 each were stolen from the City Bowling Club last night…

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3 Years' Gaol for Thefts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 6

Raymond John Clyde, 32, labourer, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment by Judge O'Sullivan at the Maitland Quarter Sessions yesterday. The sentence will date from…

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£250 Theft Of Jewellery AT Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 10

Thieves at the week-end broke into a jeweller's shop owned by Victor Edward Harris in Vincent-st. and…

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Armoured Police For Egypt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 1

CAIRO, June 16. A.A.P.—The Egyptian Government is organising an armoured police force of 5000 officers and…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 10

John Edward Crowsen (26), truck driver, changed with obtaining £5 by means of a valueless cheque from Neil…

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Chinese Assault Smashed

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 5

SEOUL (Korea), Wed. (AAP-Reuter): Allied troops held a western Korean height…

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£250 Theft From Jeweller

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 2

Police are investigating the theft of Jewellery worth £250 from the premises of Mr. V. Harris, jeweller, of…

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Double Assault Costs £26

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 7

For having assaulted his brother-in-law, William H. Mowbray, of Lewers-street, Belmont, on December 3,…

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Murder Charge Withdrawn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A Chinese seaman, charged with murder on the high seas, was freed of that charge in the City Court this morning…

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Gaol For Attack On Woman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A soldier was sentenced in the Criminal Court to-day to 10 years' gaol for the attempted…

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Bus Driver Charged After Smash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 7

Following a collision between a bus and a car at Belmont on October 19, Kenneth Morris, of Daniel-street,…

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Woman Said Poison Rumors Worried Her, Court Told

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: A woman who has been charged with the murder of two husbands had told him she had been worried about rumors concerning her second husband's death, a doctor…

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