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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 48 of 115

Mr. Monk Critical Of Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 3

HOBART, Thursday.—Recent actions by the Arbitration Court were a first step towards disintegration of…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 8

RIDER FINED.—Douglas Tasman Johnston, 50, was fined £10 for having ridden a motorcycle in Beaumont-street,…

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Deserter Gets 4 Years' Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 3

An Army deserter who jabbed a mate in the face with broken wine bottles at Maitland Park at night on April…

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Odd Angles on News Gaol End To Wild Air Ride

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 1

Two youths who had never had a flying lesson stole a plane, had a wild ride for 45 miles, and…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 6

DRIVER FINED. — Walter George Lott, 40 manufacturer, was fined £10 for having driven a lorry in Wharf-road,…

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£9533 Theft Is Alleged

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY.—A 28-year-old clerk, charged in Central Court today with stealing £9533 11s 2d, was…

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£80 Theft From Dartmoor Club

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 9

LONDON: Somebody stole £80 recently—from the Dartmoor Prison Officers' Club at Princetown…

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Young Man For Trial On Assault Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 3

David Francis Oakley (20), laborer, today was committed for trial in Newcastle Court on a charge of…

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No Hot Water So Landlady Goes To Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 11

NEW YORK.—A Brooklyn landlady, Mrs. Abe Lipkien, was sent to gaol for 10 days for not…

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Stop Press Queensland Police Reshuffle

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 12

BRISBANE.—In the greatest [?] transfer and promotion shuffle[?] Queensland police history, the Acting - Commissioner Glynn today…

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China Seen As Police State

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, June 22. A.A.P.—China under the Communists is fast becoming a highly centralised, tightly controlled and increasingly militarised police slate…

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Police "Blitz" Against Road Traffic Offenders

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: An all-out blitz against road traffic offenders on a scale never before attempted will be opened by the Police Traffic Branch tomorrow. All members of the Safety…

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Brazil Police Still Fight 96 Escaped Convicts

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 2

SAO PAULO (Brazil), Sun. (A.A.P.): The police appealed to-day for reinforcements in their battle with heavily-armed and desperate convicts who have escaped to the mainland from Anchieta Island prison…

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Maitland Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M.)

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 10

Walter Bede Kennedy (61) of no fixed place of abode was sentenced to six months' gaol on each of two charges of…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Airmen Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 2

Two young airmen, William Allan (26) and Robert James Forrest (21). were each fined £15, for taking and using a…

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Broken Hill Murder soldier Appears In Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: A young soldier, arrested at the Ingleburn military camp yesterday…

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Czech Hanged In Fremantle Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 3

PERTH, Monday.—Karol Tap[?], 22, a Czech migrant, was hanged in Fremantle Goal to-day…

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Man And Wife Sentenced: Convent Thefts

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 3

A 22-year-old man was sentenced to six months' hard labor and his 17-year-old wife was given a suspended sentence of three months by Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., at Cessnock…

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For Trial On Charge Of Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 6

At Newcastle Court yesterday, David Francis Oakley, 20, labourer, was committed for trial at Newcastle Sessions on…

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German Actress, Policeman Charged With Spying

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 3

KARLSRUHE, Tues. (A.A.P.): West Germany has taken action in its first espionage case, against a German actress and policeman. The charge is that the…

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