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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 115

Police Allege Victimisation

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

BRISBANE, Monday.—The names of 200 police figure in a list of promotions and transfers, the largest on record, which was announced to-day…

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Woman Found Not Guilty Of Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—A 30-year-old woman was acquitted in the Central Criminal Court to-day on a charge of having…

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Army Cook On Charge Of Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Detectives charged a man to-day with the murder of a 17-year-old girl at Broken Hill on…

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Busman Took Passengers To Police

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 3

MADRID: A Madrid motor-bus driver left his route and drove 27 passengers to a police station…

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Police "Failure" In Sly Grog Evidence

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY: The body of evidence before the Liquor Royal Commission showed complete lack of success by police to get evidence of sly grog selling in night clubs, the Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Maxwell) said today…

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Court Adjourns Hearing on Dockers' Award Case

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: The Commonwealth Arbitration Court adjourned until later this afternoon, an application by the State Dockyard management for an interpretation of the…

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Maitland Court Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 4

At Maitland Court yesterday Francis John Crosbie, 41, of Main-road , Holnesville, West Wallsend, was fined £10 for…

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

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

REMANDED.—Arthur John Wallace Boyd, 41, hotelkeeper was remanded till July 19 on four charges of false pretences…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwick[?], S.m.) Migrant Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 10

A New Australian who kicked, punched and called a special constable at the B.H.P. a "Fascist" was fined £5…

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Attendant Charged With Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 6

ORANGE, Tuesday. — An inmate of Orange Mental Hospital alleged in Orange Court to-day that he had been…

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£1000 Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY.—An agile thief clambered up a long ladder into a luxurious Pt. Piper home last night and…

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Gaol For Tricking Comedian

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—An Australian who posed as the owner of the fourth biggest sheep station in Australia…

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Soldier On Charge Of Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A 23-year-old soldier was remanded at Central Court to-day on a charge of murder…

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Woman Freed On Murder Count

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY Tuesday.—At the direction of the Judge, Mrs. Gladys Muriel Hayes, wife of John Frederick ("Chow")…

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Brazilian Escapees Evade Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 3

SAO PAULO (Brazil), June 24. A.A.P. — A group of heavily-armed escaped convicts from Brazil's "Devil's Island"…

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Police Display for Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 4

A police school lecturing display is to be given at Newcastle Show in February. The Officer in Charge of the…

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£1200 Lost From Police Safe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.[?] Mystery surrounds the dis[?]pearance of £1200 in [?] from a safe at police [?]…

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Police Get 150 In Road Blitz

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—More than 150 motorists were booked for driving offences to-day during an all-out blitz by…

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Judge Critical Over Police "Failure To Find Sly Grog"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Liquor Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Maxwell) said to-day that evidence before the Commission showed a complete lack of success by police to obtain evidence of sly-grog selling in nightclubs…

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Case in Court; Hours, Pay New Scheme On Cost Of Living

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A number of employers applied to the Arbitration Court to-day for: A reduction of the basis wage of most unionists to between…

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