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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 115

Court at Maitland Before Mr. F.R. Wood. S.M. Landowner Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 June 1952 · page 7

Peter Alan Reynolds of Duninald, paterson, was fined £10 with £3 witnesses expenses and 12s court costs for falling to…

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New Gaol Riot

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 5

SOLELAD (Calif.), Mon. (A.A.P.).—A riot by prisoners at Solelad State Prison was broken up early…

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Punishment For Mosque Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 6

HYDERABAD—15-year-old boy caught stealing a clock from a mosque here had half his face…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 10

Eric Edmonds, alias Hugh Robert Ohehir (27), baker, was fined £20 for stealing a wristlet watch and a cigarette…

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Wounded Man Charged With Shooting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday,—Police to-day charged Alfred Arthur Dale, in Parramatta District Hospital, with having shot at…

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Girl-Murder Charge: 2nd Remand

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY: Gilbert Ryan, 23 soldier, of Broken Hill, was demanded a second time by Mr. Denton, S.M.,…

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Police Blitz On Vehicles Near Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: Traffic police concentrated on vehicles in the vicinity of hotels at closing time last night in a…

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Police Protect U.S. RACKETS "Herald" Service

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

WASHINGTON, June 30.—A review of Washington scandals, published to-day, is a sizzler in its indiciment of the police. The investigators…

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Maitland Court Before Mr. F. R. WOOD, S.M.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 4

SIX MONTHS' GAOL.—Keith Mervyn Bridge 23, of Farley, was sentenced to six months' gaol for having, at Kurri Kurri…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 6

REMANDED—Raymond Wallace Gibbs, 27 clerk, was remanded till August 11 on a charge of having ridden a…

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Man Charged With Murder: Bones In Log

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 3

Detectives at Gilgandra have charged a man with murder after finding human bones near a…

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Clothing Theft At Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 3

Suits and mercery valued at £175 were stolen from the premises of Cox Bros. Ltd., Cessnock, last night…

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Five Years For £670,000 Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, July 1. A.A.P.—Jeanne d'Aro Michaud, 35, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment by a Carson…

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Bolt Found In Taxi Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: Detectives have taken possession of a 10-inch bolt which possibly was used to murder taxi-driver William Corbett (30). The bolt was found in a…

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Brisbane Police Move Reversed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The decision to transfer eight detectives to uniform duty was reversed by the Police…

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No Extra Police At Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 4

Additional police at Lambton would not be justified, the Police Department advised Newcastle City Council last…

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Rise "Lost By Court Deadlock"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Three thousand metal trades workers at Cockatoo Dockyard had been deprived of pay increases…

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Builders' Move On Court Ballot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — An application for a court-conducted union ballot to elect officers for Victorian…

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Cessnock Court Before Mr. F. WOOD, S.M.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 5

ILLEGAL USE.—Alfred Edward Smith of Millfield, miner, was fined £50 for having illegally used a car owned by…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 5

REMANDED.—Hendrinkua Griald Balm, 20, hotel porter, was remanded till to-morrow on a charge of having bad in his…

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