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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 52 of 115

Court At East Maitland (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.) Speed Dangerous

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 2

George Douglas of Third St., Weston, was fined £30 with 12s costs for having driven a motor car on New England…

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Father Charged With Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 8

GILGANDRA, Wednesday.—Thomas George Bonham, 25, was charged in Gilgandra Court to-day with having…

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Assault Victim

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 2

Taxi driver Arthur Morris, of Paddington, who told police he had been bashed by two men in…

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Gaol Sentence Chosen by Girl

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

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A girl to-day chose gaol in preference to voluntarily entering a conventual institution. The girl, Patricia Ann…

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Murder Hunt In S-West

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: The hunt for the murderer of a taxi-driver, Athol McCowan (23), at…

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Woman's Murder Jealousy As Motive

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 4

LONDON, July 2. A.A.P.—A tempestuous love affair was behind the murder of Christine Granville, 37, a Polish countess who became a British secret…

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Gang Takes Murder Trial Witness 'For Ride'

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 2

NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.). — A key witness in a murder trial was found killed in gangland fashion today — he was "taken for a ride." Basilio Paiutta, 52, a bar…

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Promotion By Merit In Police Force

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Outstanding merit, rather than seniority, may decide promotion in the New South Wales…

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Onlookers Wounded In Police Chase "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 4

NEW YORK, July 2.—Police wounded and recaptured an escaped prisoner in a city street yesterday, after they had…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Bound Over

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 12

John Arthur Hughes (19) was bound over for 12 months when he pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing an electric motor,…

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Two Charged With Murder Cabman's Death

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

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two men were charged to-night with the murder of a…

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Taxi-driver's Death Two Charged With Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY: Two young men today were charged in Central Court with having murdered taxi-driver William Vincent Corbett on June 28 at Chippendale…

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Police Say Boy Admits Murder

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

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—A well-built youth of 17 appeared in the Adelaide Juvenile Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Leslie Finch, 65, a West Australian prospector,…

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Southport Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Two Brisbane C.I.B. detectives investigating the Southport taxi murder on May 22…

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Disturbed In Theft Of Copper Wire

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY; Watch man james Pike, employed by a firm at Botany fired two shots into the ground…

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Court Ruling On Dockyard

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE: The Arbitration Court in Melbourne today ruled that in some circumstances workers at the State Dockyard in Newcastle covered by the Ships Painters and Dockers'…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. K. Wardell, S.m.) Indecent Language

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 9

William Lambert (261, seaman, was fined £3 for using indecent language in Scott St. yesterday…

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Murder Of Taximan; 2 Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Two 21-year-old men were charged in Central Police Court to-day with the murder of William…

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4 Young Men Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 3

Three young men were charged at Cessnock yesterday with breaking, entering and stealing…

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Youth To Face Murder Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Friday.—A 17-ycar-old youth was committed for trial in the Adelaide Juvenile Court to-day on…

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