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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 54 of 115

Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Indecent Language

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 9

Alexander McIntyre, 37, laborer, was fined £3 for using indecent language at Belmont yesterday…

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New Move By Police On Taxi Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Detectives left Brisbane to-day in a special police car along the 650-mile Brisbane to…

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Railman Gaoled For Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 8

LIGHGOW, Wednesday.—In Lithgow Court to-day a railway way enginedriver was sentenced to three months' gaol for theft…

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Son's Assault on Father

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—A Criminal Court Io-day found Victor Neil Tugwell, 29, of Mr. Barker, guilty of…

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Man for Trial; Murder Count

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 7

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.—A soldier to-day was committed for trial on a charge of having murdered a 17-year-old girl. The soldier, Gilbert Ryan,…

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Police Theory On Death

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY.—C.I.B. detectives investigating the death at Appin of Leonard Wilton Wonson have so far…

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Police "Equal To Best"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 2

The New South Wales police force was equal to any in the world, Sergeant R. B. Blake, of Newcastle Police, told…

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Quarter Sessions in Newcastle (Before Judge Brereton.) Bond for Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 15

Thomas James Hann, 39, shiftworker, pleaded not guilty to having assaulted Ronald Beresford Fenton, causing him…

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Traffic Court's Quick Turnover

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 7

Wallsend Court collected £139/4/ in fines and costs for undefended traffic offence in a little more than an hour…

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Women Go To Court Over Piano

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 3

In Cessnock District Court today Judge O'Sullivan returned a verdict for £165 for a woman against…

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"Should Equal Sydney's" Martin On Local Court Facilities

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY: While the incidence of crime in Newcastle was no greater on a population basis than elsewhere in the State, its size and importance demanded court…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 15

Keith Turner Robinson (30), mercer, was further remanded until July 28 on a charge of having committed an…

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Quarter Sessions in Newcastle (Before Judge Brereton.) Man Sentenced To 4 1/2 Years' Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 9

Percy Alfred O'Brien, 33, shop assistant, who had pleaded guilty, was sentenced to three years' hard…

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Lesson On Burglary Fell Flat "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 6

NEW YORK, July 10—Crosby Littlejohn, an expert burglar, made one bad mistake when he…

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2 Thieves Pose As Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Two men posing as police robbed a manufacturing jeweller of two bars of gold valued…

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Divorce Court in Newcastle (Before Judge Brereton.) IRWIN v IRWIN

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 2

Elma Amy Irwin (formerly Suters) of Beaumont-st., Hamilton, sought a divorce from Robert Lindsay Irwin of…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 4

William Victor Seth Osland (39), truck driver, was bound over for 12 months when he pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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Court At East Maitland (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.) No Radio Licences

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 2

Herbert Thomas Wells of Byron-st., Beresfield, was fined £7 with 12s costs for not having a broadcast listener's…

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Gaol For Theft From Car

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1952 · page 8

A man described by police as an active thief and an associate of criminals was sentenced to 12 months' gaol by…

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Young Women Charged With Stealing Ring

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1952 · page 7

Detectives arrested a girl of 17 and a woman aged 23 in a Newcastle shop yesterday morning soon after two…

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