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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

2,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 60 of 115

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 5

DRUNKEN DRIVER. — William George Smith, 24, of Portland-place. New Lambton, was fined £15 for having driven a…

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Cessnock Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood. S.m.) Sold Undersized Fish

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 10

Three fishmongers were fined when they pleaded guilty to having sold undersized fish at Cessnock on June 4…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 4

James McDonald (22), laborer, was fined £5 for using Indecent language in Hunter-st. yesterday…

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Youth for Trial; Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The City Coroner (Mr. E. J. Forrest) found to-day that Peter Mannington Harvie, 17, murdered Joseph Edward Fisher, taxi-driver, near Church Point, on June 28. He committed Harvie for trial. Bail was refused…

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Cessnock Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 8

BEFORE MR. F. WOOD, S.M. YOUTH GAOLED.— Mr. Wood told a youth who naked for lenicnoy, after admitting to…

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Daughter's Fiance's Death Murder Charge Against Woman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 1

COWRA, Tuesday.— A 50-year-old woman, of Noonbinna, near Cowra, was arrested to-day and charged with the murder of her daughter's fiance…

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Wedding Poser for Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The validity of a marriage ceremony from which the bride fled as her tram driver-suitor placed the ring on her finger will be decided by the State…

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Police Probe of Death At Hospital

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 3

Detectives investigating the sudden death of Mrs. Euphemia Maxwell Blakemore at the Mater…

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Masked Robbery Charge In Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: A man alleged to have assaulted and robbed an elderly woman while he was masked was refused a line-up at Central Court today…

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£10 Fine For Trying To Bribe Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 9

Neville Goodwin, 36, showman, was fined £10 by Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., at Newcastle Court yesterday, for…

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Pie Thrown at Police Car Men Stop When Burton Barred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Police prevented Dr. Burton from using loudspeakers to address a lunch-hour street meeting of Bunnerong workers to-day…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 9

BEGGAR GAOLED.— For having begged alms In Hunter-street West, yesterday morning, Robert Redding, 85, pensioner,…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 3

Eric William Hurst, 46, carpenter, was fined £10 for driving a truck in Maitland-rd., Islington, on July 26 whilst…

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Theft of Tyres

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 July 1952 · page 3

KATOOMBA.—Thomas Hilton, 23, of Wellington, and William John Wilson, 20, of Newcastle, were…

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Gaoled For Wire Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 July 1952 · page 2

Two men who told a railway detective that they "wouldn't mind doing a bit of boob," were obliged by…

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Former Racehorse Owner Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 July 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Raymond Patrick Formosa, who formerly owned the champion galloper San Domenico,…

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Two Gaoled For Tyre Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 July 1952 · page 4

KATOOMBA, Wednesday.—Charged with having stolen two tyres and two tubes valued at £130, the property…

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Gate Crash In Gaol Escape

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 July 1952 · page 8

WINDSOR (Vermont), Wed. (A.A.P).—Two convicts, one of them a murderer, escaped from…

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Klan Wizard Is Sent To Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 July 1952 · page 1

WHTTEVILLE (North Carolina), Wed. (A.A.P.)—Thomas Hamilton, 44, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, was sentenced…

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Klansmen Sent To Gaol

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

WHITEVILLE (North Carolina), July 31. A.A.P. — Thomas L. Hamilton, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan,…

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