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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

2,333 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 117

German War Bride Sought For Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, Feb. 3. A.A.P.—Police were to-day seeking Ildegard Garni Pelton, 32, a German war bride…

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Counsel Tells Court: Surgeon Was "Supervised"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.—Two doctors had been assigned to supervise a surgeon operating at Wollongong District Hospital after other doctors had…

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Police Say Man Shot At Three In Street

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 13

SYDNEY: A pensioner who allegedly fired his shotgun at a woman and her two young children and wounded them at Leppington last night had had a complex for some years that people were trying to steal his fowls, Liverpool Court was told today…

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Police Searching For Mysterious 'Third Man' In Shares Probe

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Police are looking for "Hie third man," a mystery figure believed to have been implicated in the circulation of forged shares in Placer Development Ltd. The chief of the C.I.B…

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Court At Wallsend (Before Mr. F. P. Halpin, S.m.) Two Charges Dismissed

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 13

Robert Maxwell Metcalfe of Hill St., Lambton, who pleaded not guilty to driving a motor car at Cardiff on Jan. 24…

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Man Charged 'Feared Theft'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 10

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A man charged with malicious wounding had a complex that people were trying to steal his…

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Suitcase Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 2

A suitcase owned by the State Secretary of the Ironworkers' Association (Mr. A. B. Cameron) was stolen ill…

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Big Rum Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 8

BRISBANE, Wednesday.— Detectives are investigating the theft of 282 gallons of overproof rum from Beenleigh…

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Taxi Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 8

LONDON.—John Howard Godar, 31, film cameraman, of High St., Uxbrirdge, Middx., was remanded in…

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£1000 Murder Reward

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 1

DUBBO: The N.S.W. Government is offering £1000 reward for information leading to…

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More German Police

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 4

BERLIN, Thurs. (A.A.P.) —The West Berlin Lower House last night decided to increase the frontier…

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Gaol For U.S. Official: Red Link Sequel

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 6

NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.): William Remington, a former United States Government economist, was sentenced today to three years' gaol for perjury committed while defending himself against accusations of Communism…

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Youth Allowed Bail On Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY.—An 18-year-old press hand, Robert Malcolm Walden, of Glebe, charged with murder, was…

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Murder Charge on 15th. BIRTHDAY "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—A good-looking, well-mannered Bronx high school boy had his 15th birthday yesterday—and was charged with murder Police said he had confessed…

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Police Urge Care Against Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 2

The heat indicated that an early return of the fire hazard was possible, the Superintendent of Police (Mr…

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Licensing Court In Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 7

Additions to the Parkview Hotel, Islington, estimated to cost £952, were approved by the Licensing…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 8

REMANDED.—Arthur Charles Lynch, 38, milkman, was remanded till March 2, on £20 ball, on a charge of having…

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Woman Choked Baby, Then Buried It, Court Is Told

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 3

BRISBANE: A couple of days after the birth in a tent of a baby girl in 1950, according to evidence at the Police Court today, Josephine Ellen Molloy said she had choked it, put it in…

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Coroner Finds Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday. —A 30-year-old motor mechanic was to-day committed for trial on a charge of…

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Stowaway Questioned On Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Police closely questioned a stowaway who arrived in Sydney today for implication in the…

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