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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

2,333 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 117

Photo Finish Put Cashier In Gaol "Herald" Special

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 10

LONDON, Feb. 5.—Handsome 32-year-old Roland Charles Fogden, a former bank cashier, has begun a five-year gaol sentence because of a horse's nose…

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Youth Given Bail On Murder Count

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 10

SYDNEY, Thursday.— Charged at Central Court to-day with having murdered John Graham at Concord on…

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£1000 Reward Offered In Girl's Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The State Government will offer £1000 reward for information leading to the…

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Police Guard On Italian Tanker

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 1

SUEZ, Fri. (A.A.P.).— Police pickets were ordered to guard the Italian tanker Mirlella when she…

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High Court Move On Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.— Notice was filed in the High Court to-day of intention to apply for the winding up of…

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Court Defends Doctor's Honour In Will Case "Herald" Service

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

LONDON, Feb. 5.—The jury probably wished there was some law that prevented old ladies from making wills, commented Mr. Justice Barnard in the Probate Court. He was summing up in a…

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Kurri Court Before Mr. F. P. Halpin, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 9

UNDER INFLUENCE.—George Anthony Hetherington, 42, of Wermol-street, Kurri Kurri, was fined £15 for having driven…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 10

REMANDED.—John Malcolm Wade, 32, mechanic, was remanded till March 5, on £20 ball, on a charge of having…

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Impostor Sent To Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—A man described as a "first-class impostor" was sentenced in Central Court to-day in six…

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Police Net Spread For Doyle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Police were intensifying their search for Reginald Aubrey Doyle, 41, of Clontarf, Chief of the…

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East Maitland Court "Swamped"

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

The Maitland Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. F. P. Halpin) told parties in defended cases at East Maitland Court…

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Car Lifts Police Off Their Feet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1953 · page 4

The motor-car had driven the policeman off the beat, the Commissioner (Mr. C. Delaney) said yesterday. Mr. Delaney, who was…

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Shops Order Invalid, Court Rules

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1953 · page 13

SYDNEY, Friday.—A proclamation exempting shops fitted with freezing units from the operation of the Factories…

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Clerk's £5252 Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: All of £5252 stolen by an airlines clerk from his employer had…

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Young Joyrider Sent To Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 2

Neville Robin (19), laborer, was sent to gaol for three months by Mr. See, S.M., in Newcastle Court today for having used a motor-cycle without the consent of its…

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Murder After Mystery Call

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 2

BRISBANE: Betty Thompson Shanks had received a mysterious, apparently upsetting, telephone call two days before she was brutally murdered, a witness told the…

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Man On Attempted Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 9

SYDNEY. — A 50-year-old man appeared at the Hornsby Court today charged with the attempted…

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True Details of Murder Trial

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Monday. —Tonight at 8.30, Newcastle radio listeners will be entertained with the…

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Police Seek Mystery Driver Of Doyle Car

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: C.I.B. detectives investigating the Placer Development share certificate swindles are trying to trace a woman who is reported to have driven Reginald…

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Police Break Up Gang Of Boy Thieves

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.— Yew detectives have broken up a gang of five 13 and 14-year-old boys alleged to have…

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