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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

2,333 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 117

Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D See, S.m.) Motorist Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 2

John Thomas King (24), cleaner, was fined £5 for having attempted to put a car in motion in Telford St. on Feb…

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A Boy—a Girl and a Murder!

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 12

Newcastle, Tuesday.—The true dramatisation of this famous murder trial will be heard over Station 2HD…

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Police Drag Yarra For Body

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.— Dragging operations to-day failed to locate the body of Stephan Kripak, 24, who is…

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Police Warn On Sales Bidding

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 2

Inspector E. S. Fairlamb, of Maitland Police, yesterday addressed sellers and buyers at Maitland saleyards…

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Maitland Court Before Mr. F. P. HALPIN, S.M.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 4

DRUNKEN DRIVING.—Raymond John Mason. 21 seaman of Heshbon-street, Gateshead was fined £15 for having at…

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Doctors Sued By Doctor Court Asked to See Scar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Monday.—Mr. Simon Isaacs, Q.C., for Dr. Henry Michael Price, said in Wollongong District Court to-day that he would seek a closed court to-morrow so a witness could show Judge Nield and a jury his appendix…

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

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

OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR.— Harry Dwyer. 48. labourer was fined £2 for having behaved in an offensive manner in…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. A. R. Raschke, S.m.) Bonds for Drivers

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 10

Two motorists, charged with having driven while under the influence of liquor, were each, given bonds of £30 to be of…

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Murder Mystery Revived

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—The most talkedabout murder mystery known in the courts of…

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Gaol Term For Offence On Girl

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 13

A 20-year-old laborer, Kevin Ralph Maxwell, yesterday was found guilty on each of two charges of…

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Court Did Not Like Books

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 5

LONDON. — A London publisher, Arthur Hodgson, of Green Lanes, Finsbury Park, denied through his…

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Court Closed for Vice Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Feb. 10. A.A.P.—Pat Ward, 19, main witness for the prosecution, gave evidence in secret for two hours and 45 minutes to-day in the vice trial of…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. Raschke, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 5

GIVEN BONDS.—Arthur Harold Phipps, 31, instrument maker, was placed on a £30 bond for two years, when he…

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Postman Fined for Stealing

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 20

LONDON: At Guildhall Ernest Jennings, aged 54, a postman, of Hawkstonerd., Rotherhithe, pleaded…

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Gaol Terms For Thefts Of Letters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 9

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Alfred Jesse Kemsley, 39, Oxford-street, Paddington, G.P.O. letter-sorter, was sent to gaol…

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Full Court Reserves Judgment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— The State Full Court to-day reserved judgment on a challenge to the appointment of…

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Court Reserves Decision on Challenge to the Election

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: In the Industrial Commission today, Mr. Justice de Baun reserved his decision on the preliminary points raised in the Newcastle Trades Hall Council dispute…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 10

FINED FOR BETTING.— Ronald Alexander, 39, labourer, was fined £20 for having been in Hudson-street, Hamilton, on…

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6 Months' Gaol for Perjury

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 9

After sentencing a man at Newcastle Sessions yesterday to six months' imprisonment on a charge of perjury, Judge Amsberg committed the chief witness for the defence for trial on a similar charge…

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Clerk Gaoled 4 Years For £5000 Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 10

SYDNEY, Thursday.—An airlines clerk who allegedly had gambled away £5000 of his employer's money was…

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