Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Courts & crime, all years

Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

2,333 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 117

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 10

BIGAMY CHARGE. — Ernest Clifford Stock, 24, fireman, was remanded till Monday, on £40 ball, on a charge of having…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.M. Stole Overcoat

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 4

Keith Peters (130) laborer. was sentenced to three months' hard labor for stealing an overcoat valued at £9 10s from a…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Remand On Murder Count

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Friday. — James Robert Walker, 42, of Cunningham - street, South Yarra, was charged in the City…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Man Claims Thrashing By Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 7

A man charged with theft alleged he had been thrashed by police, it was stated in Newcastle Court yesterday…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 7

REMANDED.—Wilfred Reginald James 40, seaman, was remanded till April 1, on £10 ball, on a charge of having had…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Draper Charged With Receiving

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 4

A 27-year-old Greta draper, Robert Desmond Mcllwaine, was committed for trial at Maitland Court today on a charge of having on or about Dec. 8 received four rolls…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Woman Found Strangled; Man Is Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 4

PERTH: Grade Lillian Fanning (50), a war widow, of Bassenedan, was found strangled in the kitchen of her home last night and a man was later charged with wilful murder. The man was found in…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Police Arrest Extremists

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 5

NEW DELHI, Mon. (A.A.P.). — Police made a lightning raid on the headquarters of the Hindu…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Lost Cheques Handed to Police

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 3

Cheques worth nearly £800, which were lost from a truck travelling between Wingen and…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Maitland Court (Before Mr. F. P. Halpin. S.m.) Negligent Driving

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 4

Henryk Michalski, of Mayfield Migrant Hostel, was fined £4 8s with 12s costs on a charge of negligent driving. Police…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Damaged Door

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 9

Vincent Burnis (271, linesman, was fined £5 and ordered to pay £1 is 6d compensation when he pleaded guilty to having…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Three Die; Attempted Gaol Break

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 5

FORT WORTH (Texas), March 23. A.A.P.—Three prisoners were killed and one wounded in an attempt to…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Soldier Is Charged Over Death Of Trainee

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 2

WAGGA: In the Wagga Court today Donald Arthur Cross, soldier, of Kapooka, was remanded for 14 days on a manslaughter charge. He was charged following…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Court-Martial Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 3

The heading, "E. Cupit Guilty, but Insane" was used in error in yesterday's issue of "Newcastle Morning Herald"…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Turpin's Fight In Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 12

LONDON, Tues. (AAP): Randolph Turpin, contender for the vacant world middleweight boxing title,…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Police Arrest Soldier After Youth's Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Wagga detectives, investigating the death of an army trainee who was struck on the head by a…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 6

FOR TRAIL.—Report Desmond McElwaine, 27, draper, of Greta, was committed for trial at Maitland sessions on…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 8

REMANDED.—Ronald Alexander Ridley, 36, driver, was remanded till April 23, on £20 bail, on a charge of having…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Traffic Breaches

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 14

Penalties were:— Keith J. Southern, of Waratah St., Mayfield, £4 13s, with 7s costs, for failing to give way…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Soldier Gaoled For Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 8

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A Regular Army Staff Sergeant was sentenced in Central Court to-day to three months'…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →