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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

2,333 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 117

Wandering Woman Found By Police

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 5

MELBOURNE: An elderly woman for whom police had been searching in thick scrub at…

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Japanese Seamen In Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 3

RABAUL, April 5, A.A.P. Reuter. — The master of a Japanese fishing craft was charged in Rabaul District…

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4 Murder Charges In Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 3

PERTH, Monday.—Samuel Johnson Haning. 47, of East Perth, was charged to-day with having murdered his brother,…

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Police Kill 22 Of Gang

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 2

NAIROBI (Kenya), Tues. (A.A.P.) : Heavily-armed police and Kikuyu home guards…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Cyclists Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 4

Two men were each fined £5 after pleading guilty to having ridden bicycles while under the influence of liquor. They were…

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Gaoled For Stealing Car Radio

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 16

A 36-year-old man was sentenced to 12 months' hard labor in Newcastle Court today for stealing a…

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Rural Cooperative On Theft Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 4

WINGHAM, Tuesday. —Wingham Rural Cooperative Society Ltd. was charged at Wingham Court to-day with…

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Lionel Lee On Charge Of Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Lionel Richard Lee, 32, was charged at the City Watch-house this afternoon with the…

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Artist On Morals Charge Says: Thought Police "Robbers"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Killara artist and designer Douglas Shanton Annand, 50, told Central Court to-day that he had thought police who seized him in Chatswood Park…

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Court Makes No Order On Union Ban

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. L. P. Austin, a Federal Conciliation Commissioner, refused to-day to order members of the…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. HARDWICKE, S.M.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 5

REMANDED.—Thomas Blanch, 51, greengrocer, was remanded till April 17 an £30 ball on a charge of having sold two…

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Wallsend Court (Before Mr. F. P. Halpin, S.m.) Offensive Behavior

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 14

Kenneth John Williams (30), laborer, and Donald Smith (30). miner, were each fined £2 for offensive behavior at Wallsend…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m.) Traffic Breaches

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 14

Penalties were: Speeding: Barry J. Gill, of Henry St., Wickham, £5 3s. with 7s costs; Alexander…

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Year's Gaol For Theft Of Car Radio

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

James Douglas, 36, labourer, was sentenced yesterday to 12 months' gaol for having stolen a car radio, valued at £58,…

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Magistrate Farewelled

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

Solicitors farewelled Mr. F. P. Halpin, S.M., at Wallsend Court yesterday. Mr. W. G. Cannington…

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Hostel Theft Denied

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

Theft of various goods valued at £10 from a canteen at the Mayfield migrants hostel was denied by Jaroslav…

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Murder Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 3

LAC DU FLAMBEAU (Wisconsin). Wed. (A.A.P.)—Two Indian boys, aged 16 and 13, today faced…

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Man Held On 1951 Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A 22-year-old labourer was charged to-night will the murder of Simon Platt, a Sydney tailor, on October 15, 1951…

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Police Seek Widow's Missing Son

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Police are searching for John Edward Ronayne, 9, son of Mrs. Thelma Ronayne, widow,…

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Police Hunt Migrant In Desert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 4

DARWIN, Wednesday. —Two police parties and black trackers mounted on camels are searching for a Ukranian…

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