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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

2,333 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 117

Maitland Court Before Mr. A.S. McDONALD S.M.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 6

BLANKETS IN CUSTODY.—For having had in his custody three blankets, which might reasonably be suspected of having…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. T.h.d. See, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 7

GOODS IN CUSTODY.—Noel Waters, 33, window cleaner, was fined £3 for having had in his custody, at Newcastle on Friday,…

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Cases Before Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 14

Gordon Francis Turks, 18, laborer, was remanded to April 22 on £10 bail on each charge of having had in his…

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Union Chief Charged With Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 8

NEW YORK, April 14. A.A.P.—The President of the International Longshoremen's Association has been charged…

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Alleged Theft Of Milk

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY.—A Newcastle lifesaver who went to the Maroubra Bay Hotel one Saturday night looking for…

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Gaol Food Strikers Punished

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Nineteen prisoners in Parramatta Gaol who staged a food strike, appeared before Mr. E. T…

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Mother Charged Over Death Of Own Baby

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY: A 30-year-old mother in the City Coroner's Court today was committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter of her newly-born baby. She is Mrs. Ellen How-…

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Newcastle Sessions (Before Judge Amsberg.) Sent to Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 14

James Richard Waiters (20), laborer, who pleaded guilty to having attempted to break and enter Charles Thomas's shop at…

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Sergeant's Promotion Police Chief Criticised

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The annual conference of the New South Wales Police Association to-day rejected a motion that promotion in the police force…

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Wharfies Defy Court; Port At Standstill

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 1

In defiance of a return-to-work order by the Federal Arbitration Court, striking wharflaborers in Newcastle today decided to remain out…

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Punching Denied By Police In Rail Case Pol

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 2

Denials that a young man had been punched during a three hours' interrogation at the Sydney C.I.B. to persuade him to admit that he had placed obstructions on the railway line at Gosford were made by a detective at Newcastle Quarter Sessions today…

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"Have To Be Killed" To Get Police Recognition

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY: A police sergeant told the annual Police Association conference today that it seemed to him that policemen "had to be killed" to receive recognition for meritorious duty. Sergt. W. Thomas was,…

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Court Told of Gamble Doyle's "Last Bid Failed"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Reginald Aubrey Doyle made "one last gamble to retrieve his fortunes" but failed. Detective Robert Walton said in Quarter Sessions to-day that Doyle had…

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Cessnock Court Before Mr. A. S. McDONALD S.M.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 8

BOND.—Neville Pointer, 21, of Shalamah-street, Cessnock was sentenced to three months gaol for unlawful assault. The…

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Newcastle Court Cases (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m.) Failed to Give Way

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 12

Noel Waters of Harriet St., Waratah, was fined £3 3s with 7s costs for failing to give way to a car on his right at…

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Man For Trial On Theft Count

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A man who claimed to be a member of Merewether Surf Club was to-day committed for trial…

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2 Former Police Officers Die

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Two former well-known Police Superintendents died suddenly to-day…

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Watersiders And The Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 2

No trade-union should have a clearer knowledge than the Waterside Workers' Federation of the futility of…

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Police Believe Missing Schoolgirl In Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY: Police believe that a 14-year-old schoolgirl missing from her home since early Tuesday is still in Sydney. The girl, Katherina Tesoriero, of Wematta-rd.,…

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High Court Fight For Baby

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mrs. Gloria Mace may move to keep her five-month old foster child…

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