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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

2,333 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 117

Road Levy "Valid": High Court's Majority Ruling

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: The High Court today, by a majority of four to three, declared "good and valid" the N.S.W. Transport Act imposing a road levy on motor transport engaged in interstate carriage of goods. The majority consisted of…

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F.E.D.F.A. 'May Quit Court'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association might consider withdrawing from the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 9

STOLE SPEEDOMETER. — William Charles Nicholas, 23, labourer, was put on a £20 bond for 12 months when he…

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Court Upholds Magistrate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The State Full Court to-day upheld a magistrate's decision dismissing charges by two men against a police sergeant…

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Men Charged With Rape

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 3

Two young men were charged at Newcastle Police Station yesterday with having raped a 17-year-old girl near…

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Assault To Cost Migrant £100

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 10

While agreeing that a New Australian, Silvano Strazzary, had been provoked "to a degree," Judge Amsberg at Newcastle Quarter Sessions today ordered him to pay…

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Partner Cleared Of Murder Count

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Justice Brereton to-day directed a Central Criminal Court jury to acquit a King's Cross…

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Police Inquiry "Hampered"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 4

Police had been hampered in their inquiries into the deaths of two men killed when a motor-cycle struck a straying horse, the Maitland Deputy Coroner (Mr. V. R…

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Police Seek Blood Tests For Drivers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. — The appointment of divisional doctors to take blood and other tests of people charged with…

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Need For Better Court Building

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 4

The building in which the Court of Petty Sessions was held at Teralba was not in keeping with the justice to be…

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Court Grants Man Right To Evict Mother

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 11

SYDNEY, Thursday.— The Supreme Court to-day gave permission to a man to evict his mother from his home…

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Bid To End Wage Case Court Will Hear Plea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday. — The Arbitration Court decided to-day to hear the A.C.T.U's. application for the immediate dismissal of the employers'…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 7

REMANDED. — Christopher John McIntyre, 35, labourer, was remanded till April 23, on £60 ball, on a charge of…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Sold Liquor

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 10

Thomas Blanch. 51, greengrocer, who pleaded guilty to a charge of selling two bottles of wine while not being a…

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Police Promotions Announced

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY—Promotions of senior police officers were announced today. Mr. J. H. J. Magnay…

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Police Corner Two Gunmen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, April 19. A.A.P. — Bullets whined through the lobby of the fashionable Atlantic Towers Hotel,…

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Rules Kick Rouses The Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 8

SYDNEY, Sunday.—An Australian Rules footballer started a burglar alarm ringing when…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m.) Slaying Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 2

The magistrate ordered that the information against Kenneth Lay butt (25), laborer, charged with having feloniously…

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Court Tributes To Gaol Recorder

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 12

Tributes to the memory of the late Warder Miles Dempsey, who for years was gaol recorder at Maitland…

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Top Police Officers Promoted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Commissioner of Police (Mr. C. J. Delaney) to-day announced promotions for…

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