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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

2,333 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 41 of 117

N.U.R: Appeal To Court On Margins

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—The National Union of Railwaymen has appealed to the Arbitration Court against a…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 12

REMANDED.—Albert Joliev, 36, labourer, was remanded till Monday on a charge of having stolen £30, the property of…

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Supreme Court Case Adjourned

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 2

The suit by Johnston against two Macquarie St. doctors was adjourned by the Supreme Court today…

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Solicitor Faces Lunacy Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: A Sydney solicitor stated in the Lunacy Court today that a Macquarie-st. psychiatrist who had examined him this morning and recommended his detention at…

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Alfie Sands in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 3

Middleweight boxer Alfie Sands (23) appeared in the Newcastle Court this morning on two charges…

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Police Seek Driver Who Gave Aid

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 9

Newcastle police are anxious to contact the driver of a semitrailer who gave assistance to an…

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Versatility Needed By Police At Week—End

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 1

Policemen have to be versatile these days—thief-taking is only one of their accomplishments. Over the weekend Sergt. S. Handcock and Constable…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S M.) Profane Language

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 9

John Alfred Barry, 32, rigger, was fined £5. in default 10 days' hard labor, on a charge of having used profane language…

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Dracula Mystery In Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

MANILA. Tues. (A.A.P.). —A strange complaint by a gaoled 18-year-old girl that an "unseen dracula"…

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Police Seek Bomb Suspect

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 3

MEXICO CITY, Monday (A.A.P.).—Mexican Government agents today ordered the arrest of a…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 6

REMANDED. — Alfred Allan Sands, 23, labourer, was remanded till June 29, on £50 ball, on charges of not having…

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Murder Charge At Bellingen

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 2

BELLINGEN.—Carl Gerard Perry (43), farmer of Repton, was charged in Bellingen Court today with…

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Reds Charged With Vanity And Waste

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 5

MOSCOW, Wed. (A.A.P.)—"Pravaa," the Soviet Communist Party newspaper, has accused party…

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Farmer On Charge Of Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 3

Police charged a 43-year-old dairy farmer with murder after a man was shot dead at Bunganden, near Bellingen,…

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Family Of 10 Killed In Crash; Driver Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 1

BELVEDERE (New Jersey), Tues. (A.A.P.).—John Scarantino (21), lorry driver, who was involved in an accident which killed 10 members of one family, pleaded guilty today to causing death by a motor…

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Court Order On Aquatot

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 1

MIAMI (Florida), Tues. (A.A.P.): A juvenile probation officer said today he was making "every effort" to find Bubba Tongay (7) and take him from his parents, who were trying to escape from a public clamor raised by the death of their swimming daughter…

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Forbes Accused Of Court "Dramatics"

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: Bankrupt financier John Woolcott Forbes said in the Bankruptcy Court today that he "would rather cut his hand off" than sign someone else's name for monies received. Forbes denied he had…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m.) Negligent Driving

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 13

Luka Dejanowicz, of Dickenson St., Charlestown pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent driving in Brunker Rd…

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Postal Theft "Dreadful"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 5

LONDON. — Miss Margaret Connolly, 60, of Dulwich, a temporary postwoman, was gaoled for…

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Progress Body Seeks Police Patrol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 4

Warner's Bay Progress Association decided last night to ask the Police Department to provide a conveyance for…

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