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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

2,333 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 117

Police Seeking Motorist

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 June 1953 · page 2

Police are searching for a motorist whose vehicle injured Chris Tnocovich, 53, at Islington on…

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No Police Aid' For Evictions

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

MELBOURNE, Sunday.— The State Government had instructed the Victorian police force not to help evict…

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36 Charges Of Car Stealing

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 7

Three youths appeared in Newcastle Court this morning on 36 charges of car stealing…

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Clerk In A.L.P. Office Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mavis Grove, 46, of Pymble, a former clerk in the New South Wales branch of the A.L.P.,…

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Murder of Woman Detectives Get New Clues

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: Police activity in the Shirley Butler murder case has been revived and detectives today are following a new line of inquiries. New leads which they…

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Coronation Touch At Drunks' Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 12

SYDNEY.—There was a Coronation flavor in Central' Court today when 14 of last night's celebrating…

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Migrant On Charges Of Assault

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

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Detectives investigating the murder of Shirley Butler to-day charged a 27-year-old Polish…

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Supreme Court at Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 5

The list for Maitland Supreme Court, presided over by Mr. Justice Brereton tomorrow at 10.30…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 12

Penalties were:— SPEEDING: John E. Parsons, of Main St., Kahlbah, £6 3s with 7s costs; Arthur C…

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Court at Wallsend (Before Mr. A. S. MacDonald, S.m.) Four Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 12

"Only a gaol sentence will steady you up and you are certainly heading for it," Mr. MacDonald told Barry Alfred…

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Kurri Court (Before Mr. R. G. Wright and V. H. Prince. J.'sP.)

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 4

Keith Thomas Wiseman. 30, millhand of Vincent St., Cessnock, pleaded guilty to a charge of having driven a motor-cycle…

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Boys And Girls In "Startling" Assault Case

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 7

LONDON. — Boys and girls from a Shropshire village have appeared at Wellington juvenile court…

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Man Seen Near Butler Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — A Pole had been identified as a man seen hurrying along a Waverton street about the time Shirley Butler died on a nearby allotment…

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Court Decision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. —The Full High Court will give its decision to-morrow on whether the Arbitration Court…

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Police Hunt For Killer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 3

LONDON, June 3. A.A.P. —Scotland Yard continued its search to-day for the killer of Barbara Songhurst, 17, whose…

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Police Probe Homebush Blast

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 9

SYDNEY, — Police are investigating an explosion early today which shattered six windows at the back…

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Saw Mother Struck With Axe, Woman Tells Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: A 22-year-old aborigine woman sobbed in Central Criminal Court today when she told how her father had struck down her mother with an axe at the Collarenebri aborigine camp on Dec. 13. Roy Dennison (49)…

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Newcastle Court (Before Mr. R. Hardwicke, S.m.) Sold Adulterated Meat

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 2

Kevin A. Lake, of Pacific Highway, Charlestown, was fined £2 with 12s costs for having sold rolled beef which was…

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Kurri Court (Before Mr. A. S. McDonald, S.m.) Negligent Driving

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 3

Louis Jean Ardilly, of Ocean Ave., Double Bay. pleaded not guilty to a charge of negligent driving in Northcote St., Kurri…

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Indefinite Gaol for Contempt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Richard Basil Scudds was sent to gaol to-day for an indefinite period for contempt of Court. Scudds failed to comply with…

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