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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

2,333 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 57 of 117

Marginal Rates Set By Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 July 1953 · page 4

Marginal rates for sections of employees in three of the heavy industries were fixed yesterday by the Full…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. K. A. Waddell, J.p

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 July 1953 · page 7

REMANDED. — John Daily McGaurin, 46, Soldier, was remanded till July 10 on a charge of having driven a car…

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Penalties Bid Direction Move In Court To Be Dropped

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Winsor would be directed not to proceed with his court application for the reduction of railway-men's penalty rates, Mr. Martin said to-night…

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Clerk "Entirely Innocent" Of Two Murder Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 July 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE: A clerk charged with the murder of two men at a Launching Place guesthouse on Saturday night was "entirely innocent," Mr. F. Galbally told the City Court today. Mr. Galbally was…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Carried Rifle

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 July 1953 · page 9

Victor Brisbane Tucker (26), seaman, was fined £5 in default 10 days' hard labor, after pleading guilty to having been…

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Man Charged With Assault On Girl

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Police charged a 30-year-old labourer to-night with having assaulted a 12-year-old girl at North…

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Hotel Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 6

About £100 in cash and a quantity of cigarettes were stolen from the bar of the Golden Fleece Hotel, Scone,…

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Stop Press £1500 Payroll Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 16

MELBOURNE.—A gunman wearing motor cycle gobies held up a company director outside his factory at Brunswick this afternoon and…

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2 Years for Valve Theft

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

Two men who stole £286 worth of air valves and gaskets and sold them as scrap for £30 were sentenced in Maitland Quarter Sessions yesterday to two years'…

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S.M. Rebukes Woman For Stealing

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

SYDNEY, Monday. — A woman who involved five young children in stealing was rebuked by Mr. Tunchon,…

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Double Murder Counts Denied

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Counsel for a man charged with a double murder and attempted murder said to-day that he was innocent…

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War Hero Involved In Aga Khan Gem Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 3

AIX-EN-PROVENCE {France), Tues. (A.A.P.): Colonel) Lindsay George Watson (50), Franco-British hero of two world wars, was alleged to have been the main "tip-off" for a gang charged with robbing the Begum Aga Khan of about £200,000 worth of…

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Police Fire On Strikers

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

ASANSOL (West Bengal), July 6. A.A.P. — Six people were killed and 11 injured when Police opened fire…

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Police Give Blood For Detective

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 3

Detective Don Pratt, ill in the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, has been receiving blood transfusions over…

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Kate Leigh in Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—Kathleen Ryan, known as Kate Leigh, 57, of Roscoe-street, Bondi, appeared at Central…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. U. A Hardwicke, S.m.) Licensee Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 14

John Clover Williams, licence of the Criterion Hotel, Carrington, was fined £5 with 12s costs on a charge of having…

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Court at Cessnock (Before Mr. A. S. McDonald, S.m.) Indecent Language

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 14

John William Goodall of Cessnock-rd., Weston. was fined £4 for having used indecent language…

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Gang Eludes Police

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

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — A gang of thieves in a stolen sedan cluded 20 police cars after a high-speed chase…

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Young Girl Clears Men Accused of Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 July 1953 · page 16

Newcastle, Wednesday (A.D.C). — In a dramatic and true interpretation Station 2HD brings you…

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No Court Move to Withdraw Penalty Rates Application

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 July 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: No request was made to Federal Conciliation Commissioner V. G. Hall today to withdraw the application by the Commissioner (Mr. Winsor) for…

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