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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

2,333 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 61 of 117

Police Dogs In Security Watch On The Canal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 11

BONN (E. Germany) : Several dozen British police dogs specially trained for "criminal work," have been flown out here and gone into action all over the Suez Canal Zone…

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High Court Move In A.E.U. Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A High Court order was sought to-day to compel the Arbitration Court to show…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 9

DROVE UNDER INFLUENCE. —William Dow, of Rawson-street, Cessnock, was charged with having driven while under…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hard-wicke, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 10

REMANDED. — James Wheelan, 33, labourer, and John Delaney Barton, 49, dealer, were remanded till to-morrow…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 4

Aubrey L. Hall of George and Seventh-sts., Lambton, was fined £5 with 12s costs for having driven his car…

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Alfie Sands Charged In Court With 3 Offences

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 2

Middleweight boxer Alfred Allan Sands (23) faced three charges in Newcastle Court today. They were: Failing to stop after an…

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Woman Charged With Shooting Mayor

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

ROCKHAMPTON, Wednesday. — A woman had told a detective-sergeant she knew she would have to kill the Mayor of Rockhampton "sooner or later," it was alleged in the Police Court to-day…

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Police Chief Farewelled

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

Police officers farewelled the retiring Superintendent of Police (Mr. Swasbrick) at Newcastle City Hall yesterday…

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Seven to Die for Ritual Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 1

MASERU (Basutoland), Thurs. (A.A.P.). — A native chief and six other Africans were sentenced to death yesterday after being found guilty of ritual murder…

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Tributes For Retiring Police Chief

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

Speakers praised Police Superintendent J. W. Swasbrick at a police farewell yesterday afternoon…

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Calcutta Police Fire On Crowd

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

CALCUTTA, July 15 A.A.P.—One person was killed and four injured to-day when police opened fire on a crowd…

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Court Gives Men Chance

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 16

In two cases at Newcastle Court today Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., gave the defendants a chance…

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Pullet Lays Eggs In Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 4

LONDON. — Patricia Pullet, exhibit A in a chicken - stealing case, brought off a hat-trick at…

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Court Against A.E.U. On Ballot

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 2

MELBOURNE: Application by the A.E.U. for a High Court order to stop the Abritration Court from dealing with officials for the refusal to supply information for a…

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Shot Dead On Day He Was To Be At Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 2

A man found dead on a mattress in the bedroom of a house at Stockton with a rifle beside him, had been…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Unlicensed Driver

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 22

Raymond Albert Collier (29), laborer, was fined £[?] for having driven a car without a licence, £8 for giving a false…

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Reprieve Saves Sentenced Man

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Friday (A.D.C.) — When a man was convicted of murder and sentenced to death, it…

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Two Men Hurt; Man Charged

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

SYDNEY, Thursday.— Two men were injured in a smash between a tram and a lorry in Botany-road, to-day…

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Scandal 'Clouds' Theft Case "Herald" Service

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

LONDON, July 16. — The trial of 12 men accused of having stolen £200,000 worth of jewels from the Begum Aga…

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What's In A Name Old Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 4

Newcastle these days is remarkable for a city of its size in that it does not possess a gaol, but the one that it did have more than euough. About 1817 a new arrival would be told that the…

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