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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

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To Qualify As Police Woman

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 July 1953 · page 8

Girls who wish to join the police force must be 21 years old, hold the Leaving Certificate—or be…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. H. Hardwicke. S.m.) Liquor Offences

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 July 1953 · page 4

Athol Le Roy Timmins; licensee of the Newcastle Hotel, was fined £10 with 12s costs for having supplied liquor after…

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Woman Fined For Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 July 1953 · page 2

A woman was fined £3 in Newcastle Court today on a charge of having assaulted a man…

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Charges Follow Assault On Girl

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — A 31-year-old man has been charged with assault and having committed an act of…

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Gaol Terms For Rioters In Germany

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1953 · page 1

BERLIN. July 21. A.A.P.—An East German Court at Dresden sentenced one man to life imprisonment, and 15…

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Car Cases Six Men Now Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 July 1953 · page 1

Three moire men were remanded in newcastle. Court today to Aug. 11 on charges…

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£360 Bail On Three Car Theft Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1953 · page 7

Sidney David Neal, 32, invalid pensioner, was charged at Newcastle Court yesterday with the theft of three cars…

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Lover's Blackmail Led to Murder!

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 July 1953 · page 15

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday (A.D.C.).—When Emily Kaye was neglected by her lover, Patrick Mahon,…

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Police Active In English Racing Mystery

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 July 1953 · page 15

LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.) : Detectives armed with descriptions off certain men are watching airports and seaports today for attempts to leave the country…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1953 · page 7

STOLE PEANUTS.—Reginald Thallan Brown, 25, labourer was fined £10 for having stolen a jar and 50 packets of salted…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1953 · page 6

DROVE UNDER INFLUENCE. —Joseph Griffith, 18, of Second-street, Weston, was fined £10 for having occupied the seat of…

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Court At Wallsend (Before Mr a S McDonald. S.m.) Adjourned

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 July 1953 · page 3

An adjournment to Sept. 9 was granted Trevor Lindsley Mitchell of Hunter St. Newcastle who war charged with…

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Five Years' Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 13

SYDNEY.—Keith Chatfield (22) a former Borstal boy from England, was gaoled for five years by…

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Man Charged 'Possibly Victimised'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 8

A man who, police said, probably had been the victim of a man who did not have a good reputation, was…

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Migrant Woman Fined For Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 8

A migrant woman was fined £3 at Newcastle Court yesterday, with £5/5/ professional costs and 12/ Court…

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Police Transfers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 2

The following police in the North-eastern Division have been transferred— Constables A. J. Tovey,…

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Man Given Chance, Then Sent To Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 12

A man who was given a chance to get work by Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., last Monday was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for theft in the Newcastle Court today…

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"Court-Martial"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 26

It was in the neat of battle, And he dropped his gun and ran. And the burly Sergeant shouted…

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Police "Friends Of Children"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 19

LONDON.—A policeman is the friend of good children, but he should be "a bad friend of bad…

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Man Thanked For Aiding Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Acting Premier (Mr. Galvin) to-day thanked Mr. Steve Ovcar, a migrant who…

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