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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

2,333 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 73 of 117

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 9

BOND.—Robert Eric Thompson, 48, fitter, was placed on a £20 bond for 13 months on a charge of having driven a car…

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Divorce Court At Newcastle (Before Judge Clegg) Smith v. Smith

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 6

Desertion was the ground on which Florence Eileen May Smith (formerly Mortlock), of Albert St., Spcers Point…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 6

Kenneth Laybutt (25), laborer, was remanded to Sept. 16 on £150 bail on a charge of having feloniously slain Ronald…

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Man Charged With Double Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 2

LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.).—Alfred Charles Whiteway (22), laborer, was charged at Richmond with the…

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Young Man Charged On 2 Murders

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Aug. 20. A.A.P.—Alfred Charles Whiteway, 22, labourer, was charged at Richmond, Surrey, to-day with…

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Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 9

Judge Clegg heard three undefended petitions at Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday. In each case he found…

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Court Order to Migrants

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 9

SYDNEY, Thursday.—An application for an injunction to restrain Commonwealth Hostels Ltd., from evicting 45…

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Supreme Court Rules On £2700 Bill By Dentist

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: The Full Supreme Court today refused to order an American dentist to supply further particulars of a £2700 fee for treating a Sydney man and his daughter…

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Motor Trader Tells Court: No Emergency Petrol Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 6

A Newcastle motor trader said yesterday that he had never been asked to make an emergency sale of petrol after hours. The trader, Isador Miles…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 9

THREE ON BOND.—Three men were put on a £20 bond for two years, two for having stolen steel goods, the third…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 10

John Brady (651), laborer, forfeited ball of £2 when he failed to appear on a charge of having wilfully trespassed…

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Battery Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1953 · page 2

Batteries valued at £87/10/ were stolen from West End Motors, Tudor-street, Hamilton, early yesterday morning…

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Youth Arrested On £417 Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1953 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Friday.—Detectives to-night detained a 15-year-old Victorian youth at Adelaide railway station…

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Man Sent To Gaol For Assaults

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1953 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—A 50-year-old man was sentenced to-day to five years' gaol for indecent assaults on three girls…

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Prisoner Shot In U.S. Gaol Riot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, August 21. A.A.P.—A prisoner was shot and killed and two others badly wounded when they rushed the walls of the Washington State Reformatory in…

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Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1953 · page 15

Judge Clegg heard two undefended petitions in the Newcastle Divorce' Court yesterday. The issue was found…

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Wife, 2 Men on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1953 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday. — Following the death of Roy Allan Ferguson, 39, to-day, his wife and two men were charged with murder…

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Murderer Aids French Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1953 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Friday.—John Balaban, in the condemned cell at Adelaide gaol, completed a questionnaire this week…

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Court Upholds Jury's £9800 Award

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1953 · page 15

SYDNEY, Friday.—An appeal by the Commonwealth against an award of £9800 by a Supreme Court jury this…

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Court Action On Spray To Mark Thieves

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1953 · page 8

LONDON, August 21. A.A.P.—The makers of a device to spray identifying indelible dye over hit and run…

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