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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 125

Police Appeals Case "Not Probe Into Whole Force"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: "This board is not a Royal Commission of inquiry into the activities of the police force generally and, speaking for myself, I have no intention of allowing it so to…

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Police Chase Man At 65 Miles An Hour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 6

A constable travelling at 65 miles an hour had been unable to overtake a motor-cyclist at New Lambton on October 21,…

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Court Story by Buyer Gravel Contractor "Offered Bribe"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 6

Austin St. Clair Hurn had offered a bribe to find out how much other contractors had rendered for a contract to supply 36,000 tons of gravel to Wangi power station, a Railways Department buyer said yesterday…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. L. C. Stapleton, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 6

REMANDED.—Louis Sweeney was remanded till March 23, on £20 ball, on a charge of having driven a car at Pacific…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. L. C. Stapleton, (S.m.) Illegal Liquor

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 14

Baden Powell, of Carrlngton St., Mayfield. was lined £3 with 12s costs for having been found in the Shortland Hotel,…

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Man "Taught Murder"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 5

NEW YORK, Feb. 16. A.A.P.—A Brooklyn butcher, accused of running a teen-age "murder school," and two of…

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Supreme Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 8

Mr. Justice McClemens will preside at the first week of the sitting of the Supreme Court, to begin in Newcastle on…

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2 Youths Saw Way Out Of Bendigo Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Two 19-year-old convicts escaped from Bendigo Gaol last night by sawing through a steel…

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New Evidence Move In Murder Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 6

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A move to call news evidence in the Ferguson murder case was made in the Court of Criminal…

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Stop Press Police Appeals Upheld

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 20

SYDNEY: Appeals by two police sergeants against fines imposed on them by Police Commissioner Delaney for neglect of duty in…

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Court Reserves Judgment On Contempt Action

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 16

SYDNEY: The Full Supreme Court today reserved judgment, on a contempt of court action against the…

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Police Inspector Orders Dr. Evatt To 'Move On'

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA: A police inspector accosted the Opposition Leader (Dr. Evatt) in the precincts of Parliament House yesterday and told him to move on. At the State Banquet last…

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Surprise Move in Police Case; Hearing Is Adjourned

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: There was a surprise move today in the Crown Employees' Appeals Board hearing involving two police sergeants and an alleged bribery incident near Thomas's…

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New Sensation In London Murder Case Suicide In German Wood Is Latest Episode

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Wed., (O.S.R. And A.A.P.): Another astounding episode in this amazing gentlefolks' home murder case occurred yesterday when a pistol shot ended the life of a modern, bearded pirate-smuggler, Ronald…

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Cessnock Court Before Mr. F. WOOD, S.M.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 7

ILLEGAL BETTING.—David Keirs, John Alfred Crowe and Rupert Westbury were each fined £20 for illegal betting on…

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Newcastle Court (Before Mr. L. C. Stapleton, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 8

REMANDED. — Thomas Marcineak, 32, labourer, was remanded till next Tuesday on £6 bail, on a charge of having…

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Wallsend Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.) Two Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 19

Richard Carl Gagler. of Harris St., Cardiff, pleaded guilty to having illegally taken and used a motor cycle, the…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. L. C. Stapleton, (S.m.) Traffic Breaches

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 16

Speeding: Keith Fowler, of Werribi St., Mayfield, £15; Allan Y. Shaw, of Clarke St., Wallsend; Edward J. Punshon,…

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2 Police Win Appeals Against Fines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Crown Employees' Appeal Board to-day upheld appeals by two police sergeants against fines for alleged neglect of duty…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 7

REMANDED.—Leslie Eastiake, 43, pastrycook, was remanded till April 6, on £20 bail, on a charge of hacing driven a car in…

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