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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 125

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 7

BOUND OVER. — A charge against William Barry Morisey, 21, labourer, of having driven a lorry in Maitland-road,…

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Shirting Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 3

ROME, Feb. 21. A.A.P.—Thieves stole 2½ miles of shirt material from a warehouse at Bologna last night…

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Cancer Victim Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A 55-year-old woman cancer victim was charged at Ryde Hospital yesterday with having…

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Three Months For Theft Of Racquets

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 14

Two men who pleaded guilty in Newcastle Court today to the theft of three tennis racquets, the…

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Little Help in Train Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Only 12 passengers had offered assitance following the murder of a man on theh South-west Mail train yesterday, Superintendent Ramus said…

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Line Search In Train Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY: Detectives investigating the Perkman murder in the South West Mail early on Saturday, are now searching every inch of the line between Goulburn and…

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Clue Lacking In Young Man's Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Police inquiries into the murder of a 27-year-old invalid pensioner in Stephenson-street,…

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Flood Delays Court Case

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 14

The absence of two witnesses doe to the flood conditions stopped a court case from being completed at…

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Man Told Not To Argue With Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 14

"Don't argue with me," Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M. told a man who said in Newcastle Court today that…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Stole From Woman

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 14

Desmond Vincent Dearing, 20, airman, was fined £10 for having stolen a coat a pair of earrings, part of a packet of…

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Murder Charge After Fight

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 9

SYDNEY, Monday.—Moree police to-day charged a man with the murder of a railway fettler…

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Police Links with Clubs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Evidence at the Liquor Commission warranted an inference that night clubs sometimes were forewarned of police visits, Mr. Justice Maxwell said in his report…

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Police Guards For McCarthy

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 8

NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.): A special police guard was given to Senator McCarthy when he arrived in Philadelphia today. Sen. McCarthy arrived…

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Fair-Haired Youth Sought In Perkman Murder Case

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: C.I.B. detectives investigating the Perkman murder are seeking a fair-haired youth, who left the South West Mail at Mittagong station about 5.30 a.m. last Saturday. Olaf Perkman (40)…

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Police Talk To Many On Killing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—Detectives have interviewed scores of people in a bid to solve the murder of a 40-year-old…

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Judge Takes Up Supreme Court Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Justice Maxwell resumed duties on the Full Bench of the Supreme Court to-day…

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Charge "All Lies," Man Tells Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 7

"That's a lie," said Sidney Vincent Monroe, 47, labourer, when charged at Newcastle Court yesterday with having…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 7

REMANDED.—Joffrey George Flanders Lackey, 24, clerk, was remanded till March 22, on £20 ball, on a charge of having…

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Police List Of Flood Casualties Feverish Activity for Show Opening Tomorrow

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 3

KYOGLE: Police here have released their first complete casualty list. Squads of men are working feverishly to have all in readiness for the opening of the 1954 Newcastle Show tomorrow. With the return to warm,…

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Cessnock Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m.) Traffic Fines

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 4

Walter Lavender, of Neath Rd., Cessnock. was fined £5 with 12s costs for having failed to give way to a vehicle on his…

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