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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 31 of 125

Inquiry On Police To Go On

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The State Government will allow the Studley-Ruxton Royal Commission to continue, it was…

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Stockton Bight Army Tragedy "Open Court" Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The circumstances in which three Service trainees lost their lives in Stockton Bight would be fully investigated in open court…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 8

BOUND OVER.—On a charge of having driven a panel van in Scott-street, Newcastle on August 29, while under the…

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Theft Of Bricks; Two Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Sunday.—Two men have been arrested in Canberra following police investigations into the…

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Gaol For Assault On 'Wife'

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY: A man who assaulted his de facto wife, mother of seven of his children, was sent to gaol…

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Compensation Ordered For Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 3

An ex-jockey had committed a cowardly and vicious assault on a young slightly-built man, Judge…

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Police Seek "Detective"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 4

BRISBANE, Sunday.—Police are searching the city for a man they wish to question in connection with the…

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Move For Police Laboratory

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Detective Sergeant P. A. Clarke, Chief of the C.I.B. Scientific Investigation Bureau, will…

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Man Who Set Fire To Home Sent To Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY.—A 39-year-old man who set fire to his wife's home while his eight-year-old son was…

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Rhee Sacks Chief Of Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 5

SEOUL, March 28. A.A.P.-Reuter.—President Syngman Rhee dismissed Le Sung Chu from his post as head of South…

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Projector For Police Lecture Squad

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 9

Projector equipment valued at £450 will be presented to the police school lecturing squad at the…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. L. E. Stapleton, S.m.) Assaulted Wife

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 9

Patrick Gustin Anderton (37), laborer, pleaded guilty to having assaulted his wife, Florence May Anderton at…

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4 Years' Gaol For Burning Wife's House

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 9

SYDNEY, Monday.—A man who set fire to his estranged wife's home was sentenced to four years' gaol…

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Murder Trial Over Death Of Fiance, 73

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Louisa Chapman, 58, was to-day committed for trial on a charge of having murdered her…

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'No Need' for Police Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—There was ample provision to deal with offences by policemen, the Premier (Mr. Cahill) said in a broadcast to-night…

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Police Advise Against New Garage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 2

The Police Traffic Department has advised Newcastle City Council against granting permission for a service…

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Film Unit For Police In Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 2

The Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) last night handed over £400 worth of film equipment to the police schools…

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Court Finds Against Ship's Pilot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Supreme Court to-day found that the senior pilot of the Port of Sydney had acted…

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Court Told Of Train Shooting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—The City Coroner (Mr. E. J. Forrest) was told to-day that Ronald Holl, 24, labourer, had admitted having shot Olaf Perkman, 40, a…

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Man Wins Own Court Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 6

A man who conducted his own defence was acquitted at Newcastle Sessions yesterday on a charge of receiving. The man, Reginald London, 38, labourer, pleaded…

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