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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 125

Six Months Gaol For Ex-Premier

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 8

GEORGETOWN (British Guiana), Tues. (A.A.P.).—Dr. Cheddi Jagan, deposed Premier of British Guiana…

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Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 8

In Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday, Barbara Delma Melwyn Martin, formerly Weber, of Awaba-street, Fassifern, sought…

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Mother On Charge Of Baby Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 3

Mona Veronica Wilson, 37, domestic, was charged in Newcastle Court yesterday, with having murdered her…

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Dentists Asked To Aid Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Police appealed to-day to any dentist who believed he could identify the denture of a…

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Girl (20) Jumped Into Harbor, Police Allege

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY: A 20-year-old girl jumped into Sydney Harbor as the liner Otranto sailed yesterday, because her sailor boy-friend left in the ship, according to statements in the Lunacy Court today. The girl was remanded…

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Crippled Boy Took Poison: Lunacy Court Story

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY: A 16-year-old boy told police on April 4 that he took poison because he had crippled hands and had lost his job, said police in the Lunacy Court today. The youth was…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 8

FINED £50.—Ronald Stanley Wood, 23, labourer, was fined a total of £50 on three charges arising from his riding of a…

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Maitland Court Before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 11

REMANDED. — Kevin John Tiedeman, 23, of Rose-street, Maitland, was remanded till May 17 on ball of £15 on a…

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Inquiry Into Stockton Bight Tragedy Sgt. Breaks Down In Telling Court Of Drownings

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 1

An Army sergeant broke down while describing the Stockton amphibious tragedy in the Raymond Terrace Coroner's Court today and was assisted from the court by the father…

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Ex-Premier Sent To Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 15

GEORGETOWN (British Guiana), April 13. A.A.P.—Dr. Cheddi Jagan, British Guiana's deposed Prime…

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Studley-ruxton Commission Constable Tells Of Assault Complaint

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY: Det. constable John William Heys, of the C.I.B., admitted in the Royal Commission toddy that a complaint about assaulting a man had been made against him about five years ago. Heys admitted to Mr…

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Shots By Police On Border

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 15

NEW DELHI, April 13. A.A.P.—French Indian police are alleged to have crossed into India last night and fired…

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Mother Of 4 For Trial On Murder Count

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 10

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A 29-year-old woman, mother of four children, was committed for trial, in the City…

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'Telegraph' Fined £500 By Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: Consolidated Press Ltd., publishers of the "Daily Telegraph," was fined £500 by the State Full Court today for contempt of court…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 10

REMANDED.—Colin Maxwell Anderson, 25, slaughterman, was remanded till May 26 on a charge of having driven a…

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Wedding Gift Led to Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 3

AACHEN, April 14. A.A.P.—A young German weaver, who caught a 1lb packet of coffee his aunt threw over the…

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Extra Gaol Term For Ex-Premier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 9

GEORGETOWN (British Guiana), April 14. A.A.P.—Dr. Cheddi Jagan, the deposed Prime Minister, who…

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"Earlier Complaint Of Assault" Admission by Detective

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Detective Constable J. W. Heys admitted at the Studley-Ruxton Royal Commission to-day that a complaint of assault was made against him five years ago…

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Woman On Charge Of Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY —A woman charged with having murdered her de facto husband wept in Central Court…

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Studley-ruxton Commission Detective's Denial Of Earlier Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY: Det. Const. John William Heys, C.I.B., today gave details at the Royal Commission of an incident five years ago which he said led to a complaint of assault against him—an assault which he had not committed…

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