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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 40 of 125

Murder Charges Against Youth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 4

WELLINGTON, April 27. A.A.P.—An 18-year-old apprentice was committed for trial in the Supreme Court to…

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Boast Led To Charge Of Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 3

TORONTO, April 27. A.A.P.—A murder charge was laid against Bruce Maclean who was said to have boasted…

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Many Japanese Join Police

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 5

TOKIO.—Applications for the Japanese police force have increased because of growing…

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Drunken Man In Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 7

A drunken man appeared befre Mr. T. H. D. See, S.M. in Belmont Court yesterday. After his name had been…

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Police Say Man Cut By Bottle

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 17

SYDNEY: A New Australian had smashed a full bottle of lemonade over a man's head, then jabbed the broken edges into his face, Sgt. A. J. Sharp told Balmain Court today…

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Woman Hurt In Fall At Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 24

BRISBANE: A woman prisoner fell over the verandah railings at Brisbane Police Court today 25ft. to…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 7

REMANDED.—Mathew Maurice Mosely, 51, and Thomas Gregory Donoghue, 50, labourers, were remanded till…

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Seven Years' Gaol For Manslaughter

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE.—Murray Smith (38), bank security officer of Albert Park, was found guilty…

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He Wanted To Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 12

The locksmith felt the hair at the nape of his neck slowly…

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Police On Guard At Wool Ship

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 1

Security precautions have been taken 6n the loading in Newcastle of the last wool to go to Russia this season…

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Police Screen Royal Garden Party Guests

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 7

ENTEBBE (Uganda), Thurs. (A.A.P.): Security police yesterday scrutinised all guests before they were admitted to the wooded gardens of Government House for the Royal garden party. Police kept a close watch…

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Police Concern Over Rising Road Toll

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: Police were gravely concerned at the continued growth of road and street accidents during 1953. the Commissioner of Police (Mr. C. J. Delaney) states in his annual report released by the Premier, Mr. Cahill…

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Police Dog On Scent Grabs Thief

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 27

LONDON (O.S.R.).—Alfred William Rogers, 59, briner, of Meakin Estate, Decima-st,, Bermondsey…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 11

TO TERALBA.—Sydney Haigh Hendrie, 35. process worker, was remanded to Teralba Court to-day on £5 bail on charges of…

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Man Charged After Mishap

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday. —Canberra police to-night charged a man with driving under the influence and…

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Alleged Theft Of Union Funds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 5

NEW YORK, April 29.—Joseph Ryan, retired lifetime President of the independent International Longshoremen's…

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Mother On Charge Of Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 10

SYDNEY, Thursday. — The mother of three children was remanded till May 7 in Central Court to-day on a charge…

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New Traffic Police Chief

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. —Superintendent H. E. Snowden has been appointed Police Superintendent of Traffic in…

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Poison Planned, Police Believe

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY: C.I.B. detectives investigating the mysterious poisoning of three members of a western suburbs family now lean to the theory that the poisoning of at least one of…

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Poisoning Puzzle For Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Detectives investigating the triple poisoning of a western suburbs family are concentrating on…

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