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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 125

Promise to 'Tell All' on Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—The wife of a former C.I.B. car driver said today that her husband would reveal names of police alleged to have accepted bribes from a two-up school only to a Royal Commission…

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"Coups Tried Often," Court Told

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 15

LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.).—A coup of some kind is tried almost every week on British racecourses. Harold…

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Woman In Court On Arson Count

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A woman was charged in Lidcombe Court to-day with having started two fires at Granville…

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Shelley Winters Takes Marital Fight To Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 1

SANTA MONICA (California), Mon. (A.A.P.): Actress Shelley Winters carried her marital fight with her Italian husband, Vittorio Gassman. into the courts today. She filed a separation…

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U.S. Court Strikes Blow At Film Censorship

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Mon. (A.A.P.): The U.S. Supreme Court today delivered a new blow at film censorship by ruling unanimously that State boards cannot ban a film on the ground that it is "immoral" or tends to promote crime…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 4

DRUNKEN DRIVING.—Lynton Roy Turner, 39, weaver, of Neville-street, Rutherford, was fined £15 for having ridden a…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 7

FOR TRIAL.—Leslie Mervyn Blanch, 18, labourer, and Colin William Gregory, 20, labourer, were each committed for trial…

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Court At Newcastle (Before [?] R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 13

John Francis Healey (22), laborer, was remanded until Feb. 15 on charges of having on Dec. 2 taken and used a…

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Magistrate On "Betting Lure"

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 5

LONDON.—Herbert Arthur Hoven, 30, a postman at the London South-East District Office, was…

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Gaol Escapee Returns In 24 Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— Donald Edward John Dunn, 24, a former member of the famous "Bent Trey Gang" in…

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Big Car Theft Ring Cracked "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 3

NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—A ring of international car thieves that made a fortune has been broken up. F.B.I. agents said this…

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Police Chief's Bribery Report

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: The N.S.W. Police Commissioner (Mr. C. J. Delaney) will today give the Premier (Mr. Cahill) all information he has gathered on charges that some police have accepted…

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Thallium Case Puzzles Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Two outstanding Homicide Squad detectives have been assigned to a thallium poisoning case. The victim, Nora Helen…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. HARDWICKE, S.M.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 15

REMANDED.—John Francis Healey, 22, labourer, was remanded till February 15 on £50 bail, on charges that, at…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 9

CYCLIST FINED.—Joseph Arnold Townsend, charged with having driven a motor-cycle while under disqualification of…

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Court Welcome to Magistrate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 11

Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., was welcomed back to the bench at Wallsend Court yesterday by Mr. J. K. Williams and…

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Troops Sentenced In Korea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 20. A.A.P. —Only one British soldier had been court-martialled in Korea during hostilities on a charge…

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'Bad' Books Bring Gaol Terms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 4

LONDON, Jan. 20. A.A.P. —Two British book publishers at the Old Bailey yesterday were gaoled for six months,…

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Four Years's Gaol For Clergyman

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 4

LONDON. — Stated to have been vicar of Portesham, Dorset, since 1932. a clergyman hobbled on…

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Former Boxing Champion Sent To Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 27

LONDON, Thurs. (AAP) — Former British lightweight champion, Tommy McGovern, 29, was…

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