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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 64 of 125

Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D See. S.m.) Unclean Premhses

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 29

For having failed to maintain premises in clean condition Edward George Woods, off Hunter St., Wickham, was fined…

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Girls Charged With Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 1

Pauline Yvonne Parker and Juliet Marion Hulme. This picture was taken when they appeared at court in Christchurch…

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Natives Sentenced

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 5

WEWAK, Fri.: In the Wewak Supreme Court yesterday, Mr. Justice Gore recorded sentence of death…

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8 N.G. Natives Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 1

WEWAK. July 15. A.A.P. Reuter.—In the Supreme Court to-day Mr. Justice Gore sentenced to death eight…

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Clerk For Trial; Murder Count

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.— At the conclusion of an inquest on six-year-old Pamela Walton, of Illawarra-road,…

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Girls Shrugged At Charge Of Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 1

(N.Z.): Friday (by Radio-Telephone) : Two teenage girls shrugged their shoulders and smiled when charged with murder in the Christchurch Magistrate's Court today…

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Store Murder of Man Aged 80

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—An 80-year-old storekeeperm was found murdered near Bathurst to-day. A 36-year-old man is being sought…

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Life Term To Migrant For Wife Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 12

BRISBANE, Thursday.— Hyrhorij Kowalski, a Ukrainian migrant, was sentenced to-day to life imprisonment for…

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Big Police Hunt for Killer of Old Man at Bathurst

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 3

BATHURST: Police in three States have been alerted to trap an on-the-run murderer who had a 15-hours start. The killer's motive was…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 11

DRIVER FINED.—Rupert Leslie Norman, 41, hire car driver, was fined £10 for having driven a car in…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 13

Henry Roy Brittain, 20, laborer, did not appear to answer three false pretences charges, and his ball of £200 was…

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2 on Stealing Charge Freed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 July 1954 · page 17

SYDNEY, Friday.—A Quarter Sessions jury to-day acquitted two men on charges of having stolen 845 cartons…

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Girl 'Admitted Killing':—Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 July 1954 · page 3

CHRISTCHURCH, July 16. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Pauline Yvonne Parker, 16, had admitted having battered her mother to death with half a brick in a stocking,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 July 1954 · page 10

REMANDED.—John stantey Ed[?] 22, labourer, was re[?] to Singreton Court, on August 9, on the following…

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Merewether Woman's Death Hair-pulling Led To Murder: Police Story

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 2

A 29-year-old domestic had admitted strangling Mrs. Bridget Crosland at Merewether on June 26 after Mrs. Crosland had pulled her hair and ordered her out of the house, said police at an inquest in Newcastle Coroner's Court today…

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Gangster Dies in Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 3

LEAVENWORTH (Kansas), July 18. A.A.P.—Gangster George ("Machine-gun") Kelly, who once boasted he could…

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Court At Maitland (Before Mr. F. R Wood. S.m.) Betting Charger

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 3

Aubrey John Jeffries (29), laborer, of Bourke St. Maitland, was fined £20 for having used a passageway at the Club House…

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Murder Of Storekeeper; Man Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Leonard James Elliott, 28, labourer, of Sutherland (New South Wales), was charged in…

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Artist Charged With Murder Of Young Girl

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 7

LONDON, Tues. (AAP): An elderly Spanish-born artist had raped a young girl and then strangled her with the sling on her broken arm, the Crown alleged at a…

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Gaol For Taking Van

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—A man charged with having used a panel van without the consent of the owner was gaoled…

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