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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 70 of 125

Finding Of Murder, Suicide By Wife

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 8

A woman had murdered her husband and then committed suicide at Whitebridge on July 21, the Newcastle Coroner (Mr. T. H. D. Sec) found yesterday. Mr. See was holding an…

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Police Boat Missing Off Hongkong

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

HONGKONG, July 29. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The Hongkong police revealed to-day that one of their most modern…

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Divorce Court Felton v. FELTON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 8

A settlement was announced in the part-heard matter in which Keith Felton, ambulance officer at the B.H.P., of…

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£11,850 Award Upheld By Full Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A man who had his right leg amputated last year after a road smash at Brooklyn in…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 9

FOUR OFFENCES.—Herbert Ernest Sternbeck, 27, motor driver, was fined a total of £33 for four breaches of the Traffic…

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Judge Rejects Reuxton's Story Of Police Bashing Is Suspeicious About Some Injuries

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: David Studley-Ruxton had received injuries to his body before his arrest, probably during a drunken brawl, Mr. Justice Dovey has found in his report to the State…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. B. A Hardwicke, S.m.) Two Cuarges

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 14

A car driven by Keith Joseph Lindeman, of Nelson's Bay, had collided with a stationary car, mounted a footpath and…

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'Panicked,' Driver Told Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1954 · page 6

A man who admitted he had panicked after an accident was fined a total of £10 at Newcastle Court yesterday for…

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Report Clears 5 Police; Reinstated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Five police officers exonerated by the Studley-Ruxton Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Dovey) have been reinstated…

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Court Censure For Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Full Bench of the Industrial Court to-day severely censured the Australian Workers' Union for "taking direct, active steps to prevent…

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Lower Court Circuit For 6 Areas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1954 · page 6

A new Court of Petty Sessions circuit has been constituted by the Department of Justice embracing courts at…

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Police Corporal's Body Found

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 3

HONGKONG, August 1. A.A.P.—A party of foreign yachtsmen found the body of the Chinese corporal in charge…

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Premier Stands By The Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 2

In agreeing to support the unions' case for increased margins before the Federal Arbitration Court, the…

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Studley-Ruxton Report: Senior Police Officers Meet

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: The Police Commissioner (Mr. Delaney) today presided over a special conference of senior officers — a sequel to the Studley-Ruxton Royal Commission report…

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Police Guard on Patients in Strike at Hospitals

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE: Squads of armed police patrolled the mental hospitals at Goodna and Ipswich, which were left without staff following a lightning strike yesterday…

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Assault After Nine Weeks of Marriage

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY: A woman who said she had been married only nine weeks told North Sydney Court today…

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Police Report For Premier

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

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Police Commissioner (Mr. Delany) is expected to submit a report to the Premier (Mr…

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Cessnock Welcomes Police Inspector

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 3

Mr. F. R. Wood. S.M., today, welcomed Inspector Carey, who was appointed to the Cessnock Police…

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Police Again Aid Asylum

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE: Squads of police again were sent From Brisbane and Ipswich to Goodna Mental Hospital when male and female nurses staged a second rolling strike early today…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Indecent Language

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 13

For using Indecent language in the charge room of Newcastle Police Station on July 30, Ernest Parkes (66). shearer, was…

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