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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 73 of 125

Homosexual As Gaol Problem

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The increased number of homosexuals in gaols was disturbing prison authorities, the annual report of the Prisons Department said to-day…

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Woman Still In Gaol For Contempt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 17

SYDNEY, Friday.—Miss Joan Hamilton, of Waverley, was to have had a major operation at St. Vincent's…

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Threat To Murder Dr. Rhee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 3

LOS ANGELES, August 6. A.A.P.—President Syngman Rhee of South Korea, who arrived here early to-day, was…

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Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 7

Judg Amsberg heard 18 undefended castle Divorce Court yesterday. The issue the affirmative in each case. BENNY v. HENRY…

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Ship Workers Fight Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 9

BREMERHAVEN (Germany), August 6. A.A.P.—More than 1500 shipyard workers battled yesterday at…

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Court Delays Ruling On Stoppages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Full Arbitration Court reserved its decision to-day in applications for orders against…

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Three Gaol Escapees Recaptured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Three escapees from Beechworth prison farm in Victoria were recaptured at gunpoint at…

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"Dangerous Pervert" Is Given Three Years' Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 4

A man who Judge Amberg described as a dangerous pervert was sent to gaol for three years in Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day for an offence against an eight year old girl. Before the court was…

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Police Car "Borrowed"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Joyriders are believed to have stolen a police wireless patrol car at Campsic while…

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All-Out Police Hunt For Savage Thief

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY: Police have been ordered to make an all-out effort to capture a man who has attacked two women in the Rose Bay-Bellevue Hill area in the past 10 days. The C.I.B. Chief (Supt…

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Wife's Claim in Court "Husband's Family Worthy £2-million"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY: Alimony proceedin gs were brought today against man whose family was said to be worth at least £2,000,000. The suit was brought by Elizabeth Berta Alexandria!…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Begged Alms

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 14

"He claimed he had been in the horrors for a week." Const. R. J. Tibbett said, when Robert William Boyd (54). laborer,…

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Magistrate Impressed By Youth's Candor

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 3

A young man who had admitted to the police that he rode a motor cycle on May 21 white under the influence of licuor today impressed Mr. F. R. Wood. S.M. in Cessnock Court with his candor. The defendant. Ronald…

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Ex-Constable Sent To Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 4

Malcolm Ernest Staples, 23, carpenter, a former police constable, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment at Newcastle Sessions yesterday for having…

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Blonde Model On Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY. — A beautiful blonde model and cover-girl Shirley Patricia Beiger (22) was charged in Central Court today with murder…

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Murder in Street Outside Nightclub

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 1

A man was shot dead outside a Sydney nightclub just after midnight last nigh. He was Arthur Brian…

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Artist To Die For Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 8

LONDON, Tues. (AAP) —William Sanchez Hepper (62), an English artist, yesterday lost his appeal…

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10 Natives To Die For Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 1

WEWAK (New Guinea), August 9. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Ten Telefomin natives were to-day sentenced to death by…

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Court Action Plea On Boilermakers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—The New South Wales Railways Department will ask the Arbitration Court this week to take…

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Court Order To A.E.U.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Amalgamated Engineering Union has been ordered to show cause why it should not be ordered to stop bans or restrictions…

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