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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

2,498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 125

Airman Tells Court Of Party At Peer's Estate

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 6

LONDON, Tues., (A.A.P.): A 21-year-old airman said in court today that he committed a serious offence with Lord Montagu of Beaulieu in the bedroom of a London flat…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 7

REMANDED.—Charles Demery, 43, wharflabourer, was remanded till Thursday on £20 bail on a charge of having…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Bond for Vagrancy

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 13

Cecil James Henry Brown (36), who pleaded guilty to vagrancy, was sentenced to three months' hard labor…

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Man Back To Gaol For Theft Of £35

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 7

A man on licence from gaol was sentenced at Newcastle Court yesterday to nine months' imprisonment for…

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For Trial On Assault Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 17

Two young men, alleged to have assaulted an 18-year-old girl on a bush track at Raymond Terrace on the night of Nov. 1 last, were committed for trial by Mr. T. H. D. See,…

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Shop Manager On Charge Of Stealing £1469

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— John Montgomery, 24, acting manager of the Morr Meat Co.'s shop in Elizabeth-street,…

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Order Against Magistrate Granted by Supreme Ct

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: The Supreme Court today granted an order to a former Leichhardt alderman against a magistrate and a citizen. It calls upon the…

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Police Slay Striker

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 3

BOMBAY, Jan. 26. A.A.P. —One worker was killed and six others wounded when police opened fire last night…

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Police Head Reports To Premier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Premier (Mr. Cahill) has received a report from the Police Commissioner (Mr. Delaney)…

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Grazier's Death Police Inquiries Widened

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 4

ARMIDALE.—While awaiting the analysis of the remains of an Armidale grazier, who died five years…

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"Suspicions Only" — CORONER Butler Murder Still Unsolved

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The murder of 21-year-old Shirley Butler, whose body was found on a vacant allotment at Waverton on Christmas Day, 1952, remains a mystery. The City Coroner (Mr. E…

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Navy War Hero In Police Clash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A hero of the last war pleaded "Guilty" in Central Court today to having assaulted a…

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Court Told Of 'Order' On Books

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 5

TOKYO, Jan. 26. A.A.P.- Reuter.—A Japanese girl told a court martial to-day that the Australian Army's Chief…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 6

ASSAULT.—Neville Pointer, 32, of Shalmah-street, Cessnock, was fined £6 for having assaulted William Bailey,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 10

REMANDED.—William John Elder, 20, labourer, of Hamilton, was remanded till Friday on £40 bail on charges of having…

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Court At Newcastle (Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m.) Adulterated Bread

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 17

Frank Williams, of Corlette-st., Junction, prosecuted by the Board of Health for having sold adulterated wheatmeal…

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Theft Charge Remand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. —Leslie Richard Schreiber, 41, gas works employee, of Grey-street, St. Kilda, was…

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Engineer Gaoled For Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 6

HONGKONG, Jan. 27. A.A.P.-Reuter.—A 30-year-old Australian fourth engineer on the Australian steamer Taiping…

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Gaol Fear In Germany

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 5

FRANKFURT (O.S.R.) : American lawyers in West Germany are talking of forming "vigilante" groups to protect the rights of Americans who may be arrested by German police…

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Wrong Man On Theft Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 2

Police had arrested the wrong man on a stealing charge, Newcastle Court was told to-day. On Monday, Arthur…

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