Youthful Soldier Court-Martialled SYDNEY
A court-martial has ordered Pte. Reginald McGrath, 15-year-old member of the A.I.F., to pay £65 for petrol consumed when he went for a two-day…
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Courts & crime, 1942
1,029 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 52
Exemption From Military Service. Applications Before Court
On Tuesday, before Mr. C. Pickup, P.M., at the Merriwa Police Court, several applications for exemption from military…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gaol Sentence Increased
SYDNEY Saturday—Upholding an appeal by the Crown Solicitor against the inadequacy of a sentence of 12 months imposed or…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Murder
SYDNEY. Saturday—A man has been arrested and charged with the murder of Mary Magdalene Hassett, 49, of Curtis-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unlicensed Billiards Two Men Before Court
For keeping an unlicensed billiard room Leonard Stanley Tinson was proceeded against in West Maitland Police Court this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Charged with Assault
At Cessnock Police Court this morning William Thomas Ingram, of Millfield, was charged with assaulting his wife…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Amusement Company and Manager Charged
Northern Amusements Corporation Pty. Ltd. and John Thomas Carr Smith were charged at Cessnock Police Court this morning that Smith…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder and Outrage by Japs
A bitter indictment of Japanese atrocities, such as the "cold-blooded slaughter of batches of British and Australian soldiers after they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horrible Atrocities in Hungary Murder and Rapine
A Hungarian Government memorandum describes Hungarian atrocities as "the greatest known in the human race for 1000 years."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two-headed Pennies Confiscated By Police
In an effort to protest members of the fighting forces who are being robbed of hundreds of pounds in two-up, games in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extensive Thefts Allegations In Court
NEWCASTLE Tuesday.—Allegations of extensive thefts of wearing apparel were made in the Police Court to-day when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sent to Gaol For Stealing Tea
SYDNEY Wed. — For having stolen tea from a wharf Patrick Thomas Gane, 33, a wharf labourer, was sentenced to 6 months’…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Belgian Rebels Sentenced to Death
LONDON May 13—It was announced on the Berlin radio that a cou[?] martial at Ghent had sentenced to death seven Belgians,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman’s Complaint Alleged Assault
NEWCASTLE Thursday.—An elderly woman has reported to the police that she was attacked by a young man at Lambton and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dungog Police Court Exemption Cases
All the applications for exemption from military training lodged by those engaged in rural industries which were listed for hearing at the Dungog…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Workers Charged With Sabotage
NEW YORK May 14—Four war production workers at St Louis faced charges of sabotage to-day because they liked 10…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Licensing Court
The tranfer of the licence of the Golden Fleece Hotel from Michael James McGrath to Norman Paterson, was adjourned to 15th May, pending…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ASSAULT and Robbery Charge Young Man Committed for Trial
Ronald James Hughes (24) appeared at the Muswellbrook Police Court yesterday on a charge of having on 26th April last assaulted Barbara Dawn Ell and robbed her of a handbag and £1/3/9 in money…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaol for Profiteers Urged
SYDNEY Saturday.—Gaol without the option for wartime profiteers was advocated to-day by the Minister for Labour, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Assault and Robbery
MUSWELLBROOK Monday — Ronald James Hughes (24), app[?] at the Muswellbrook Police Court on a charge of having on…
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