Alleged Theft
NEWCASTLE Tuesday.— Ambrose was Michael Hayes (59) caretaker was charged in the Police Court to-day with having stolen…
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Courts & crime, 1944
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Soldier’s Death Driver Charged with ,Ma[?]slaghter
What a military truck overturned on the Nor[?] Road at Rutherford on august 8 William Henry Joseph Davies a soldier…
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Lester John Turner, 15½, was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Gordon Miles Archibald, grazier, of "Nabinabah" property, Scone, on November 18th last year. The Central Criminal Court jury…
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SYDNEY Tuesday — Pound guilty of Saving murdered Miles Archibald of Scone on November 18 last, Lester John Turner…
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Lloyd William Miller, 20, who had pleaded guilty to charges of stealing two coal drilling machines at Rothbury and of having…
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NEWCASTLE Wed.—Unclaimed articles, including about 2d bicycles, in possession of Newcastle police, will be auctioned…
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Found guilty at Sydney on Monday of having murdered Gordon Miles Archibald, grazier, of Scone, on November 18, last year, Lester John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Interesting Address by Police Sergeant
During the course of his address yesterday morning on the method of rescuing personnel from wrecked aircraft, Sgt. Pender, of the N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Day's Assault on Wewak 65 Enemy Planes Shot Out of Action (From Our Correspondent)
In three days' assault on Wewak, New Guinea, Allied planes shot 65 enemy planes out of action. In the second day of the offensive, on Sunday, 18 planes were shot down, with six probably, for the loss of only two Allied planes. The attack was continued on Monday, heavy,…
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SYDNEY Thurs.—In Central Police Court, Kathleen Foster, 39, domestic duties, was sentenced to six months’ gaol for having…
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NEWCASTLE Thursday—Sydney Lathora Elliott (26), engineer, was charged in the Police Court to-day with having…
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The annual sale of unclaimed property will be held at West Maitland police station at 10 a.m. on April 1. Property for sale…
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Robert Webster, 65, was fined £2 by Messrs. W. A. Ross and L. Ford, J’sP, at West Maitland court for being drunk and…
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For stealing a horse, belonging to Cyrus William L. Mayton, at Booral, about February 15, 1943, Norman Leslie Paddock (22),…
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NEWCASTLE Friday. — Two young women, Carlene Strettles (24) and Carman de Basco (21) were charged in the police court…
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Before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., at the Police Court yesterday, Horace Raymond Kingdom was charged with having been drunk and behaving in an…
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NEWCASTLE Friday—On remand from yesterday Sydney Mathora Elliott (26), engineer, was charged with having at…
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Stanley Cobb, 53, a labourer, was fined 5/ at West Maitland Court this morning for being drunk…
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There are at times when man's most noble friend—the horse—is the cause of saving the life of its owner, or is acclaimed by all for a great showing of courage and stamina to come on at the end with a great dash…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Gambling Dens in Cessnock. Premier McKell to be Approached. Request for Copy of Police Report
On Tuesday night Cessnock Municipal Council again dealt with this question of gambling saloons in Cessnock, and the Chief secretary (Mr. J. M. Baddeley) was criticised for his failure to keep his promise to furnish a copy of the police report…
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