Gaol for Building Breach
Israel Sukiert, a North Carlton (Melbourne) tanner, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment at Caulfield Court on a charge of…
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Courts & crime, 1944
1,013 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 51
U.s. Soldier Sentenced to Death
BRISBANE Monday.—A United States general court-martial on Thursday night sentenced to death Henry Benjamin Newton,…
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SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA. Monday—Striking Japanese shipping at Wewak and Hansa Bay, New Guinea, yesterday, Allied planes sank 1000-ton freighter, one [?]tstal vessel, and 14 burges, and left a 3000-ton ship in…
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SYDNEY Tues.— Convicted at Darlinghurst Sessions on a charge bf having broken into a house at North Sydney end stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Charged Were Good Types. Lodge Officials Say "Not Trouble Makers" Magistrate Reduces Scale of Fines
At the completion of evidence in the case in which miners were charged with absenteeism at Cessnock Police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Policemen Charged Conspiracy Alleged
SYDNEY Tuesday—Evidence that a police officer, who allegedly posed as a Government manpower representative, was paid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Failure to Enrol Fines at Cessnock Court
John Sharp, who was 10 months overdue in registering for military service, was proceeded against at Cessnock Police Court this morning…
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At the Cessnock Police Court this morning, James Marshall was convicted on a charge of rescuing impounded stock. His father pleaded guilty on his…
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At Cessnock Police Court this morning Algie Douglas O'Keefe was charged with S.P. betting in the yard of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Passenger's Luck. Lost Wallet Found By Muswellbrook Police
More than the usual slice of good luck came to a train passenger who passed through Muswellbrook on the 15th January last. The passenger, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Years for Stealing
Convicted at Darlinghurst Sessions on a charge of having broken into a house at North Sydney and stealing a safe containing £2535, Cyril Roy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Preferred Gaol to Paying Fine
For the fifth time, Cromwell Corkaine, of Mosman, elected to go to gaol rather than pay a fine of £2 and enter into a bond…
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NEWCASTLE Wed.—Eric William George Bevan, 27, Army Warrant-Officer. was in the Quarter Sessions this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Commended by Judge
NEWCASTLE Wed. — The police were highly commended by Judge Nield in the Newcastle Quarter Sessions, to day…
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KURRI Wednesday.—At Kurri Kurri Police Court to-da. Arthur R. Jackson. 28 pleaded guilty to charge of having stolen 14…
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NEWCASTLE Thurs.— On November 30 Francis Gill Thomas [?] a wireless set at Broadmeadow railway station. When…
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MUSWELLBROOK—Recently a train passenger Mr J. H Dawson of Torrington when nearing Sydney found on searching for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stealing Red Cross Goods. Warrant Officer Gets Three Years' Gaol
When sentencing Eric William George Bevan, 27, warrant officer, to three years gaol on two charges of theft from the military and Red Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man of 85 Sent to Gaol
When Hugh O'Donnell, 85, pleaded guilty at. Tamworth Quarter Sessions to having, assaulted a girl under 10 with intent to commit a…
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SYDNEY Friday—The women returned in-Centennial Perk yesterday is believed to be Joye[?] Paterson, who resided in…
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