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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1940

2,515 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 126

Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M.) Insulting Words

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 8

Robert Rutherford Dewar was fined £3 on a charge of having used insulting words to Charles Thomas Rees in Speers Point Park on February 10…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, February 27 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 5

John Herbert Wood, 21, a labourer, was remanded to March 6, on £40 bail, on the following charges—At Broadmeadow, on February 22, stole two…

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Licensing Court Licence Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 5

The licence of the Cambridge Hotel, Hamilton, was transferred from Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Kerney to Harold Holwood Winchester…

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Small Debts Court Consent Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 5

By consent, a verdict for £22/8/8, including costs, was returned in favour of the plaintiff in the case in which Noel Maitland Tegg, of Swansea, sued…

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Promotions Of, Police Statement by Minister Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 7

Automatic promotion by seniority would produce an alarming state of affairs in the police force in the next six years, said…

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Industrial Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, I.M.)

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 8

Peter McIntyre of The Boulevard. Toronto, was proceeded against by the Department of Labor and Industry on a charge of having baked broad for…

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Newcastle Summmons Court Information Dismissed (Before Mr. R. Soiling, S.M.)

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 8

The information was dismissed in the case in which Hugh James Symond Knight pleaded not guilty to a charge of having failed to give the…

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R.s.p.c.a. Cases Before Court Alleged Cruelty to Animals

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 5

Five cases in which cruelty to animals was alleged were dealt with by Mr. B. Solling, S.M.. at Newcastle Summons Court to-day…

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To-day in the COURTS (Before Mr. C. O. Carr-Boyd, Sm.) Teralba Summons Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 8

No Tail Light On a charge of not having had a rear light on a motor timber trailer Victor Smith of Francis Street,…

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Gaol for Woman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 2

Hannah Annie Crosscombe, 45, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on a charge of having solicited for an immoral moral purpose in Scott-street on Tuesday…

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Theft Of Engine Parts

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 14

One case of theft was reported to Newcastle yesterday. Dennis Henry Goodger of Victory Parade, Toronto, reported that parts of a motor launch…

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Musical Programme at Maitland Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 13

Members of the Newcastle Railway Institute Orchestra and assisting artists gave a musical programme at Maitland Gaol when community singing was…

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Industrial Court Cases Adjourned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 2

The hearing was adjourned to March 13 of the cases in which John Larkin, of the Meat Industry Employees' Union, proceeded against Patrick Bustead and Colin…

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To-day in the COURTS (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Newcastle Police Court Men Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 6

John Edward Kelly. 33, laborer, was charRed with having acted as the manager of a certain common gaming; house known as the Mayfield B.C.U…

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Bright Future Police Boys' Club in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 15

The future of the Newcastle Police and Citizens' Boys' Club was bright, said Constable A. Dugan, formerly of No. 4 Station, Philip-street, Sydney, who has…

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Industrial Court Bread Baked Before Time

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 2

On the information of Inspector R. J Hutchinson, of the Department of Labour and Industry, Peter McIntyre, of the Boulevarde, Toronto, was fined £2, with…

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Chief Secretary Adamant No Promotion for Police Officers Newcastle Deputation Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 8

The Chief Secretary (Mr. A. U. Tonking) is determined to stand by his rejection of the Police Commissioner's recommendation for…

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District Police Courts Newcastle Newcastle, February 28 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) to Leave Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 2

On a charge of having been in Scott-street on February 27 for an immoral purpose, Marie Williams 27, a waitress, was remanded to August 19,…

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Three Aldermen Are Sent to Gaol Decision of Magistrate Notice of Appeal Is Given Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 5

Three aldermen of Waterloo Council, John Neilson, former Mayor, George Cohan and Ernest Navin were sentenced to three…

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Police Hid in Factory Said They Saw Cash Pass Hands Three Aldermen Charged Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 13

Three aldermen of Waterloo Council appeared in the Central Summons Court to-day. They answered a summons alleging that…

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