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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1940

2,515 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 61 of 126

Court Hire Too Costly Tennis Club Protests to Board of Control

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1940 · page 7

A protest by Daugar Park Club to the Newcastle District Lawn Tennis Association's Board of Control last night against the charges it must pay to the Greater…

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Red Papers Seized Were Restored by Court Minister Said They Were Treasonable Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1940 · page 6

Documents obtained when police raided Communist headquarters in Port Adelaide included a fairly elaborate military appreciation of South Australia, said the…

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Police Court Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M. Traffic Breaches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 May 1940 · page 11

Charles Ivor Freshman, of Malabar, pleaded "Guilty" at West Maitland Police Court yesterday to having, on April 7, driven a motor-car on Maitland-road at…

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Bankruptcy Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 May 1940 · page 11

Gordon William Collard, a miner, of Pell-street, Merewether, formerly a farmer living at Bolwarra, was examined in the Bankruptcy Court…

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Licensing Court Music Permit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 May 1940 · page 6

John Philip Trim was granted a music permit for the Great Northern Hotel, Newcastle, to-morrow night…

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Verdict for Police Inspector Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 May 1940 · page 10

In the Supreme Court to-day, a jury returned a verdict for Police Inspector George Gilbert Fergusson, defendant in a claim by William George Mowlds, shop…

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Small Debts Court Consent Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 May 1940 · page 6

By consent a verdict for £9/15/, with 12/ costs, was returned in favour of the plaintiff in the case in which Alice E. Watt claimed £10/5/, for arrears…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 May 1940 · page 7

Bail in £50 was allowed Ernest Gregory (33), laborer, and Mervyn Thomas Rigby, alias Thomas Moore (28), electrician, who were remanded to May 29…

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Will Resume To-day Compulsory Coal Conference Wages, Hours May Go to Court Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 May 1940 · page 9

After preliminary discussions, the compulsory conference between representatives of the Combined Mining Unions and colliery…

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To-day in the COURTS (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) the Courts Newcastle Police Theft Alleged

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 11

On the application of the police. a remand to May 29 was granted in the case in which Thomas Percival Avery, 23, laborer, was charged with having,…

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Police Court Wednesday, May 22 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 6

Donald McDonald, 18, a labourer, was remanded to next Wednesday, on £20 bail, on a charge by warrant of having fraudulently embezzled £3/5 while a…

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Police Promotions Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 7

The Premier (Mr. Mair) stated that the Executive Council today approved of the following— Promotion of Inspector 3rd class: H…

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Kurri Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.) Drove Car Under Influence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 11

James Horne of Old School Hill, Abermain, was fined £5 at Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday on a charge of having driven, a motor-car while under the…

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Women's Auxiliary Police Boys' Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 5

The Women's Auxiliary of the Police Boy's Club considered plans at its meeting last night to raise funds for kitchen equipment for the club. On Saturday…

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Police Boys' Club Defeats St. Joseph's

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 15

Rugby League teams from the Newcastle Police and Citizens Boys Club and St. Joseph's College, Hunter Hill, met at Wickham Oval yesterday. The Boys' Club won by 25…

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Industrial Court Claim for Overtime

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 6

After evidence had been given by the applicant, the hearing was adjourned to June 21 of the case in which Walter Wilson, of Dawson-street, Cook's Hill,…

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Trautwein's Seat in Council Position Referred to Court SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 11

Immediately the Legislative Council met this afternoon the Attorney-General (Sir Henry Manning) tabled a certificate of the conviction of Theodore Charles…

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Woman Warned by Magistrate Daughter Collected Bets

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 6

"This is a very bad case. If you are convicted again and I find that your daughter has been employed in this business she will be brought here, and I will…

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Unregistered Motor Cars Warning Issued By Magistrate

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 5

A warning was given by Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., at Newcastle Summons Court to-day, against persons offending under the Motor Tax Management…

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Police Court Thursday, May 23 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Illegal Betting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 8

Alfred Turner, 47, an agent, was fined £15, in default 30 days' imprisonment, for having used a place at Beaumont-street Hamilton, for betting…

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