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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

1,597 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 80

Police Boys' Club Boxers to Meet Marist Bros

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 8

Members of the Newcastle Police Boys' Club and pupils of Marist Brothers' School will meet in boxing contests at Newcastle Stadium on Thursday night for the W. J. Milgate Shield. The tournament has been arranged on behalf of the Greek…

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John Darling Mine Dispute Hearing Begun in the Arbitration Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 2

"You cannot have arbitration and the law of the jungle as well. It must be one or the other." This advice was proffered in the Federal Arbitration Court to-day by Judge Drake-Brockman to miners' officials as…

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Maitland Gaol Escapee to be Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—When he appeared at Sydney Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of housebreaking on November 24, soon after he escaped from Maitland…

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Police Court (Before Mr N.l.c. Sheridan, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 3

MAGISTRATE'S WARNING.—"If there are any more cases from the vicinity I will have to increase the penalty," said the Magistrate, imposing a fine of £2 on…

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Cessnock Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 7

COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.—William Ernest Fishburn, of Spencer-street, Cessnock, was committed for trial at Maitland Quarter Sessions on March 31, on a charge of having…

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To-day in the Courts Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. N. L. Sheridan. S.M.) Manslaughter Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 2

Sidney Thomas Benton. 62. miner, was remanded to March 7. Bail was fixed at £300. He was charged with having…

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City Hostel Help Coalfield Boys, Say Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 6

Cessnock would be the next place for the extension of the Police and Citizen' Boys' Club movement, the Superintendent of Police at Newcastle (Mr. A. H. C…

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Murder of Child Alleged Trial Opened in Hobart Hobart

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 3

Mervyn Leslie Hill. 16, pleaded not guilty when charged in the Criminal Court to-day with the murder of Winifred Marie Verrier. 8. on December 5…

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Licensing Court (Before Mr. N. L. Sheridan. S.M.) Wine Saloon Transferred

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 2

The licence of a wine saloon in Maitland Road, Mayfield, was transferred from William Merlon Congdon to Ernest John Robson…

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Small Debts Court (Before Mr. N. L. sheridan, S.M.) Verdict For Full Amount

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 2

James E. Gillon, Violet Gillon, Frederick James Baker and Janet L. Baker, trading as Gillon's Central Stores. Swansea, were awarded £31 3s 6d, with…

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Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 7

CHARGES DISMISSED.—Two charges against William John Gibson, 26, a mechanic, were dismissed. Gibson was charged with having, at West…

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Judge Criticises Police Instruction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.—At Wollongong Quarter Sessions to-day, Judge Nield expressed surprise at a recent instruction issued to the police that if a person…

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To-day in the Courts Police Court (Before Mr. N. L. Sheridan, S.M.) Cases Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 2

John Broadfoot Morgan, 18, a student, was remanded to March 20 on a charge of having driven a car in a dangerous manner in Ingall street,…

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Murder As a Fine Art Methodist President Condemns Germans

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Britain and Frang should never have allowed Germany [?] rearm for an armed Germany, as history had proved again and again, was a work…

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Police Boys' Club Boxers for Milgate Shield

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 8

Members of the Police Boys' Club who have spent the last fortnight training hard in anticipation of meeting representatives of the Marist Bros.' High School at the Newcastle Stadium to-morrow night to sec which-team holds the Milgate Shield. The proceeds of the tourney will be given to the Greek Red Cross Appeal…

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Nudism Is Alleged Men, Women in Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 2

"The accused were practising the cult commonly known as nudism," said the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. C. V…

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Police Congratulated

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 4

Congratulations to the Police Department for the Police Carnival at the Newcastle Showground will be put on record. following a mayoral…

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Police Court Newcastle (Before Mr. N. L. C. Sheridan, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 5

FURTHER REMAND.—A further remand to March 26 was granted John Broafoot Morgan. 18 a schoolboy, who was charged with having driven a car in a manner dangerous…

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Acquitted on Intent to Murder Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Peter Spanos, 40, wharf labourer, of Fitzroy, was acquitted to-day on charges of shooting, with intent to murder. James Vassil,…

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Police Boys' Club Boxers

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 12

Neville Rincheval (left) and John Ward, members of the Police Boys' Club who will be competing in the boxing tournament against pupils of Marist Brothers' School to-night at New. castle Stadium for the Milgate Shield. The tournament has been…

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