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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

1,597 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 80

In the Courts (Before Mr. N. L. Sheridan. S.m.) Newcastle Police Court Illegal Betting

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 2

Pleading guilty to having used premises in Queen Street. Cook's Hill. yesterday for the purpose or betting. Ernest Albert Hollinshead. 18. laborer…

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Unions Cited by Court Cockatoo Dock Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The 60 ironworkers, moulders and crane-drivers, who have been on strike at Cockatoo since Friday, did not resume work to-day, as…

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Case for Court Inquiry Treatment of Internees on Dunera

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 8

LONDON, Feb. 26. A.A.P.—"Prelimmary investigations showed that there was a case for inquiry, also that some at not all, of the internees on the Dunera…

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Industrial Court (Before Mr. N. L. Sheridan. S.M.) Claim For Wages

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 2

A breach of the Builders' Laborers (State) Award was alleged against. Andrew Anelzark. of Dentson-street. Broadmeadow (also known as Andrew…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 3

ILLEGAL BETTING.—Ernest Albert Hollinsnead, 18, a labourer, and Robert Shadwell, 49, a labourer, were each fined £5 for having used premises for betting…

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In The Courts (Before Mr. N. L Sheridan, S. M.) Newcastle Police Court Cases Adiourned

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 2

Victor Alvan Clive Parsons, 45. storekeeper, was charged with having behaved in an offensive manner in Gregson Park, Hamilton, yesterday…

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Not Under Police Supervision Former French Consul

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 9

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for External Affaire (Sir Frederick Stewart) to-day [?]enied the report that M. Tremoulet, former Consul-General for France in…

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SAYS U.S.A. Plane Crash Is Murder Washington

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 3

"An example of legalised murder," is how Senator McCarren described the crash of an Eastern Air Lines sleeper…

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Visit by Police Resented "Gestapo Methods," Says Opposition Leader

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 10

BRISBANE, Thursday.—The visit of two detectives to his office last night to ascertain whether he had given a statement to a newspaper was described by the…

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Industrial Court (Before Mr. N. L. Sheridan. S. M.) Claim For Wages

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 2

The case in which Andrew Anelzark (also known as Andrew Williams), demolisher and building contractor, of Denison-street, Broadmeadow, was…

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Tamworth Magistrate for Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1941 · page 6

GOSFORD, Friday.—It was learned to-day that Mr. J. G. Johnstone, P.M., of Tamworth, will replace Mr. Carr-Boyd on the circuit which includes Maitland and…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1941 · page 5

REMANDED.—Victor Aivan Clive Parsons, 45 a storekeeper, was remanded to March 7 on a charge of having behaved oftensively in Gregson Park, Hamilton, on…

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Police Carnival Prizes

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 March 1941 · page 4

Prize-winners at the Newcastle Police Carnival held at the Newcastle Showground on Saturday, February 22, are requested to call at the…

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Two Men Remanded on Murder Charge Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 March 1941 · page 3

Franklin Christian Richards. 64, medical practitioner and Frank Henry Knowles, 42. barman, were charged at the Central Police Court…

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British Police Carry on Reply to Message of Sympathy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1941 · page 9

In November last the Police Association of New South Wales sent a message to the Police Federation of England and Wales, expressing sympathy in the loss…

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Police Ban on Side Shows Countess of Bective Upset

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1941 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Friday.—A big carnival to have been held to-morrow night has been abandoned because of a police ban on sideshows…

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Juryman Made a Slip Dramatic Reappearance in Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1941 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday.—A mistake in announcing a verdict led to the dramatic reappearance of the foreman and the recall of a jury in the Criminal Court to-day…

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Cited by Court for Contempt Opposition Leader and Paper

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1941 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday.—A notice of motion by the Industrial Registrar (Mr. P. J. Wallace) was filed in the Industrial Court to-day against Edmund Bede Maher,…

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New Magistrate Welcomed

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 March 1941 · page 5

Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M., who has been appointed to Newcastle in succession to Mr. M. E. Soane, was publicly welcomed to the City at…

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Gaol Escapee Gets Two Years More Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 March 1941 · page 3

William Burney, 24, was sentenced, at the uarter Sessions to-day, to two years' imprisonment from the expiration of a sentence of 12 months he is…

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