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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

1,597 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 80

State Parliament Police Leave to Be Restored Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 March 1941 · page 2

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Tonking) announced in the Legislative Assembly to-day that it was intended to restore all…

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Small Debts Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M.) Claim Over Car

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 March 1941 · page 2

Portadown Discounts Pty. Ltd., of Hunter Street West, Newcastle, sought to recover from Neville Arthur Wilson, of Frederick Street, Merewether,…

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Opposition Leader's Outburst in Court "Scapegoat for the Premier" Contempt Case In Queensland BRISBANE

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 March 1941 · page 3

"The wrong man is in the dock. Instead of my being here to-day it should be the Premier of Queensland. I have to stand…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 15

COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.—John Black, 43, who appeared in military uniform, was committed for trial at Newcastle Sessions on April 23, on £30 bail, on a charge of…

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Nine Months' Gaol on Bigamy Charge Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 2

Judge Barton, at the Quarter Sessions to-day, sentencing William Edgar Tocon, 36, builder's laborer, to nine months' imprisonment: said the…

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Company Wins Case Charged With Dismissal of Trainee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 10

SYDNEY, Thursday.—An important decision affecting men who have been called up for compulsory military training and, as a result, lost their employment was…

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To-day in the Courts Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M.)

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 2

Manslaughter Charge Sidney Thomas Benton, 62, miner, appeared on a charge of having feloniously slain Enid Veronica Twyrord at…

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Police Leave to Be Restored

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

SYDNEY, Thursday.—It was proposed within a month or so to restore leave to which police were normally entitled, said the Chief Secretary (Mr. Tonking), in…

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Full Court Quashes £2100 Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 10

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Full Court to-day upheld an appeal by the Commissioner of Railways against a verdict awarding Winifred May Key. of Lakemba,…

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Contempt of Court Opposition Leader, Paper Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 10

BRISBANE, Thursday.—The Leader of the Opposition. Edmund Bede Maher, was fined £20, the "Courier Mail" newspaper £25, and its printer and…

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West Maitland Abattoir Application Refusal District Court Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 11

First in the list for Maitland District Court, to open before Judge Nield at East Maitland Courthouse on March 17, will be the appeal by Foggitt Jones Pty. Ltd.. of…

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Boy Sentenced to 15 Years' Gaol

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

HOBART, Friday.—Found guilty of the manslaughter of Winifred Marie Verrier, 8. a 16-years-old boy, Mervyn Leslie Hill, was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment…

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Nine Months' Gaol for Bigamy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1941 · page 10

SYDNEY, Friday.—A sentence of nine months' imprisonment was imposed on William Edgar Tacon, 36 builder's labourer, at the Quarter Sessions to-day…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1941 · page 12

MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE.—A further remand and to March 13 was granted in the cases in which Sidney Thomas Benton, 62, a miner, was charged with having feloniously…

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18 Sentenced to Death Alleged Saboteurs in Holland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1941 · page 7

LONDON, March 7, A.A.P.—A Berlin report states that 18 members of a semimilitary Dutch organisation were sentenced to death by a German court-martial in…

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Woman Athlete Sent to Gaol London, January 24

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 March 1941 · page 6

A touching appeal was made to the Mariborough Street (London) magistrate the other day to save from prison a 20-year-old expert…

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Police Dig Up Black's Body Brisbane

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 March 1941 · page 2

Following the disappearance of an aborigine, Tommy Cook, from Millaa Millaa some weeks ago police excavated in scrub two miles from the…

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In the Courts (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) Newcastle Police Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 March 1941 · page 2

Elijah Pringle, 19, laborer, was remanded to March 31 on a charge of an act of indecency in Waratah Park, Waratah, on January 16. Ball was…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 7

PROHIBITION ORDER.—A prohibition order was issued against Leonard Denver Quintrell, 41, labourer, who was charged with having been drunk. Defendant was discharged after…

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"Disgustingly Mean Theft" London, February 4

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 4

Mr. John Harris, the Thames Police Court magistrate, sentencing John Hepburn (27), of High-street, Bow, to six months' hard labor the…

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