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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

1,597 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 80

In the Courts Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Bovd. S.M.)

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 2

For having used indecent language in Scott-street, Newcastle, yesterday, James Crosscombe, 45 laborer, was fined . £3, in default six days' hard…

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Bail Was Refused Allegations by Police

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 2

Bail was refused to Stanley Herbert Staton, 26, storeman, when he was remanded to April 24 on a charge of having…

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Baronet to Be Tried on Murder Charge Nairobi

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 1

Sir Delves Broughton has been committed for trial on n charge of having murdered the Earl of Enroll…

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Belmont Court (Before Mr. G. J. Johnstone. P.M.)

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 2

For driving an unregistered motorlorry at Swansen on January 2, Henry Mervyn Costello, of Main-road. Marks Point, was fined 12s and 8s costs…

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Welcome to Magistrate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 5

Mr. G. J. Johnston, S.M., was welcomed on taking his seat on the Bench at Belmont Police Court yesterday. Mr. Johnston was assured by Mr. J…

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£150 Jewellery Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 9

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Jewellery worth £150 and £5 in money were stolen from a safe at the home of Mrs. Amy Jones, of Penrith, last night A…

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Charged with Throwing Acid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 9

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—An allegation that two men had thrown a corrosive acid into an old man's face, with the result that his sight was endangered, was…

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Baronet for Trial on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 8

NAIROBI, April 16. A.A.P.—Sir Delves Broughton has been committed for trial on a charge of having murdered the Earl of Erroll…

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Crown Witnesses "Go Bush" Alice Springs Murder Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 7

ALICE SPRINGS, Wednesday.—A charge of having murdered an aboriginal named Lullilickie, also known as Lolly Legs, was made against W. J. Kitto,…

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Police War Fund Women's Auxiliary Meeting

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 7

THE Newcastle Police War Fund Women's Auxiliary held its first meeting of the year yesterday. It was decided to hold two card…

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Wallsend Court (Before Mr. G. J. Johnston) Heads And Tails

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 2

Twenty-eight West Wallsend men were found in Hedges' billiard room. Carrington-street. West Wallsend. When Serjeant Lind and other police…

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Police Courts at Newcastle (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 4

INDECENT LANGUAGE.—James Crosscombe, 45, labourer, was fined £2 or four days gaol for drunkenness; and £3 or six days for having used indecent language,…

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Miners Want Penalty Clause Deleted Application to Court "Unfair," Says Secretary

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 2

Elimination of the penalty provisions in the holiday pay clause of the miners' award is being sought by the Northern…

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To-day in the Courts Newcastle Police (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. S.M.) Fined For Betting

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 2

"Francis was going from house to house collecting bets on horse races." said Constable Walker. In the case in which Henry Francis. 34, laborer, was…

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Police Search for Gaol Escapee Bathurst

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 3

Bathurst police and gaol officials are searching for Robert Joseph McKenna. 20 who escaped from Bathurst Gaol to-day…

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Charged As Urger

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—Described a an urger who was known to the Victorian and New South Wales police. Reginald William Brown, 31, of Glenelg,…

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Assault in Gymnasium Alleged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 19

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Allegedly assaulted in his gymnasium at 387 George-street, Sydney, this afternoon, John Paradise, 40, physical culture instructor,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 6

OFFENCE IN CAFE.—In an ex-parte matter, Morris William George, 54, a clothier, was fined £3, with £3/3/ costs, on a charge of having used insulting words to Gerasimus…

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Acquitted on Murder Charge Alice Springs

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 3

After four minutes' retirement, the Jury yesterday acquitted William James Kitto, grazier, and Patrick Arthur de Coulay, overseer, who were…

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A.I.F. Troops Use Their Bayonets Enemy Was Charged Near Tobruk London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 1

In land operations yesterday, British troops took the offensive at Tobruk in two heavy patrol actions. In one of these the Australians showed marked superiority over the Germans in hand-to-hand bayonet fighting…

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