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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

1,597 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 80

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 7

NINE MONTHS' SENTENCE.—Leslie James, alias Cecil Cowell, 32. labourer was charged with having, at Hamilton, between July 12. 1940, and April 10, 1941, stolen 2 tons…

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Police Boys' Club at Boolaroo

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 5

The Young Men's and Police Boys' Club recently formed at Boolaroo has 73 members. Constable Bradbury is the…

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Lottery Prize Dispute Court Grants Injunction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—An interim injunction was granted in the Equity Court to-day restraining Mrs. Beatrice Parnell. of "Evans-street. Bronte, from receiving…

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Indecent Assault Charge Boilermaker Acquitted at Sessions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 2

George Brown, 54, boilermaker, was acquitted before Judge Nield and Jury at Newcastle Quarter Sessions yesterday on a charge of having indecently assaulted a girl…

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In The Courts Teralba Police Court (Before G. J. Johnstone, P.M.) Snorts Club Raided

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 2

When police raided the Teralba Sports Club, on the night of April 18, a number of men were so interested in a game of "heads and tails"…

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Increased Court Powers Likely Extension of Wage Loading

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Early extension of wartime loading on wages, which already applies to the metal trades and munition workers, would almost…

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Newcastle Police (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M.) Stolen Bicycle

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 2

Convicted on a charge of having stolen a bicycle valued at £2, the property of Doris Ina Forrest, at Adamstown, on April 19, Carl Henry King…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 2

HORSE OWNER SUED.—A verdict for the amount, with 12/ costs and £1/13/ witness's expenses, was returned for William Meekin, farm manager, of Attunga, near…

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Four Deny Assault on Constable

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 May 1941 · page 2

Nineteen jurors were challenged by William John Flanagan (24), Robert Henry Butchard (21), Richard Murray…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1941 · page 4

GAOLED FOR THEFT.—Convicted on a charge of having stolen, at Adamstown, on April 19, a bicycle valued at £2, the property of Doris Ina Forrest, Carl Henry King…

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In the Courts Newcastle Police (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M.) Indecent Language

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 May 1941 · page 6

Ian Nelson, alias Ian Charles James Ellison, 26, seaman, pleaded guilty to having used indecent language in the Newcastle Police Station when…

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Stealing Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 5

Thomas George Burcher (58). laborer, pleaded not guilty to having stolen to-day a lady's handbag containing £5, a note-book and cosmetics…

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Magistrate Welcomed at Raymond Terrace

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 4

At Raymond Terrace Court yesterday, Mr. A. M. Cunningham on behalf of the legal profession, welcomed Mr. Brown, P.M., who was appointed recently to the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 14

EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE DISMISSED.— Reginald Wallace Brennan, 31, clerk, was charged by warrant that, at Newcastle, on April 12, while a servant of British Home…

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Salesman on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 19

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Charged to-day with having murdered Henry Henness, at Chullora, on April 20, Charles Tarleton, 43, salesman, was remanded at…

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Two Men Charged with Breaking and Entering

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 2

Not guilty was the plea entered at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions today by Herman Crozier, 39, mechanic, and William Payne, 31, sheet metal…

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Judge Suggests Recordings of Police Questions

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 3

Discrepancies in evidence given in Courts of statements made by accused persons when interrelated by the police were touched upon by…

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Was Shot Just Before Court Case Gosford

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 3

Three minutes before he was to appear in the Gosford Police Court to-day, William Alfred Stevenson, 48, alias Alfred…

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Raymond Terrace Court (Before Mr. Brown, P.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 13

LICENCE TRANSFERRED.—The licence of the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Raymond Terrace, was transferred from Leslie Thomas Turnbull to Ernest William Herberts. Mr. A. M…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 5

Christopher Coady (52), clerk, was remanded to May 30 on a charge of having used the saloon bar of the Criterion Hotel, Newcastle, for the…

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