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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

1,597 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 80

Helping War Effort Police War Fund

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Women's Auxiliary of the Newcastle Police War Fund was held at the Boys' Club yesterday…

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District Court (Before Judge Nield.) Verdict By Consent

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 5

By consent, Leslie Allan Morrison, through his next friend, Allan Morrison, of Turnbull Street. Newcastle, was awarded a verdict for £250, the…

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Indicted by High Court Fostars and Army Boot Contract

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

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The High Court to-day filed 30 indictments alleging misrepresentation in the supply of boots for the fighting services under Federal…

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To-day in the Courts Belmont Court (Before Mr. G. J. Johnstone. S.M.)

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 2

Vincent A. Warden, of High-street, Newcastle, was fined £2, with 5s costs, for exceeding the speed limit at Swansea on March 14…

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Death Sentence Passed Muswellbrook Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 7

After a retirement of nearly four hours a jury at Maitland sittings of the Supreme Court returned with a verdict of guilty in the case in which Joseph…

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Husband on Charge of Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 3

Evidence was taken at the Maitland Circuit Court to-day in the case in which Roger Gordon Trimmer, 25, laborer, is charged…

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Union Officials Charged Under Crimes Act Wollongong

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 4

Following the picketing of a cafe in Crown Street yesterday, when six girls walked out. John Robert Cranston, 36 secretary of the Illawarra Trades and…

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In the Courts Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, SM.) Stole Two Hats

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 2

Pleading gu[?]ty to having stolen two men's hats, valued at 11s 10d, the property of Hyman Joseph Ginges, yesterday, John Hart, 41 gardener, was fined…

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"I Loved My Wife" Islington Man on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 9

"I loved my wife: I did not want to shame her in any way," said Roger Gordon Trimmer, 25, from the dock at the Maitland Supreme Court yesterday…

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District Court Kahibah Subdivision Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 10

Judge Nield upheld an appeal by Wandanian Ltd., Elizabeth-street, Sydney, against the refusal of Lake Macquarie Shire Council to approve an application…

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Court Martials Ordered Internee Ship Incidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 8

LONDON, May 14. A.A.P.—The Secretary for War (Captain Margesson) has ordered the court-martialling of the commanding officer of the military guard on…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 11

FURTHER REMAND.—A further remand to June 4, on £40 bail, was granted in the cases in which John Johnson Robson, 51, a dentist, was charged with having…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 18

SHOPLIFTER FINED.—John Hart, 41, a gardener, was fined £3 for having stolen two hats, valued at 11/10, the property of Hymen Joseph Ginges, at Newcastle, on…

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15 Years for Manslaughter Islington Man Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 12

Sentencing Roger Gordon Trimmer, 25, to 15 years' penal servitude for the manslaughter of his wife, Frances May Trimmer, at Islington, on March 21, at the…

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Gaol for Thought Offenders New York

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 3

Japan has established a gaol for "thought offenders." These are defined as "all persons harboring Leftist or Rightist thoughts…

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Gaol Sentence Confirmed Clergyman Convicted Under Secrets Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 12

CAPE TOWN, May 15. A.A.P.—The Appellate Court confirmed a sentence of three years' hard labour imposed on Rev. Jacobus Vorster under the English…

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Death Sentence for Italian Police Official London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 2

The first minder trial under a British Military Court in Addis Ababa sentenced to death an Italian police lientsnant…

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Judge-Advocate for Air Force Court Martials

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 9

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The appointment of judge-advocates for trial by court martial of R.A.A.F. personnel was authorised by regulation to-day. So far as the…

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High Court Reserves Judgement Validity of Apple Scheme

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Full High Court to-day reserved judgment on the validity of the National Security (Apple and Pear Acquisition) Regulations…

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"Short and Snappy Life" Man's Outburst in Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 13

"I'll be John Dillinger. My life will be short and snappy. This outburst was made yesterday at Newcastle Police Court by Norman Hugh…

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