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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

1,597 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 39 of 80

Divorce Court Kyle Case Enters Fourth Day

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 June 1941 · page 2

The hearing of the Kyle divorce suit entered its fourth day before the Judge in Divorce (Mr. Justice Bonney)…

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Police Chief As Witness in Conspiracy Trial Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 June 1941 · page 3

In the Woolcott Forbes conspiracy trial at the Central Criminal Court to-day, the Commissioner of Police (William Mackay) denied that when…

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Divorce Court Mrs. Kyle's Third Day in Box

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1941 · page 14

With only three witnesses heard, the suit in which Annie Maria Kyle, formerly Hill, of Fennell's Bay, Lake Macquarie, is petitioning for divorce from William Kyle, on…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1941 · page 5

THEFT OF HANDBAG.—Keith Edward Simpson, 18, labourer, was bound over In £10 to be of good behaviour for 18 months when he pleaded '"Guilty" to a charge that…

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Police Functions for Queen Fund

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 June 1941 · page 3

Newcastle police will conduct a dance in the City Hall. Newcastle, on Tuesday, June 17. the proceeds of which will be given to the Civil Service…

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Refused Solicitor Attendance Police Commissioner Denies Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1941 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—A denial that he had insisted that an accused's solicitor should not be present if the accused made a statement to the police was made by the…

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Theft Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 2

Jean Rafferton 41, pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen an eiderdown quilt, valued at £2 15s. the property of the Railway Commissioner, on…

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Fined for Stealing

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 2

Fines totalling £6 were imposed Raymond Whitehouse. 36. laborer, who pleaded guilty to charges of stealing from Woolworth's (Aust.) Ltd. and the…

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Newcastle Police Aid Service Queen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 2

Well-known for their organising ability, Newcastle police are taking steps to ensure the success of the Civil Service queen in the New South Wales Red Cross…

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To-day in the COURTS (Before Mr. O. G. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) Newcastle Police Time To Pay Refused

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 2

Time to pay was refused by Mr. Carr-Boyd when Ceceil Albert Smidt. 37, laborer, was fined £5, in default. 10 days' imprisonment, for using indecent…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 6

FINED FOR SHOPLIFTING.—Four charges of having stolen articles from city stores were preferred against Raymond Whitehouse, 24, labourer. The charges were—That at…

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In the Courts Newcastle Police Theft Charge (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. S.M.)

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 2

Robert Hanley Page. 44. laborer, was so drunk on June 6 that he could not remember having stolen two blankets from the Shortland Military Camp or…

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Murder Trial Claimed Death From Stab Wound Was Accidental SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 2

Lurching while drunk and on a rolling ship against the point of a knife. Leo Thomas Baker (20). naval rating, accidentally got a stab wound…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 3

Lawrence Lionel Blacken (19), laborer, was charged with having at Newcastle, on June 5, stolen an overcoat valued at £2, the property of Terence…

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Police Court (Before Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 7

DECISION RESERVED.—The Magistrate reserved his decision until June 24 in the case in which Jack Robinson, 30, a military contractor, was charged with having on April…

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Theft of Shares at Mayfield

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 5

Share certificates and valuables were stolen last night from a boarding-house in Kerr Street. Mayfield. Forty-two of the shares, which were all open £1…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 3

THEFT OF BLANKETS.—Robert Hanley Payne, 44, labourer, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having stolen two blankets, valued at £1/6/6, the property of the Defence…

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Girl Tells of Alleged Assault Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 3

After declaring in evidence at the Central Criminal Court to-day that a man had criminally assaulted her, Merle Wellington, 18, of attractive…

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Acquitted of Murder on High Seas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Alan James Dalziell, 21, was acquitted to-day in the Central Criminal Court on a charge of murder. The tragedy was stated by the…

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Scouts to Help Police Gala

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 3

For the police gala night in Gregson Park Hamilton, on Friday, in aid of the Red Cross, the following Scout troops have been invited to take part in the procession—1st…

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