Assault on Damascus Commenced London
Following an ultimatum, which expired at 5.30 this morning, the British have begun an assault for the capture of Damascus,…
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Courts & crime, 1941
1,597 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 80
Kurri Police Court (Before Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P.m.)
Roland Bertram Hughes, 41, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of betting at Kurri Kurri Football Ground on June 14. He was fined £20. Betting records showed 186 bets,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Boy on Trial for Murder
ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—The hearing was continued at the Adelaide Criminal Court to-day of the trial of Brian John Turner, 15, who is charged with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Compensation Court Ends
The sitting of the Workers' Compensation Commission ended at Newcastle Courthouse yesterday with the hearing of three claims. AWARD FOR £435.—An award for £435/…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Helping War Effort Mayfield Police Dance
As their local effort to assist the candidature of the Public Services entrant in the Red Cross queen competition. Mayfield police last night…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →To-day in the COURTS (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. S.m.) Newcastle Police Court Fined For Betting
Robert Hall (44). laborer, pleaded guilty to a charge of having at Merewether yesterday been in the parlor of the Grand Junction Hotel for the purpose of betting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kyle Divorce Suit Missing Witness in Court
Mrs. Hannah Marie Wood, of Bridge-street, Hamilton, the missing witness in the Kyle divorce suit, attended the Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Claim for £1000 Fails Maitland District Court
A verdict for the defendant was returned in the case at the Maitland District Court. in which John Joseph Hickey. of Fern Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Minister in Court to Get Loan Paid Sydney
A loan made at Parliament House by a member of Parliament to a friend in need in March last year, and not repaid, led to a District Court action…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Youth Sentenced to Death
ADELAIDE, Thursday.—Brian John Turner, 15, was sentenced to death in the Criminal Court to-day for the murder of William Thomas Halse, 77, bootmaker,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
FOUR MEN CHARGED.—Charged with having behaved offensively In Scott-street. Newcastle on June 9, 1941. Francis Keith Marshall. 18. boxer, Mervyn Tyson, 20…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Solicitor Sent to Gaol Sydney
Re[?] Easterby Taylor, 37, so[?]tor, who had pleaded gu[?]ty to misappropriation of £6700 of clients' money, was sentenced at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Judge Condemns Share Hawking Levitus and Walker Sent to Gaol
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Albert Levitus and Ronald Bruce Walker, found guilty at the Central Criminal Court last night of conspiracy, were to-day sentenced to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →District Court Dispute Between Share Farmers
A sharefarming agreement entered into in 1926 for the running of a farm known as Waverley at Bolwarra, together with a milk run, formed the basis of cross claims at the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Directed to Give Evidence Doctor at Divorce Court
"This business that public servants seem to take up, whether they should give evidence or not, is impertinence of the highest degree unless it is justified…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
FAILED TO PAY FARE.—Pleading "Guilty" to having foiled to pay his fare, amounting to 2d, when travelling a tram between Ferndale-street. Tighe's Hill, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Solicitor Sent to Gaol Misappropriated £6700
SYDNEY, Friday.—A sentence of 18 months' imprisonment was imposed on Reginald Easterby Taylor, 37, a solicitor, in the Quarter Sessions to-day for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Military Canteen Court of Inquiry
The Army inquires into a charge against the con duct of a military canteen at Port Kembla, following the death of Pte. William Hazelton. At the extreme right is to-day's witness, Detective-Sergeant Brown, of Wollongong. Conducting the inquiry (from left) are: Lieutenant-Colonel F. V. Thompson and Captain A. E. Rainbow, with Staff-Sergeant Everett taking the notes. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trautwein Case for Judges Court
SYDNEY, Friday.—On the appeal of Mr. Dovey, K.C., for the Official Receiver, the examination of Theodore Charles Trautwein, bankrupt ex-M.L.C.,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Give £3748 to C'wealth War Fund
Police of the Newcastle sub-district have now contributed a total of £3748 9s 2d to the Commonwealth War Fund…
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