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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

1,597 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 80

District Court List

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1941 · page 10

Following is the list of cases set down for hearing by Judge Nield at the sitting of the District Court to begin at Newcastle Court house at noon on Monday: D. Kelly and…

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More Police Join Hunt for Bandits

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 July 1941 · page 1

The northern search for the armed bandits who held up the Mayfield branch of the Union Bank on Thursday is being…

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Court's Powers Not Unfettered Judge on Security Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1941 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.—In making final an award for gas workers, Judge Piper said to-day that the National Security Regulations did not give the…

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Court and Awards "Cannot Continue If New Demands Made"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1941 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Court could not continue to make awards which were to settle affairs for a period of years if, before they were signed, fresh demands…

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Woman Charged with Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 July 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Sarah Maude O'Brien (29) was charged, at the Central Police Court to-day, with having, on July 2, murdered Dorothy…

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Murder on High Seas Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 July 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY, M[?]rence Head, who is being [?]stody by the master of a fo[?]or the alleged murder c[?]es Connolly…

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Jehovah Witnesses in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 July 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—How Philip David Morgan Rees, secretary of the banned Jehovah's Witnesses, and a number of other…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 4

STEELWORKER ON BOND.—A young man who went to the assistance of an elderly man, and was involved in a light with another man, was charged with having behaved…

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Woman Remanded on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—At Central Police Court to-day Sarah Maude O'Brien. 29 was remanded without bail on a charge of having on July 2, murdered Doroth…

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District Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 4

Judge Nield presided at the sitting of the District Court which began in Newcastle yesterday. EX-PARTE MATTER.—In an ex-parte…

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Remanded on Assault Charge Official of Banned Sect

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—At Burwood Court to-day Philip David Moran Rees Was charged with having un[?] assa[?] Charles Hopton. Commonwealth police…

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Police Search for Stockman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 2

Detectives from Newcastle and Kempsey are still searching among the ranges for Leslie Blayworth, 22, of Ellenhorough, near Wauchope…

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Police Protection at Mayfield

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 4

A police officer should be kept on duty continuously in the vicinity of the Mayfield tram terminus, said the President of the Mayfield Official A.L.P…

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Industrial Court Award Breaches

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 4

James Moscovis, cafe proprietor, of High Street, West Maitland, pleaded guilty to three charges of breaches of the State Restaurant Employees' award…

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Greyhound Claimed In District Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 2

The ownership of the racing greyhound Coognn's Hope was the subject of a dispute at Newcastle District Court to-day…

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District Court (Before Judge Nield.) Motor Collision Claim

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 4

A verdict for the amount claimed, £20 [?] 6d, as damages arising from a collision between a panel van and a motor bus at Adamstown on October 2. 1940, was awarded…

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In Court To-day Newcastle Small Debts Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M.) Decision Reserved

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 4

After hearing further evidence and argument the Magistrate reserved his decision on the claim by Prith and Hansford Pty., Ltd. against Cecil S. Hall and Harold Matthew…

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Five Year Gaol for Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1941 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At Sydney Quarter Sessions, Vincent Ronald Charles Peden, 20, was sentenced to five years imprisonment for assaulting and occasion…

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Reduction of Gaol Sentence

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 July 1941 · page 2

The belief that the Minister for Justice (Mr. Downing) would recommend the release from gaol of James McBurnie was expressed by the Mayor…

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Police Sergeant Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Sergeant Dan Calman, of the Criminal Investigation Branch, is in a serious condition in St. Vincent's Hospital. He received injuries to…

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