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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

1,597 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 54 of 80

In Court To-day Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. O. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) Gaoled for Stealing

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 4

[?] to one month's imprisonment on a charge of having stolen an overcoat valued at £3, the property of Thomas Joseph…

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TARZAN Motive For Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 4

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 10

SOLDIER REMANDED.—Leo Clarence Bartlett, 33, soldier, was remanded to August 28, on £50 bail, on a charge by warrant that at Newcastle on July 23. while a clerk to…

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Two A.i.f. Men Sent to Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday.—Two A.I.F. privates, Victor Roy, 21, and William Allen Forest, 19, of Goulburn A.I.F. training depot, were sentenced to three months'…

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Police Allege Death Pact

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 10

SYDNEY, Thursday.—When George Reginald Walwyn Davis, 45, a labourer, was charged in the Central Police Court to-day with having attempted to murder…

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Vicious Criminal Back to Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 August 1941 · page 2

SYDNEY. Saturday.—Described us one of the most vicious and dangerous criminals In New South Wales. Prank Johnson. 47. was sentenced to…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1941 · page 7

GAOL FOR THEFT.—Alexander Anderson, 55, labourer, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for having stolen an overcoat, valued at £3, the property of Thomas Joseph…

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Court Sets Aside £750 VERDICT Faked Report Suggestion "Fantastic"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1941 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A jury's verdict for £750 in a defamation action brought by a constable against a police inspector was set aside by the Full Court to-day…

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Gipsy Sent to Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 August 1941 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mona Gill, 30, a gipsy, pleaded guilty at North Sydney Court to-day to stealing £4 from Douglas Bruce Birrell, of Chatswood…

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In Court To-day NEWCASTLE Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) Fined for Betting

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 August 1941 · page 4

William Craig (48), storeman, pleaded guilty to a charge of having been in Bedford-street, Hamilton, for the purpose of betting, on August 10. He was fined £20, in default 40…

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Police Escort Necessary On Wallsend Tram

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 August 1941 · page 3

The behavior of a crowd of young people on a tram, which left Wallsend at 11.55 p.m on Saturdays for Newcastle in recent…

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Jehovah's Witnesses Seek Injunction Against Govt. in High Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 August 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Appearing in the High Court for Jehovah's Witnesses and other associations. Dr. Frank Lount declared that members…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 3

ALLEGED SERIOUS OFFENCE.—Frank Oliver Page, 27, crane-driver, was remanded to September 15 on £80 bail, on a charge of having committed a serious offence…

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Cessnock Police Court (Before Mr. G.J. Johnstone, P.m) on Two Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 2

Ronald Joseph Smith, 20 metal presser was charged with having ridden a motor cycle while under the influence of liquor, in [?] street, Cessnock on August 16, and with having ridden a motor cycle without…

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Police War Fund Auxiliary Raised £1062

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 3

The first annual report of the Police War Fund Women's Auxiliary. presented at the annual meeting to-day. indicated the hard work carried out…

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Court to Discuss Merit Money Plan

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Difficulties of interpreting sections of the National Security Regulations governing munition workers will be thrashed out in…

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Suggests Women Magistrates for Children's Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 2

SYDNEY. Tuesday.— The appointment of women magistrates to sit. In the Children's Court will be urged upon the State Government by Mrs…

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In Court To-day Newcastle Licensing Court Before Mr. C.G. Carr-Boyd, S.M Licence Transferred

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 2

An application by Cecil Lancelot Freeman, of Speers Point, for the transfer of the Australian wine licence for premises known as "Wine Bodega," Main-road. Cockle…

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Police Patrol at New Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 August 1941 · page 4

The police patrol was being maintained in consequence of complaints that women had been molested, the Secretary of New Lambton Progress Association (Mr. J. Bryan)…

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Police War Auxiliary Raised £1062

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 August 1941 · page 6

A cheque for £60, representing proceeds of a card party conducted by Newcastle Police War Fund Women's Auxiliary in aid of the Comforts Fund Christmas Hamper Appeal,…

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