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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

1,597 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 56 of 80

Polish Scientist Shot by Nazi Secret Police

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 August 1941 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. (A.A.P.).—Pror. Kazimterz Bartel. eminent Polish scientist and a former Prime Minister of Poland, has been shot by the Gestapo…

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Police O.k. Gildo in Two Fights

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 August 1941 · page 6

A senior officer of the police stated to-day that his department would not offer any objection to Young Gildo fighting in the two…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 5

REMANDED.—Robert George Charles Cox, labourer, was remanded to September 3, on £10 bail, on a charge of having taken and used a car without the consent of Mary…

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In Court To-day Newcastle Police Court Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. S.M Soldier Discharged

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 4

Leo Clarence Bartlet (33), soldier, was charged by Warrant with having at Newcastle on July 23, while a clerk to Peter Doyle stolen £32 3s 11d, the property of…

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Two Years' Gaol for Sydney Owner & Punter

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 3

BATHURST, Thursday.—Alleged to have "forced" on elderly grazier to sign cheques for £1271, Lionel (or Leonard) Washington Brennan, 40,…

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Doctor Saved Woman from Going to Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A doctor to-day saved a woman from being sent to gaol for contempt of court. He said that she was "markedly hysterical" and…

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Supreme Court Writ Against Archbishop

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A Supreme Court writ was token out yesterday by Henry Milton Neville Short. Industrial chemist, of Rosslyn-street…

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Couple Murdered on Farm Faithful Dog Had to be Shot by Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 4

MACKAY (Qld.), Wednesday.—The inquest on the deaths of Herbert Edgar Blake, 69, Shire Clerk, of Nebo, and his wife, Lizzie Maud Blake, 74, whose bodies…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 August 1941 · page 14

STOLE ARTICLES FROM COOKHOUSE.—A sentence of one month's imprisonments with hard labour, was imposed on Thomas Stewart McTiernan. 46, soldier, who pleaded…

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Murder Charge Not Proceeded with

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 August 1941 · page 2

SYDNEY. Friday.—Sarah Maude O'Brien. 29. domestic, and Bruce Edward Plunkett. 24, carpenter's improver, were discharged by Mr. Reed…

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Court's Warning to Cyclists

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 August 1941 · page 2

A warning by Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. S.M., at Newcastle Summons Court to-day, that if there was any marked increase in traffic breaches by cyclists,…

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Arrested After Three Years Black on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 August 1941 · page 4

DARWIN, Thursday.—After nearly three and a half years, an aboriginal wanted for murder has been arrested by Constable John Stokes, of the Northern…

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Court Orders Delivery of Racehorses

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 August 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—By an order of the Bankruptcy Court to-day, the racehorses Vergure and Dark lover, will be placed in the custody of the…

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Inquiry Ordered Into Conduct of Police Officials

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 August 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—After a conference with the Police Commissioner (Mr. Mackay) last night, the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) directed an…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 10

GROCER CHARGED.—William Francis Anderson, 37, grocer, was remanded to September 5 on £30 bail on a charge of having at Wickham in May, received and had in…

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Japanese Charged with Using Poison Gas

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 3

LONDON. Friday (A.A.P.).—Alarmed by the success of tho Chinese offensive begun this week and the greatest of the war…

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Compensation Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 10

Following is the list of claims set down for bearing at the sitting of Workers' Compensation Commission to begin at Newcastle Courthouse on Tuesday—…

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Textile Meeting Police Had to Intervene

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY. Saturday: The Federal Council of the Textile Workers' Union has decided to urge the Arbitration Court to call…

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Agent for Trial Court Adjourned to Hospital

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 9

Because of the illness of the chief witness for the prosecution, the Police Court adjourned to ward six in Newcastle Hospital yesterday in the case in which Victor Benbow McInness,…

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In Court To-day Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M.) Seaman Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 September 1941 · page 3

Frederick Ellison (33), seaman pleaded guilty to having used indecent language in Young Street, Carrington, yesterday…

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