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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

1,597 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 64 of 80

Police Boys' Club Cricket Practice

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 October 1941 · page 3

The C Grade and under 16 teams of the [?] on the club's ground at Hurwood Street tice on the club's ground at Hurwood Street to-morrow.Practice will begin at 1.45 p.m…

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Court-martial of Seven Airmen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 October 1941 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Failure of seven men to attend a parade at Benalla elementary flying training school resulted in their facing a general court-martial…

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Court Orders Ballot on Textile Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 October 1941 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—In the Arbitration Court. Judge O'Mara invoked the national security regulations to prohibit publication without leave of tie Court of reports of…

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Seven R.A.A.F. Men Before Court-Martial

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 October 1941 · page 2

CANBERRA.—While seven R.A.A.F. men await the findings of the courtmartial on the Benalla (Victoria) Elementary Training School "mutiny."…

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In Court To-day Newcastle Summons Division (Before Mr. C. O. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) Dangerous Driving

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 October 1941 · page 2

Cyril James Mcmillan, of Darby Street, Newcastle, who pleaded guilty, was fined £7, with 8s costs, in default 15 days, for having driven a car in a dangerous…

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Cattle Man; Gaol, Fine

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 October 1941 · page 5

LONDON, August 30 (Air Mail).—Described by the prosecution as "a foundation stone in a block market," a Cheshire farmer and cattle dealer,…

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Gaol for Belief in De Gaulle

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 October 1941 · page 5

Air Mail.—Special to "The Sun" and N.A.N.A.—Washington, August 12.—When Free French authorities took charge of Damascus. It…

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Fisher Guilty of Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 October 1941 · page 6

SYDNEY, After a retirement of two hours, a criminal court jury to-day found Wm. Fisher, 65, painter, guilty of the murder…

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Fisher Silent When Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 October 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—William Fisher, 65, painter, was found guilty and sentenced to death yesterday, on a charge of having murdered Jeanette Walsh, 3, on August…

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In Court To-day Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. O. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) Started a Fight

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 October 1941 · page 2

Pleading guilty to having behaved in an offensive manner in King Street, Newcastle, on October 2, Robert Tindall, 19, laborer, was fined £1, in default 48 hours hard…

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Hero of Last War Sent to Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 October 1941 · page 2

LONDON, August 27 (Air Mail).— Robert Johnstone, 54, a dock laborer, who was said to have behaved with "unspeakable gallantry" during the…

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5 Day Serial by Charles Douthwaite Midnight Murder Chapter 1

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 October 1941 · page 5

Swinging happily down the Essex country road on that early morning of…

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Court Orders Ipswich Railwaymen to Resume

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 October 1941 · page 2

BRISBANE: The Full Bench of the Industrial Court to-day ordered the 600 engineers on strike at the Ipswich railway workshops to return to work…

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Police Praise Airmen and Civilians in Locating Lost Child Lost in Bush for 10 Hours

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 October 1941 · page 3

Superintendent A. H. C. Jones (North-eastern Police Division) stated to-day that it was largely due to the assistance of Air Force men from Rathmines and civilians from the Toronto district, that the child, lost in the heavily timbered country in that area yesterday,…

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Airmen Stealing Canada's Prettiest Girls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 October 1941 · page 1

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday.—According to Colonel Cosgrave, Canadian Trade Commissioner in Australia, there is only one really serious objection to Australian…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 October 1941 · page 5

DISCHARGED.—In the case in which Jack Davies, 24, labourer, was charged with having behaved offensively in Scott-street on August 9, the police had no evidence to offer. Davies…

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In Court To-day Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) Illegal Setting

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 October 1941 · page 2

Pleading guilty to having used a place in Power Street. Islington, yesterday for the purpose of betting. Albert Gallagher, 40 laborer, was fined £15, in default 30 days…

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Midnight Murder 5 Day Serial CHAPTER 2

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 October 1941 · page 5

Lance Cotswold, on a walking tour, meets early one morning a young lady in distress…

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Police Challenge Minister to Debate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 October 1941 · page 2

GRAFTON, Monday.—The Police Association of New South Wales has challenged Rev. G. S. Watts and two friends to a public debate on the question,…

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Police to Hold N.e.s. Field Day

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 October 1941 · page 2

An N.E.S. field day for police of the Newcastle sub-district will be held in the Newcastle Mental Hospital Grounds on Wednesday, October 8…

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