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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

1,567 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 79

Cessnock Assault Case

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 4

A fine of is, with costs of £4 2s 8d. was imposed in the Cessnock Police Court on Jack Geatches, munition worker of Rawson-street…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 8

INDECENT LANGUAGE.—Thomas Burcher, 61, labourer, was fined £3 for having used indecent language at the bus terminus, Pacific-street, at 11.40…

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Murder Trial at Grafton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 6

GRAFTON, Tuesday.—Women sat throughout the day in the Grafton Supreme Court listening to evidence in the human bones case, in which…

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Regarded As Hostile Witness Frightened, Says Magistrate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 7

Stating that the attitude of a Crown witness was obvious that he was frightened, the Magistrate (Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd) permitted the man to…

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Court Increases Damages by £2000

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 6

LONDON. January 23 (Air Mail): A collier blinded as the result of being thrown from a bus and awarded £2250 damages,…

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Improve War Set-up Premier on Police Action

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Premier (Mr. McKell) said that his action in taking over the administration of the Police Department would greatly…

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Arbitration Court's Set Procedure in Wage Claims

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY: An announcement of the procedure to be adopted in his court since the pegging of rates of pay was made by Judge…

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Counsel and Magistrate in Court Clash

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY.— After a heated clash with Mr. Hardwick, S.M., a barrister was ordered from North Sydney Court yesterday during…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 7

REMANDED FOR SENTENCE—Pleading "Guilty" to having maliciously damaged a plate glass window, the property of the Taylor estate, to the…

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Police Boys' Club

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 8

The annual report of the Newcastle Police Citizens' Boys Club, to be presented to members tomorrow night, shows a…

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Vichy Gets Supreme Court Judgment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Vichy Government was successful in an action which concluded in the State Supreme Court to-day…

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Girl Changed Her Mind in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 4

MELBOURNE.— A 10-year-old telephonist, who told Mr. Justice Macfarlan in the Criminal Court last Friday that she would rather…

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Police Charges Fail Two Men and Oil Investments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 7

Stating that he would not call upon two men to answer a charge of imposition at Newcastle Police Court yesterday, the Magistrate…

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In Court To-day Summons Division Unstamped Measure

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 2

Herbert John McLaughlin, Inspector of Weights and Measures, proceeded against James Peterson Lintott, milk vendor, pitt- street, Mayfield, for…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 6

THEFT CHARGE.—Francis Beagan, 19, labourer, who pleaded "Guilty" to having stolen, at Marylands, near Wallsend, on Tuesday, a bay mare and…

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Police Auction Sale

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 2

A sale of unclaimed articles will be held at the Newcastle Police Station at 10 a.m. on March 28. Details of the articles will be…

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Murder Charge Follows Air Hose Death

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY: "It was only an accident. He was waring a compressed air hose at me. I took it from him the poked him with the…

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In Court To-day Police Division Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. S.m.) Month Imprisonment

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 5

A sentence of one month with hard labor was imposed upon William Arthur McLaughlin, 46, laborer, who pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a…

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State Charges for Police Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Before any inquiry can begin into the circumstances surrounding the transfer of 17 members of the executive of the…

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Thefts Reported To Newcastle Police

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 5

Harry Robert Pittar, of Wolfe Street, has informed the Newcastle police that a wallet containing a cheque and £95 in notes was stolen…

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