In the Courts Police Division (Before Mr. A. G. Hardwick0
Having pleaded guilty to a charge of driving a motor cycle in Hunter Street on March 26 while under the influence of liquor John Edward…
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Courts & crime, 1942
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W.a. Police Union Official Charged with Theft
PERTH: Douglas Stewart Carlton, 41, Secretary of the Police Union, was arrested to-day and charged with having stolen £128…
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SOLDIER FINED.—John Edward Oglethorpe, 27, soldier, was fined £5 for having ridden a motor-cycle in Hunter-street on Thursday night while under…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—Sentencing three men for having assaulted an American sailor with beer bottles, Mr. Justice Martin said to-day in…
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Due to the sitting of Maitland District Court, the Coalmines Regulation Court, to be conducted by Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P.M., on Monday, will take…
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A gold (perhaps) locket with the touching engraving "Dinna forget me, Bill," was among the unclaimed articles offered to the…
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Mrs. Cole, of Wyee, has reported that a man stole her handbag while she was in Hunter-street, Newcastle. The bag contained £3…
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SYDNEY: In one of the worst demonstrations ever seen on any racecourse, the time-keeper was attacked and…
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WENTWORTH, Sunday.—John Campbell Condon has been committed for trial on a charge of having murdered Frank Evers, who…
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SYDNEY: "This might be termed the 'weighted body in the shroud case.'" said the Senior Crown Prosecutor (Mr. T. S…
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The secretary of Newcastle Surf Club (Mr. W. Readwin) has reported to Newcastle police that the caretaker's room at the club's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Courts Police Division (Before Mr. A. G. Hardwick. Sm.) Indecent Language
Fines of £3 (in default six dyas) were imposed upon frank Simmons, 22, labborer, Edward Nance, 24, soldier, and Henry Laing, 21, soldier, for the use of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Courts Police Division (Before Mr. A. G. Harwick, Sm.) Assault Charge
Charged with assaulting Anthony Johnson, Morgan Street, Newcastle, on March 10, Leslie Hall, 28, laborer, was remanded to April 6…
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HOUBE-BREAKING.—The police proceeded with three of eight charges of breaking and entering and stealing against Terrance Fay, 19, labourer…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—John Foster, 27 of Dulwich Hill, lost his life to-day when he fell into the harbour and received fatal electric" shocks…
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LONDON, Monday (Our Special Representative: A piece of silk, a foot square, from a consignment intended for Australia, found…
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WASHINGTON, March 30.—The Dies Committee investigating un-American activities has charged at least 35 high officials of the…
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Joseph Dyson Sullivan, of Sydney-road, Campbelltown, has reported to Newcastle police by letter that between March 26 and…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—The High Court of Australia to-day upset an order made by Mr. Justice MacFarlan which provided that a wife,…
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"The police are not going to manage the Court list here," said Mr. A. G. Hardwick, SM, in Newcastle Court of Petty Sessions this…
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