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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

1,567 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 79

In Court To-day (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, Sm) Railway Men Assaulted Police Division

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 June 1942 · page 2

A total of £22 10s 6d in fines and costs was imposed upon a defendant in an assault and obstruction charge. William James Brennan, 26…

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Police Decoy Denies Religious Bias

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1942 · page 3

PERTH, Wednesday.—Before the Chief Justice, and a jury, in the Criminal Court to-day, the hearing of the case in which four…

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Blamed Murder Trial For Stealing

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 June 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY: Expenses entailed in his defence to a murder charge were the cause of his having resorted to theft, declared Bruce…

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In Court To-day (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. Sm) Police Division Sent to Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 June 1942 · page 2

Pleading guilty to four charges of stealing, Robert Hinds, 20, laborer, was sentenced to imprisonment for four months on each charge, the sentences…

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Six Britons Sentenced by Japanese

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 June 1942 · page 3

CHUNGKING, June 4.—Six Britons have been sentenced to prison for alleged espionage against the Japanese, says a report from…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 June 1942 · page 4

COSTLY ASSAULT.—Fines and costs totalling £22/10/6 were imposed on William James Brennan, 26, machinist, who pleaded "Guilty" to four charges arising…

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Bomb Hero Now Sentenced By Court Martial

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 June 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Friday (AAP): Bomb demolition hero, Captain Robert Davies (Royal Engineers), has been sentenced by a court…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1942 · page 6

SENT TO GAOL.—Sentence of four months' Imprisonment on each of four charges of theft was imposed on Robert Hinds, 20, labourer. Hinds pleaded…

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Thefts Reported to Newcastle Police

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 June 1942 · page 2

Mrs. A. Stephens, of Wentworth-street, Waratah, has reported to Newcastle police that while she was shopping in a…

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Two Men Sentenced to Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 June 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Mr. Justice Davidson, in the Central Criminal Court last night, sentenced two men to death on charges of having raped…

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Four Charged With Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY: Following the discovery of a man's body in a vacant block, good was found leading to an upper room in a…

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Court-martial Of U.S. Man On Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE.—The trial by court-martial of An American soldier on three charges of murder will open in Melbourne…

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Long Gaol Terms for Youths

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY: George Loyal Julius, 16, convicted of rape, was to-day sentenced in the Central Criminal Court to life…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 6

BAIL ESTREATED.—There was no appearance of George Wallace, 30, salesman, to answer a charge of having habitually consorted with…

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Maitland and District Police Court (Before Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 5

STEALING CHARGE DISMISSED.—'A 'A charge of having, on April 21, at West Maitland, stolen a bicycle valued at £5, the properly of Douglas…

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Thefts Reported to Newcastle Police

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 2

Mrs. Louisa Dalby, of Crown Street, Stockton, has reported to the police the theft of a velvet carpet, nine feet by 10 feet six…

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He Tried to Evade His Duty: Sent to Gaol for Year

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (AAP).— For disobeying the order of a conscientious objector's tribunal to work on the land, drive an…

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Appeal to High Court States Confer On Uniform Tax

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Premiers of Victoria, Queensland, and South Australia having met in conference with their legal advisers,…

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Theft From Art Gallery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—What is believed to have been the first theft of a picture from a national gallery in Australia has occurred in Sydney…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1942 · page 6

REMANDED.—A remand to August 4, on £50 ball was granted when Phillip Edgar Phillips, 34, labourer, was charged with having maliciously…

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