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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

1,567 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 79

Thefts Reported to Newcastle Police

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 June 1942 · page 3

The loss or theft of an envelope containing £42 in notes, has been reported to Newcastle police by a Chinese seaman, Chin Yu Tang…

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Police Support Midnight Curfew for Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The suggestion of the Lord Mayor (Mr. Beaurepaire) for a curfew at mid-night, or earlier, to check the…

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Four Awards Compensation Court in Newcastle (Before Judge Perdriau.)

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

Dr. Clarence Read attended as Medical Assessor. FRACTURED FINGER.—Francis James Hinton, Waratah, was applicant in a…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1942 · page 4

INDECENT BEHAVIOUR.—For having behaved indecently in a doorway in Scott-street, on Tuesday night, Richard Beale, 50, wharf labourer, was fined…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 June 1942 · page 2

INDECENT BEHAVIOR For indecent behavior in Scott Street, Richard Beaut, 50 wharflaborer, who pleaded guilty. was fined £2 10s…

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Thefts Reported to Newcastle Police

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 June 1942 · page 2

The manager of the Boomerang Service Station in Tudor Street. Hamilton, has reported to the Newcastle police the theft of 49…

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Murder Trial Adjourned Report on Soldier's Mental State

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1942 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The trial of Private Edward Leonski, 24, of the United States Army, charged with having murdered by…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 4

FOR TRIAL.—Raymond Thomas Jones, 22, labourer, was committed for trial at Newcastle Sessions on June 29, on £50 bail, on a charge of having broken…

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Three Committed on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—At the City Coroner's court to-day an inquest was concluded regarding the death of Ernest Hoffman, 56, Swiss chef…

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Leave for High Court Judge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) has granted the Australian Minister to Washington and Justice of the High…

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Inspector Marden Leaving Police After 35 Years

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 3

AFTER HAVING served for 35 years and one month in the police service of the State, Inspector E. V. Marden, of Newcastle, will…

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High Court Fight on Uniform Tax

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE: By lodging a writ in the High Court Registry in Melbourne to-day, the State of Western Australia joined issue…

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Await Court's Decision Operation of Single Tax

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Commissioner of Taxation (Mr. Jackson) said to-day that the Commonwealth Government did not…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 June 1942 · page 8

REMANDED.—A remand to June 19 was granted in the cases in which Frederick McKenzie, 23, manager, wan charged with having driven a car…

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Thefts Reported to Newcastle Police

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 13 June 1942 · page 2

Thieves who broke into a shed at the Champion Soap Works Jesmond, last night, and stole 12 gallons of petrol from a lorry,…

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Soldier Remanded on Theft Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 June 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—On a charge of having stolen £695, the property of the Commonwealth between April 23 and May 21. John Michael Reid, 29,…

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Thefts Reported to Newcastle Police

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 June 1942 · page 4

Gaining entrance through on unlocked window at the rear of the Waratah Printing Co. Pty, Ltd,'s premises in Mattland Road,…

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In The Courts (Before Mr. C. G. Curr-boyd. Sm) Fined for Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 June 1942 · page 4

A total of £ 17 18s in lines and compensation was ordered against fredcrick joseph daniels, 43, inborer. He pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting…

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Four Years' Gaol For Grazier For Illegal Burial

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 June 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY.—"A dead domestic animal would deserve a better burial than you gave this woman," said Judge Holt, in sentencing…

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Thefts Reported to Newcastle Police

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 June 1942 · page 4

By opening the front door with a key which was left lying on the ledge near the door. thieves entered the residence of Esther Ann…

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