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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

1,567 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 79

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 July 1942 · page 4

VAGRANCY.—Sentence to two months' Imprisonment was imposed on Albert Roy Clarkson, 31, Inbourer, for vagraney. The Police Prosecutor…

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Charged With Attempts to Ridicule U.S. Forces

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 July 1942 · page 3

WASHINGTON, July 23.—The indictment of 28 persons on charges of attempting to destroy the morale of the military and naval forces was…

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Girl Sent To Gaol On Stealing Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 July 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY. —Kathleen Mary Lane, 18. who it was stated recently absconded from Parramatta Girls' Industrial School, was…

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Labour Corps Private Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Private William Guilfoyle, 43, a Labour Corps private, who was charged before a district court martial on…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1942 · page 6

INDECENT BEHAVIOUR.—James Moore, 40, pensioner, was fined £2/10/ for having behaved indecently in Hannell-street. Wickham, on Thursday…

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Gandhi May Go on Fast If He Goes to Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 July 1942 · page 1

LONDON Friday. (AAP).—If Congress carries out its threat to launch a moss civil disobedience movement and Gandhi is…

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Circus Proceeds for Police Auxiliary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1942 · page 2

Proceeds of the menageric display at Wirth's Circus to-morrow afternoon will be for the Newcastle Police Women's Auxiliary effort in support…

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"Federal Rights Asserted" Mr. Curtin on High Court Decision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1942 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to-night denied suggestions that State rights had been affected by the High…

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Theatrical Conference Ordered By Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 July 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE: The Arbitration Court has summoned a conference between representatives of the Cinematograph Exhibitors'…

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Magistrate Ill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1942 · page 5

Because of illness Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd S.M., was unable to preside at Newcastle Police Court yesterday. It was impossible to arrange…

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Americans Charged With Robbing Doctor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1942 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Monday.—Dr. A. S. Randel, a well-known Adelaide medical man, was assaulted and robbed in front of his home at North Adelaide…

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Police Protection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1942 · page 4

Sir,—In the request for more police protection Waratah simply asks for the restoration of what existed for more than 40 years, until Waratah…

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Committed for Trial on Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 July 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY: "We had a row and punched him and knocked him down. He got up and went to his cabin and later I went to my…

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Japanese Police Ill-treat Whites

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1942 · page 3

NEW YORK, July 27.—The former Tokio correspondent of the New York "Times," Otto Tolischus, who has arrived at Lourenco Marques,…

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Charged With Gaol Escape

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A man who is alleged to have escaped from Long Bay Gaol on December 27, 1935, was charged with the offence at Central…

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Police Court (Before Mr. A. G. Hardwicke.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1942 · page 6

INDECENT LNGUAGE.—The following were fined for the use of indecent language in city streets—William John Kelieher, 39, labourer, and Frederick…

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Former Police Chief Honoured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1942 · page 4

[?] makes a presentation to Mr. A. H. C. Jones, former Police Superintendent, an the U.L.V.A. Ball in recognition on of his services to the district. At left is the U.L.V.A. President (Mr. P. J. Ryan)…

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Boys Charged With Damaging Carriage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 July 1942 · page 4

Seven schoolboys pleaded "Guilty" at Teralba Children's Court yesterday to having wilfully damaged fittings in a railway carriage between Teralba…

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Police Court Newcastle (Before Mr. A. G. Hardwicke, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 July 1942 · page 4

STRUCK OUT.—The police had no evidence to offer and the information was struck out in the case in which John Derk Aarson, 52, garage proprietor, was…

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Thefts Reported to Police

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 July 1942 · page 2

By forcing the padlock on the front door with a jemmy, thieves broke into Ivor Francis Johns's estate agency at Maitland Road…

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