Gaol The Profiteer
IT is inevitable that with rationing, short supplies of commodities, and fixation or prices, black markets will develop, and the…
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Courts & crime, 1942
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Police Court (Before Mr. C. W. Naylor, J.p.)
SOLDIER DISCHARGED.—The Police Prosecutor (Sergeant W. G. Wallacot offered no evidence when Hugh Victor Whitelaw, 27, soldier was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Got Gaol for Talking Far Too Loudly
NEW YORK, Mon. (OSR).—A magistrate in the Bronx gave an unusual decision when he sentenced a machinery salesman,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sent to Gaol Refused to Take the Oath
SYDNEY: Three Jehovah's Witnesses, George Douglas Bain, James Frederick Wareham and Alfred William…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Courts Police Division (Before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, S. M.) Indecent Language
Charged with using indecent language in public places, the following were fined £2 each:—Colin Francis Donnelly, 31. machinist: William pagan, 52, seaman:…
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"You men are in the Army to play the game and help win this war, and it appears to me that you are not prepared to do that," the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In The Courts Police Division (Before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, Sm) Gaol Sentences
William Arthur Henry Henderson, 44, laborer, was sentenced to six months goal, with hard labor, and James Leonard President, 42, laborer, to one month…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court (Before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, S.m.)
COMIMITTED FOR TRIAL.—Alfred Duncan Mcakin, 20, soldier-labourer, on remand, was committed for trial at Newcastle Quarter Sessions of September…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attack on Trawler "Cold-Blooded Murder"
"The attack was cold-blooded murder. The nets were out, and we were a, sitting shot. We had no Weapons with which to fight back, no warning that we were being attacked, and no possibility of escape."…
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During her absence yesterday afternoon, thieves broke into the home of Mrs. Irene Carroll, at Murray Street, Hamilton. They…
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A sitting of the District Court at Cessnock has been fixed for Thursday, November 5. This is the first sitting of this Court since its…
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SENT TO GAOL.—Sentence of six months' imprisonment was imposed on William Arthur Henry Henderson, 44, labourer, for having stolen six women's…
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Leaving his car parked in Telford Street, Newcastle, Charles William Robertson, of John Street. Tighe's Hill, returned to find that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Police Ask for Royal Commission
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The Queensland Police Union has decided by ballot to ask the Government to appoint a Royal Commission to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£3000 Mentioned in Court Case
SYDNEY.—James Foot, 48, clerk, was before Mr. Reed, CSM, at the Central Court to-day on remand to answer a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →12 Girls in Court in Melbourne
MELBOURNE: Twelve girls, aged between 17 and 19, appeared in the City Court late yesterday on…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday—Regulations will be introduced this week by the State Government drastically curtailing the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Manager Charged
Percival David Walters, of East Maitland, was charged yesterday at East Maitland Police Court with having been the Manager of…
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ADELAIDE, Thursday.—After a retirement of a few minutes in the Criminal Court to-day, a jury acquitted John Paradice, well-known…
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MALICIOUS DAMAGE.—Pleading "Guilty" to having maliciously damaged a car side curtain, valued it 10/6, the property of the Commissioner for Road…
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