Soldiers Charged with Wrecking Cafe
BRISBANE, Monday.—Stating that six soldiers who were charged at the Police Court to-day with having wrecked a cafe at the Central…
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Courts & crime, 1942
1,567 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 79
Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.—John Johnstone, 19, and Wallace Leonard Hanlon, 19, were celebrating Hanlon's birthday on January 16. They took…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Police Court (Before Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P.m.)
REMANDED.—William Sindel Hemmings, 47, Edward Vincent McCarney, 27, and Edward Vincent Banham, 37, who appeared on charges of having on…
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The special sitting of the Licensing Court which was to have been held at West Maitland to-day has been adjourned…
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Newcastle will be included in the coastal lighting restrictions imposed by the Minister for N.E.S. (Mr. Heffron) to operate from to-night. The new restrictions place a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court (Before Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P.m.)
INDECENT LANGUAGE—William Frost Fishburn, 45, miner, of Spencer-street Cessnock, was charged with having used indecent language within hearing of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Fined for Beach Assault
Stating that he had been abused and assaulted while at Newcastle beach on January 4, Lionel William Champion gave James Millar…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
DRILL HALL STIR.—George Noel Hurrell, 25. wharflabourer, and Lindsay Gordon Lees, 33, crane driver, appeared on charges of offensive behaviour, as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Seized 2000 Photos
LONDON, December 13 (Air Mail).—More than 2000 photographs of nude models seized by the police at a shop in Old…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the Courts Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Bovd. P.m.) Seaman Prosecuted
Stanley Williams (34), seaman, was charged with having been found drunk and with having used indecent language in Dumaresq Street. Hamilton, on…
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SYDNEY.—After a week of spare-time experimenting in a backyard workshop, three young constables have produced a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court Case Over Letters to Rome
LONDON, Dec. 12 (Air Mail).—Percival Arthur Warner, of Audley Court, Hampton Road. Twickenham, appeared at the Mansion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
SHOPLIFTER FINED.—Grace Shafter, 31, domestic duties, pleaded "Guilty" to having stolen, at Newcastle, a Milanese slip valued at 7/11, the Property of H…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Used Tin-opener to Break Gaol
DARWIN, Wednesday.—A prisoner who escaped from Fanny Bay Gaol on Christmas Day by using a tin-opener to cut his way out has been…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday—Police have the right to prosecute any person offending against the regulations requiring all lights visible from the…
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JOHANNESBURG. Jan. 21.—Government officers carried out a large-scale round-up of members of the police force suspected of subversive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrest of Police in South Africa a Blow Against High Treason
PRETORIA, Wednesday (A.A.P.): Charges of high treason may be laid against some of the 400 members of the South African Police Force now detained for subversive activities. Dangerous weapons were seized, including bombs, stated the Police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
WOMAN WARNED.—"In view of previous convictions you may be sent to prison if you appear before me again," the Magistrate told Venetta Thompson,…
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At East Maitland Courthouse yesterday the Mining Warden (Mr. Duncan) dealt with two applications for authority to enter and search for coal and shale…
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CANBERRA, Thursday. — The Federal Government proposes to appoint six additional inspectors to ensure observance of Commonwealth…
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