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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

1,567 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 54 of 79

Officer Charged with Drunkenness

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 September 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Denying a charge that he had been drunk while on duty an area officer told a court martial at Victoria Barracks that…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 September 1942 · page 4

REMANDED.—"I do not know where my clients are," said Mr. H. L. O'Neill Messrs Johnson and O'Neill, for the defence, in the cases which two…

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Sm Warns of Gaol for Profiteering

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 September 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY. A £50 flue with £4 l6 costs for selling potatoes above the declared price was imposed on George J. Maloney, training as…

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Axis Agents Sent to Gaol for 15 Years

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 September 1942 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.—Ernest Weber, formerly in the German army. Richard Frederick Frederick. formerly in the…

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In the Courts Police Division (Before Mr. G. G. Carr-Lloyd. Sm) Indecent Language

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 September 1942 · page 2

On a charge of having used inflecent language in Hunter Street on September I William James Howard [?] fitter, was fined £2 10s…

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U.S. Soldier Sentenced to 20 Years' Gaol

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

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—An American staff sergeant who was found guilty of having attempted to assault a nine-year-old girl has been…

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

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

REMANDED.—Alister William Smith, 16, labourer was remanded to September 9, on £40 bail, on a charge of having broken and entered the shop of…

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30 Years' Gaol for Nazi Spy

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 September 1942 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday: Herbert Karl Friedrich Bahr was to day sentenced at Newark (New Jersey) to 30 years for conspiracy…

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Sent to Gaol Failed to Enrol for Service

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 September 1942 · page 3

Thistle Miller, of 15 Morgan Street, Newcastle, was sentenced to three months gaol for failing to enrol it…

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In the Courts Police Division Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 September 1942 · page 2

Jean Hazel Morton 28, was charged with receiving and having in her possession at New Lambton on a day in July last the following articles the…

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Court-martial Warning On Desertion

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 September 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Captain A. C. Wallace, prosecuting officer, reminded the district court martial at Victoria Barracks to-day that…

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Police Report Cleaning-up of Local Crime

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 September 1942 · page 3

More charges of breaking, entering, stealing and receiving may be preferred soon in Newcastle courts. Police officers, who are…

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High Court Remits Case to S.m

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 September 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY.—The High Court to-day, on the appeal of the Crown. set aside an order of Mr. Hardwick, SM, who had dismissed a…

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

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

WOMAN REMANDED.—Jean Hazel Morton, 28, home duties, was remanded to September 8, on £50 ball, on two charges of receiving. The charges…

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Non-stop Nazi Assault on Stalingrad

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 1

LONDON. Friday.—Hitler's monstrous tide of men and metal is still creeping closer to Stalingrad from the south-west. Two hundred tanks, assisted by swarms of Stakas and supported by several divisions of fresh in…

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Thirty Years' Gaol for Nazi Spy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sept. 3.—At Hewart, New Jersey, Herbert Karl Friedrich Bahr, was sentenced to 30 years impirsonment, on a charge of…

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Thefts Reported to Police

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 3

A twin magneto and a carburettor have been stolen from the garage at Rylands' Works. Mayfield, according to a report made…

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Crown Plea Upheld by Full Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Upholding an appeal by the Crown, the Full Court of Australia to-day set aside a stipendiary magistrate's order…

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Statement for House on Overruling of Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Allegations that a manpower officer had overruled the decision of a West Maitland police magistrate, who…

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Constance Bennett Will Appeal Against Court Edict

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 2

HOLLYWOOD. Thurs. — Constance Bennett has announced that, she will appeal against a court verdict [?] her…

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