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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

1,567 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 79

Boys Before Court Abuse of Railway Privileges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 8

Reprimanding boys of 13, 15 and 16 in the Children's Court at Teralba yesterday, the Magistrate (Mr. G. J. Johnstone) referred to abuse by…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 12

REMANDED.—John Raymond McCarthy, 41, taxi driver, was remanded to February 19, on £20 bail, on a charge of having driven a taxi-cab in…

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Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. J.B. Scoble. S.m.) Indecent Language

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 4

Thomas Henry Burns [?]7. a rigger. was fined £2 on a charge of having used indecent language in Downle-street. Smedmore. on January 30…

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First Cessnock District Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 2

Cessnock Municipal Council has been advised by the Attorney-General's Department that the first District Court at Cessnock will be…

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Police Court (Before Mr. J. B. Scobie, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 8

REMANDED.—Albert John Engelbrecht, 26, contractor, represented by Mr. H. L. O'Neill (Messrs. Johnson and O'Netlll, was remanded until February…

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Charged with Negligence Lambton Mine Shotfirer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 4

A beginning was made at Newcastle Summons Court yesterday before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M., with the hearing of a charge made by Inspector…

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Aircraft Men Defied Union Court Declines to Interfere

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.—In reserved judgment following the inquiry into the dismissal of eight men and the subsequent stoppage of…

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In the Courts (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. S.m.) Resisted Arrest Police Division

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 4

Francis George Burge for Frans Burke), 27, storeman, was fined £2 on a charge of having incited and sided Charles Knight to resist Constable…

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Charged With Aiding Gaol Escapee

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Bruce Anthony Donnison (26), Arthur Crowe (27), Edward Grace (27), Philip Douglas Crowe (22), Janet Crowe (45), and…

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Charged With Murder of Husband

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—H[?] Thompson. 40, who had been an inmate of Callan Park Mental Asylum and who is alleged to have…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 6

INCITED AND RESISTED.—Frank Burke, 27, storeman, was charged with having incited Charles Knight to resist Constable A. E. Swanson, while in…

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Husband Denies Assault Charge Case at Sessions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 6

The hearing was began before Judge Nield, at Newcastle Sessions yesterday, of the case in which David Christianson, 51, was charged…

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Carpenters Take Grievance to Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 3

A protest by carpenters at Commonwealth steel against the new weekly rate of payment will be heard by the Arbitration Court…

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In the Courts (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, B.m) Police Division Seaman Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 4

Harold Edward Bedford, 27, seaman, was remanded on £100 ball to February 10,1912, on live charges of stealing. The charges were having stolen a pair of…

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18 Months' Gaol Husband Convicted of Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 7

"Having regard for the injuries which resulted from the assault, you should consider yourself exceedingly fortunate that you were not charged…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 8

OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR.—Convicted of having behaved offensively in Maitland-road. Tighes Hill. on February 2. John Barbour. 37. steel worker. was…

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White Feather Mentioned in Assault Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 3

Mention of a white feather was made during a case in the Newcastle Summons Court to-day. In which Joseph William Henry Dole…

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Murder Charge at Yass

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 3

YASS: A 16-year-old youth who had never heard of the Bible was the principal witness at the inquest to-day…

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Woman on Murder Charge Attends Funeral

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY.— Under police escort. Catherine Mary Thompson (41). Who has been charged with the murder of her husband. Horace…

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Assault Victim Dies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday—Police are searching for three soldiers who allegedly left William Coleman, 44, hotel cook, of King's Cross, in a…

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