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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

1,509 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 76

Court-martial Sentences

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1943 · page 2

Sentences imposed on soldiers recently tried by District Courts Martial in Northern NSW are:— Sapper Francis paterson was…

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"Black Market" Oil Three Months' Gaol For Tram Conductor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1943 · page 4

"Although the charge relates to only one gallon, the inference is that there was a good deal more oil than that, and that the defendant…

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Charge of Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Albert Charles Rowan, 30. lorry driver, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having, on Monday, stolen 94…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 6

INDECENT LANGUAGE.—Harold Lawrence O'Brien, 35, labourer, was fined £3 for having used indecent language, and £1 for having been…

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Man With Record Sent To Gaol: Judge's Comment

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE.—Surprised that so many men with criminal records were permitted to work on Melbourne wharves was expressed…

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Medals for New Guinea Police Boys

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 2

The bravery of four native boys was rewarded on Sunday, following the successful defence of Wau, by the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 6

FOR TRIAL.—Roy Marley, 33. wharf-labourer, on £100 ball, was charged with having, at Tighe's Hill on January 28, assaulted Henry James Taylor, and…

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More Police to Stop Wharf Pillaging

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The State police forces will be enlarged under National Security Regulations to stamp out pillaging on the…

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Called Military Police Mr. Packer Gives Evidence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Military police had been called to Bryant House, Sydney, when a party of Allied Works Council workers…

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Non-suited at District Court Claim by Builder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 6

A case at interest to builders was heard at Newcastle District Court yesterday by Judge Nield. John Edward Cunningham, builder, of…

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Police Official Shot in Bulgaria Gestapo Takes Control;-Closes Turkish Frontier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Feb. 17.—A high Sofia police official was fatally shot yesterday morning, after which the Gestapo took over…

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To Be Court Sequel to One Day Elrington Hold-up

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 2

The last one-day stoppage at Elrington Colliery is to have a Court sequel. Thirteen summonses have been…

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In the Courts District Court (Before Judge Nield) Miners Make Claim

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 2

The hearing was continued of the claims by three miners for damages against the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, following a…

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Industrial News Not Interfere with State Court Federal Judge on Holiday Issue

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Judge O'Mara, in the Federal Arbitration Court to-day, denied the right of that Court to give a decision or to express an opinion…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1943 · page 4

VAGRANT SENTENCED.—George Arthur Jessee, 66, labourer, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on a charge of vagrancy. For having…

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Shot Sister to End Suffering, Police Allege

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 February 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE.—"She had suffered enough, and I thought I would let her end it. I said to myself. 'I'll end it,'and I got…

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Modern Nurse Cavell Sad Figure In Court

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 February 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday.—A modern Nurse Cavell sobbed in a corridor of the Old Bailey while her husband Ralph Goldney…

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900 Arrests in Year Police Admission in McNulty Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Giving further evidence in the case in which Clarence Sydney McNulty, Editor-in-Chief of the "Daily Telegraph," is…

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In The Courts District Court (Before Judge Nield) Claims Succeed

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 February 1943 · page 2

A brother and sister who each claimed £400 damages from the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways following a…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1943 · page 4

TRAFFIC BREACHES.—For having ridden a bicycle past a stationary tram in Hunter-street on January 18, Geoffrey John Harrison, of Myola-street…

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