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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

1,509 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 76

Mineworkers Charged with Absenteeism

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 February 1943 · page 2

Two employees of Hebburn No. 2 colliery have received summonses charging them with absenting themselves from work between February…

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Prisoner Made Clothes From Gaol Blankets

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 February 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Transforming his dark grey prison blankets into coat and trousers, Albert Cairns, 25, an indeterminate…

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Magistrate's Warning to Tenants

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1943 · page 3

Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, SM, to-day issued a warning to tenants of premises of which owners desired to secure…

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Death In Maitland Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1943 · page 2

Robert Henry Stirrup 63 of Newcastle a native of Liverpool England died suddenly in the Maitland Gaol early this morning…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1943 · page 5

WOMAN BETTOR FINED.—Mabel Perrett, 32, domestic duties, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having used premises in Farquharson-street…

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In The Courts Police Court (Before Mr. G. C. Carr-Boyd, Sm) Adjourned

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1943 · page 2

The charge against Alexander Bone [?] laborer, of stealing an oxy-cutting set valued at £15 the property of W. E. Bramble and Sons Ltd., was adjourned…

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Gaol Escapee Found in Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 February 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Albert Cairns, 25, prisoner of Beechworth Gaol, who escaped last Friday while working in the forest with a labour…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 February 1943 · page 6

SENTENCE SUSPENDED.—Leslie Alien Morrison, 20, soldier, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment on a charge of having had in his…

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Police 'Phoney' Broadcast Got Results

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 February 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.—A pathetic but "phoney" broadcast was used to-day by the police to gain a confession when all other…

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Gunmen Chain Men to Post, Fire on Police

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 February 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.—Ireland's private war flared up again when IRA gunmen took two young men from their homes, chained them…

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Visit to Police Commissioner McNulty Said He Was "Framed"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 February 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Clarence Sydney McNulty, charged with indecent exposure, said at the Central Police Court to-day that he asked the…

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Gaol Sentence Reduced

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 February 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Claiming to be the ambassador of "The Theocratic Government which was shortly to reign on earth," George Richard…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1943 · page 6

BOUND OVER.—"It was a most inexplicable affair, because he knew the girl well," said Mr. J. K. Williams (Messrs. Harris, Wheeler and Williams)…

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In The Courts Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. carr-Boyd. Sm) Adjourned

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 February 1943 · page 2

Keith Donald Orr, 28, a furnace man was charged with, at Carrington on February 24, having in his possession a bicycle, reasonably suspected of…

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Six Women Police to Help V.D. Campaign

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Six additional women police are to be appointed to assist in the campaign against V.D…

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Court's Ruling Employers Must Go to Women's Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—By majority judgment, the Full Bench of the Federal Arbitration Court to-day refused an application by the Metal…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 February 1943 · page 3

REMANDED.—Keith Donald Orr. 28, furnaceman, was remanded to March 5. on £10 bail, on a charge of having had in his possession at Carrington…

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Indians To Die For Murder of Britons

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 February 1943 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Thursday. — Eight Indians are to die for the murder of two RAF officers in one of the most cold-blooded, gruesome…

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Absentee Charges in Children's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 February 1943 · page 2

WOLLONGONG Thursday.—Because they were under 18 some wheelers and clippers charged at Wollongong last night with…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1943 · page 4

DISTURBANCE ON BUS.—A disturbance on a bus travelling from Adamstown to Newcastle on February 16 was described in a case in which William…

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