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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

1,509 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 76

Building Tradesmen Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Under the National Security Regulations, 31 members of the Building Trades Federation appeared at Port…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 5

IN AIR-RAID SHELTERS.—For having been found without lawful excuse in air-raid shelters, William Allan John Cameron, 22, linesman, and Richard…

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Remand on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—By consent, Lionel Roy Barlow, 24, soldier, who has been charged with the murder of Albert Edward Crutcher, 11, at…

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In The Courts Police Division (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. S.m.) Charge Division Stealing Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 2

Charies E. Chr[?] 30 scaman was charged with stealing at Stockton [?] April 1. a woman's hand[?] £4 18. in money. identity card and three…

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Escaped From Police Escort

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Ronald James Richardson (29). who is serving a sentence of nine months for stealing. escaped from a police escort at…

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Union Official Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Victorian Secretary of the Carpenters' Union (Mr. George H. Frank) was taken to the City Watchhouse…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 4

DISORDERLY.—Secundine Alas, 20, a seaman, for disorderly conduct on April 20, was lined 40/ or two days' imprisonment…

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Faulty Work Meant Gaol for Welder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 4

NEW YORK, April 20.—George Steele, a shipyard welder, was sentenced to imprisonment for a year and a half at Baltimore for having…

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Found Guilty of Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE—After deliberating for an hour and 40 minutes, the Jury in the Criminal Court yesterday found Norman Morris…

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Negro Soldier Hanged in British Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday—First American soldier executed in England David Cobb, a private in the United States Army was hanged…

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Escaped From Truck on Way to Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Ronald James Richardson, 29, who was serving a sentence of nine months' gaol for stealing, escaped from a police…

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Death Sentence for Policeman's Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—After a retirement of an hour and 40 minutes a jury at Central Criminal Court found Norman Morris Searle,…

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Murder Charge Follows Birth in Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.—Margaret Jane Murray, 23, was committed for trial on a charge of murder at an inquest to-day on a male…

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In The Courts Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd S.m.) Destroyed Shrud

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 2

While waiting slung Hunter Street about 11.15 last night, two seamen. Roy James Church, 28, and James Crout seized a Golden Privet shrud growing…

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Compass Lost After Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 2

West Maitland police are seeking information about a prismatic compass which was stolen from a car three weeks ago. The compass, with…

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Second Union Official Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday—Two union officials have now been arrested and charged for directing members engaged in the Civil…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 4

SESSIONS ECHO.—After having given evidence for the defence in the Quarter Sessions case against Roy Marley, John George Sneehan, 22,…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 2

Leonard V. Jones, 40 [?]man, [?] fined £2 10s of five days' imprisonment. for indecent behavior in Newcomen Street on April 21…

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Two for Trial on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The City Coroner (Mr. Oram) committed for trial Raymond Finn, 26, engineer, and Reginald John Stopp, 25,…

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Overtime Ban at B.H.P. Reaction to Court Decision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1943 · page 2

A ban on overtime on holidays, now being observed at Port Kembla Steel Works, has been extended to the Newcastle B.H.P. Steel Works…

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