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Courts & crime, 1943

1,509 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 76

Police Funeral for Sergeant Ryan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 2

A police funeral will be accorded Sergeant W. T. Ryan to-day. Arrangements have been made for an escort of at least 20 constables…

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Warning By Police Continuation Of Concerts Under Review

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 3

Continuation, or otherwise, of the Sunday afternoon concerts for servicemen and civilians, held regularly in the…

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Committals on Gem Theft Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1943 · page 7

PERTH, Friday.—Jack Palmer, 47, a beachcomber, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen diamonds worth £20,447. Two others,…

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Three Years' Gaol for Woman

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Elizabeth Walker. 50. was sentenced at the Sessions to three years' gaol for assault occasioning bodily harm…

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Faking of Votes Is Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY. — Following charges of vote-faking in the Senate pre-selection ballot, the Central Executive of the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1943 · page 8

REMANDED.—Angus Thomas Constable, 30, clerk, was remanded to May 7 on charges, by warfant, with having frauderentry embezzred…

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Appeal to High Court Fails Case From Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1943 · page 4

By a majority verdict, the High Court in Sydney dismissed the appeal by South Maitland Railways Pty. Ltd. against an award in favour of…

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Police Court (Before Mr. A. R. Raschke, JP)

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 3

S. J. Harris 23, soldier was remanded [?] to-morrow on a charge of using indecent language in Scott Street on May 1…

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Accused of Boy's Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Accused of the murder of an 11-year-old Lionel Roy Barlow, 24, soldier, was alleged…

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In The Courts Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) Offensive Behavior

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 2

When Provost Sergeant Enks intervened in a brawl between some civilland soldiers at the intersection of Hrown and Hunter Streets. on May…

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Court Upheld Award to Chorus Girl

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Full Court to-day heard the appeal by Reginald Cooper, hotel owner and retired barrister, against the jury's award…

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Actor's Outburst In Court On Son's Behalf

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Film actor Arthur Shirley, made a dramatic appeal to Mr. Wells, S.M., at the Central Court to-day to save his son…

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Acquitted on Food Stealing Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Robert Peter Gould, 29, film producer, was acquitted at the Sydney Sessions to-day on a charge of having stolen 269 tins…

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Father and Son Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY.—The film actor, Arthur Shirley, and his son, Paul Shirley, were both before Mr. Farrington, SM, at Paddington…

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Governor Ordered Release From Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1943 · page 1

GRAFTON, Tuesday.—The last chapter in the tick war, in which dairy farmers on the Clarence River refused to dip cattle, was closed…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1943 · page 4

UNLAWFUL GAME.—Donald Farquhar Campbell, 42, labourer, Wilfred Goldsworthy, 27. toolsetter, and Charles Stanley Tyrrell, 59, miner, were charged…

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For Trial on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At the inquest on Albert Edward Crutcher, 11, whose body was found in a pool at Granville on March 7, the…

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Father Complains to Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A man rushed into the Central Summons Court to-day and complained that his son was receiving "wicked treatment…

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Rush Bill to Guard Police Code

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY. Tuesday.—A bill making it an offence for any unautorised person to be in possession of the police wireless code was rushed…

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In the Courts District Court (Before Judge Nield) Flat Owner's Claim

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1943 · page 2

Claiming that during a heavy storm water was blown from a council draft, on to Stella Marts Flats, causing damage, Mrs. Florena Jessie Davies, of…

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