Maitland District Court
A verdict for the defendant was returned by Judge Nield at the Maitland District Court yesterday in the case in which Thomas Geoffrey McMahon, of…
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Courts & crime, 1943
1,509 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 76
Police Court (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, S.m.)
VAGRANCY.—One month's light labour was ordered Eliza Johnson, 52, domestic duties, convicted of vagrancy. EMBEZZLEMENT.—Maurice John…
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SYDNEY. — "The issue in this com is not whether the shot fired by the accused caused death but whether he had reasonable…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—On a charge of having murdered Duncan McPhee, 68, of Bourke-street, Surry Hills, Keith Clarence White, 20, of…
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SYDNEY â "No pubs. no pictures no police station" was the proud boast of Strathfield Municipality expressed by Ald. J. R. Firth…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—There was a demonstration outside the Industrial Court by about 30 bakers after the Court had declared the…
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INDECENT BEHAVIOUR. â William John Masson, 24, labourer, was fined £2 for having behaved indecently in a doorway in Brown-street, Newcastle…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Police promotions announced to-day include Sergeant G. G. Noble, of Newcastle, to be Sergeant first class, and…
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Inquiries are to be made by the Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Ald. Dunkley) about the announcement of the Premier…
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OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR.—John Benjamin Burgess, 21, fireman, was fined £1/10/ for behaving in an offensive manner in Hunter-street…
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SYDNEY.—Two tons of clothing worth £5000, was seized by detectives early this morning from a house at Summer Hill. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Naval and Air Assault on Pantellaria Italian Tension Reaches Peak
LONDON, June 4.—Allied naval forces in the Mediterranean have carried out two more bombardments of Pantellaria—on Wednesday night, and at dawn yesterday. Shells fell in the harbour…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—When the Chief Justice (Sir John Latham) had explained to counsel to-day why urgent constitutional and other…
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The residence of John J. Carmody of Young Street, Lambton, was broken into between Saturday night and Sunday morning and…
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The lights mysteriously went out for 10 minutes at the Newcastle Electoral Office on Friday night while officials were completing plans…
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SAILOR FINED.—A fine of £10 was imposed on John Frederick Walder, 47, seaman, for having had in his possession, on Monday, 10 bottles of brandy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In The Courts Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr C. G. Carr-Boyd. S.m.) Indecent Behavior
W. Hardcastle, 72, a pensioner, was fined £2, or four days' imprisonment for indecent behavior in Hunter Street on June [?]…
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Owners of bicycles and motor vehicles were to-day warned by Newcastle police of a special drive against all breaches of the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Robbery was the motive for the fatal stabbing of Jose Maria Raas, 35, Dutch seaman, at Surry Hills, on March 18,…
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Dive-bombing exercises carried out by a loudly-chattering willy wagtail, which swooped around the room, upset the judicial calm of…
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