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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

1,509 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 76

Six Employers Bound Over Woman Charged Among Absentees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 January 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—First prosecutions against employers were heard at the Central Police Court to-night, when 14 were charged…

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Report on Police Exemption

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 January 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Acting Premier (Mr. Baddeley) has called for a report on the dispute which has arisen over the reported move…

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Newcastle Police in Promotion List

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 January 1943 · page 3

Amongst the Police Force promotions announced last night are the following Northern District names:…

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Left to Court's Discretion Ejectment Orders

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 January 1943 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Discretionary powers have been given to fair rents boards which relax the existing rigid provisions of the…

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In The Courts Police Division (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, D.M. Charge Division Indecent Language

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 January 1943 · page 2

Daniel Dukat, a seaman was fined £2 10s of five days' imprisonment for using indecent language in Hunter Street, on January 1[?]…

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Belfast Gaol Escapes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 4

LONDON, Jan. 15.—Four members of the Irish Republican Army scaled a wall and escaped from the Belfast prison. They jumped into a waiting…

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Movie Star Sentenced to 180 Days

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday.—"Have you ever had a broken heart," screamed Frances Farmer, once…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 4

DWELLINGS ROBBED.—Of 13 charge on, which Mervyn Thomas, Rigby, [?] labourer, had been remanded, the police proceeded with two. These were…

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Actress Taken to Gaol in Straitjacket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 1

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15.—The film actress, Frances Farmer, has been sentenced to 180 days' imprisonment for failure to pay the final installment…

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U.s. Police Search for Terrorist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 3

NEW YORK, January 15.—The District Attorney (Mr. Hogan) revealed that the police are seeking an unnamed Communist terrorist as…

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From Work to Night Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 1

Four fitters and turners were called from work at Goninan's to the night Court, which sat in Newcastle to deal with New Year Day…

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In the Courts Police Division (Before Mr. A. R. Raschke, J.p.) Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 4

Ivan E. Rowlands, 32. a soldier, was charged with stealing two suitcases and their contents, valued at £15. the property of John Brownie…

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Bonds Against Absenteeism at Newcastle Night Court Crown Disclaims Suggestion of Sabotage Tendencies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 2

With a quarter-hour adjournment, the night Court at Newcastle to deal with absenteeism on New Year's…

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Charged With Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 January 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE.—Kevin Evans 21. of the RAAF, was charged in the City Court to-day with having murdered Flight-Sergeant James…

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Police Tribute To Boxer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1943 · page 2

A tribute of Alf. Gallagher, one of the contestants in the main bout at the Newcastle Stadium on Saturday night, was paid him by…

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Protest Against Court Sentences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1943 · page 2

"I think that the severe sentence imposed on the men at the Newcastle Police Court last Friday sight on a charge of absenteeism calls for…

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Court Order to Close Private Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 January 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY.—The Kits private hotel, Elizabeth Street, one of the oldest and best-known residential in Sydney, was today declared a…

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A.W.L. Charges At Court Martial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1943 · page 5

Troopers Reginald John Brawn, 18, Geoffrey Alphonsus Baker, 18. William Duncan Dunn, 18, and Leslie Joseph Mills were charged before a Court…

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Shots Fired and Bottles Thrown Military Police Enter Dance Hall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Shots were fired and empty bottles thrown when a provost major and Allied military police entered a dance hall in…

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In The Courts Police Division (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) Vagrant Gaoled

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 January 1943 · page 2

Albert J. Birchell, 59, laborer, was sentenced to three months imprisonment for being and disorderly person, without la[?]ful means of…

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