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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

1,509 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 40 of 76

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

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 July 1943 · page 2

William H. Capan, is laborer, was charged with having in his possession a good watch, a lottery ticket, and wallet, reasonably suspected of having beer,…

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George, Aged Six, Takes Police for a Ride

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 July 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.—George Ford, aged 6. tried to gate-crash Eton College yesterday. He failed, so he took a police squad for a ride and last night he still had the exasperated constabulary on a string…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 5

REMANDED.—William Herbert Caban, 35, labourer, was remanded to July 19 on charges of having had in his possession, on June 30, a gold watch,…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 2

Leslie J. Warner 20 who was remanded for [?] yesterday on charges of vagrancy and failing to enrol for military service was sentenced…

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Strike Threat Mobile Police to Stop Overcrowding of Sydney Trams

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY. — Loud speakers and large mobile police squads will be used to-morrow to control crowds travelling by tram to and from…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 July 1943 · page 6

SENT TO GAOL.—On charges of vagrancy and having failed to enrol for military service, Leslie John Warner, 18, labourer, was sentenced to one…

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Thefts Reported to Police

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 July 1943 · page 2

William Stanley Hawkins, of Stewart Avenue, Hamilton, reported the theft from a workroom at the back of his home of a…

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Court Problem From Rise in Values

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 July 1943 · page 4

GOSFORD, Friday.—Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P.M., in the Gosford Court, decided that second-hand furniture and second-hand household…

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Land Blockade of Munda Is Completed Troops Get Ready For Final Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 July 1943 · page 3

SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA. Sunday.—While American dive-bombers are saturating Munda's defences with large-scale daily attacks, ground troops have completed the blockade of the…

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In The Courts District Court (Before Judge Nield) Claim for Insurance

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 July 1943 · page 2

A claim for £100, representing insurance on a racing colt which sickened and [?]s was destroyed was made by Robert Bernard Parker, of Lingard…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1943 · page 4

ILLEGAL BETTING—Pleading "Guilty" of having used a place in Dawson-street, Cook's Hill, for betting. Arthur Oliver, 45, pensioner, was fined, £15…

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Large-scale Theft of Women's Underwear

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 July 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY.—John Martin, 41, clerk, of Arthur Street, North Sydney, was charged with breaking, entering and stealing women's…

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Drank with Non-coms.; Major Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 July 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY.—An officer, who allegedly drank whisky at a restaurant with two non-commissioned officers, was charged…

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Paratroops Were Charged by Italians on Horses

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 July 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.—For the first time in the history of war, paratroops fought horse cavalry on Saturday. "The paratroops were from a crack British regiment, and the cavalry were Italians," says the Algiers correspondent of the "Exchange Telegraph."…

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Airman for Trial on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1943 · page 3

SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Monday.—After a preliminary inquiry into the death of L.A.C. Keith Ernest Dickenson, which occurred at…

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Peace-meal Hint by Magistrate

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 July 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY.—"I bit off more than I could chow when I married her." said Cecil Ernest Uhr, soldier of his wife in Manly Court when, he…

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Millionaire Murder Mystery

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 July 1943 · page 1

NASSAU (Bahamas), Tuesday.—Another mystery touch was added to the death of Sir Harry Oakes. multi-millionaire, when a…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 July 1943 · page 6

REMANDED.—On the application of Mr. J. K. Williams (Messrs. Harris, Wheeler and Willlams), for the defence, Clifford George Mason, 22, wheeler, was…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 July 1943 · page 3

John H. Richardson, £1. enginedriver, was charged with having in his possession at Council Street. Cook's Bill, a large quantity of groceries, reasonably…

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Conscientious Objectors Before Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 July 1943 · page 3

More conscientious objectors appealed to Judge Nield, at the Newcastle District Court to-day, against their registration by a inagistrate for…

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