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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

1,509 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 76

In The Courts NEWCASTLE Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, Sm) Illegal Setting

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 July 1943 · page 2

For having used a place in Dora Street, Mayfield, for the purpose of bot [?]er, was fined £13 in default 30…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1943 · page 3

"MEAN KIND OF THEFT."—The story of how a seemingly romantic couple in the reserve, off Watt-street, Newcastle on the night of June 30, turned out to…

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12 Years' Gaol For £12 Gain

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 July 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Frank Woods, alias Cremming, alias Evans (32) moulder, in Quarter Sessions today, was sentenced to three years'…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 July 1943 · page 2

Eric George Wellings, 27, leading hand, appeared on a charge of having stolen 53 gallons of benzine, valued at £7, the property of George Henry…

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Unclaimed Goods at Police Station

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 July 1943 · page 3

Newcastle police are anxious to interview Adamstown, New Lambton and Hamilton residents whose homes were broken into and…

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Not Guilty Plea Entered in Oakes Murder Trial

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 July 1943 · page 2

NASSAU (Bahamas), Monday.—Count Alfred de Marigny, 35, pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate's Court to-day to the murder…

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Faked His Arrest To Stop Police

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 July 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Fearing that the police were looking for him. Frederick Alfred Bird, laborer, rang North Sydney police, saying that…

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Sound Sleepers in Court; Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 July 1943 · page 2

LONDON.—When Wilfred Clarke, a fitter of New Haw Weybridge, England, was fined £3, with two guineas costs, at Chertsey, for…

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Soldiers Sentenced for Theft

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

GRAFTON, Tuesday.—Three soldiers were sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Grafton for the theft of £70 from the bar of the…

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Want Industrial Magistrate for Newcastle

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

Newcastle Shop Assistants' Union will seek the cooperation of Newcastle Trades Hall Council to ash the Government to appoint an industrial Magistrate to…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 July 1943 · page 6

REMANDED.—Eric George Wellings, 27, leading hand, was remanded to August 9, on £20 ball, on a charge to having stolen, at Charlestown, on April 10,…

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Heavy Gaol Sentences For U.S. Deserters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 July 1943 · page 5

PERTH, Tuesday.—A manhunt by land and air in Western Australia two months ago had a sequel to-day in the announcement that the two…

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In The Courts NEWCASTLE Police Court (Before Mr. C.O. Carr-Boyd, Sm) Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 July 1943 · page 2

William James Pyne, 23, laborer, was charged with having stolen £6 11s 6d. the property of Eric Goodman, at Islington, on July 17…

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Police Seek Owners of Stolen Goods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 July 1943 · page 2

Proceeds of robberies extending over five years have been collected by Newcastle police and are now on view at the police station, awaiting…

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Court Case on Meat Inspections at Rutherford

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 July 1943 · page 2

The dispute between Kearsley and West Maitland Council on the inspection of meat at Rutherford Abattoirs would have to be…

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Prisoner Hid in Gaol

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

PERTH, Wednesday.—Prison officials at Fremantle received a shock to-day when a dangerous criminal and notorious gaolbreaker. Sydney…

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

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

REMANDED.—Renald Leslie Lee, 23, seaman, was remanded to September 21 on a charge of having, in Hunter-street, solicited for immoral purposes, Sgt…

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Must Not Traffic in Coupons Magistrate's Warning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 July 1943 · page 6

On charges of having committed breaches of the National Security Regulations, three men and a woman were fined at Newcastle Summons…

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In The Courts NEWCASTLE Police Court (Before Mr C. G Carr-Boyd. S.m.) Vagrancy Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 July 1943 · page 2

James Ernest Brown 30. Laborer pleaded guilty to a charge of vagrancy Costable C. R. Toby said that he saw Brown in Swanses yesterday Brown…

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Manager Charged with Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 July 1943 · page 4

GOSFORD, Thursday.—Thomas Ahabid Dean, 31, manager of Right-way Transport Company, delivery agents for the Railway Department,…

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