An Indictment of Murder
General MacArthur has made available for publication without comment the diary of a Japanese soldier describing the cold-blooded…
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Courts & crime, 1943
1,509 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 59 of 76
Want More Police
Reporting thefts of timber and trees from the school garden, Lambton Parents and Citizens' Association last night sought Greater…
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Reference to a statement appearing in the Press regarding procedure adopted in dealing with industrial matters was made by…
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If a building had been illegally erected, the council should take whatever steps were necessary to secure its demolition, Ald. Jenner…
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By a small majority, aldermen of Greater Newcastle Council decided last night not to adopt a motion aimed at instituting Equity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drew Lots to Burn Marquee, Court Told
MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — When three men appeared at Seymour Court charged with having unlawfully and maliciously set fire…
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SYDNEY.—"While seamen of the Merchant Navy risk their lives in bringing goods to Australia from overseas you three prisoners…
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LONDON, Friday.—Fines totalling £10,000 and gaol sentences were imposed by a London court yesterday for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
INDECENT LANGUAGE.—William Richardson, 57, labourer, was fined £5, in default 10 days' imprisonment, for having used indecent language in the…
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SYDNEY.—When Mr. G. J. Wingfield, MLA, was negotiating with the Minister for Justice (Mr. Downing) last Wednesday to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →30 Years' Gaol for German Spy Leader
RIO DE JANEIRO, Thursday.—A National Security tribunal has sentenced Niels Christensen. Germen leader of a spy ring to 30…
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. — Senator Chandler, who visited Australia, told the Associated Press that any attempt to invade the Channel coast…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Congestion in Industrial Court
"It is possible that in the days that have passed there was some congestion in the Industrial Court and inconvenience may have arisen. There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court Assault Charge (Before Mr. B. Woods. JP)
William D Hall, 24, pensioner, was charged with assaulting a girl six years and two months old. With an act of indecency, at Hamilton, on September…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Magistrate's View on Unsuitable Films
SYDNEY, Friday.—Before the Films Commission inquiry to-day. Mr. C. F. Benton, special magistrate at the Children's Court, stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
INDECENT LANGUAGE.—James Williams, 31, painter and docker, was fined £3, or six days' imprisonment, for having used indecent language in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Deputies Charged First Test Case Was Dismissed
After the case against one of the 152 deputies from 22 collieries on the South Maitland field had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assault's Team of Bowlers
Assault used eight bowlers against Newcastle in district cricket on Saturday and two others were wailing for a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six Years' Gaol for U.s. Army Driver
BRISBANE, Sunday.âPrivate Hugh James Copland, driver of an American Army truck which collided with a tram at Moorooka on September…
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ALICE SPRINGS.—"Not guilty" was the jury's verdict at the trial of Aircraftman Maxwell Slicer (30) charged with murdering…
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