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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

1,509 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 63 of 76

Five Years' Gaol for Theft of 1,495,000 Coupons

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 October 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.—Lieut. E. G. Savage (Royal Army Services Corps), who pleaded not guilty, was sentenced to five years at the…

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Assault Charges Mine Officials and Lodge Men in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 October 1943 · page 2

The hearing was resumed to-day, at a special sitting of the Police Court at Belmont, before Mr. I. Beavers, SM, of the…

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Two Years' Gaol for Dentist

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 October 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY.—"This woo a mean theft from a kind friend," said Judge Stacy in Quarter Sessions. in sentencing James Chapman…

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Six-years' Gaol for Boy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1943 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—In the Criminal Court, 15-year-old Douglas Percy Carpenter, of East Malvern, was sentenced to six years' gaol for…

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Nine Months' Gaol For Bigamy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1943 · page 5

Sydney Thomas Gough, 28, was sentence 1 to imprisonment for nine months by Judge Nield at Maitland Quarter Sessions yesterday. Gough, who had…

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Taxi-driver Charged With Rape

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 October 1943 · page 3

William Harris Robinson (23), taxi-driver, was before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, SM, at Newcastle Police Court…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1943 · page 6

STOLE SHIRT.—Patrick James Stone, 32, soldier, who pleaded "Guilty" of having stolen a shirt, valued at 7/6, the property of Woolworths Pty. Ltd.,…

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Police; Evidence Of Hand Prints At Oakes Trial

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 October 1943 · page 1

NASSAU (Bahamas), Wed.—Gving evidence to-day at, the trial of Count de Marig[?]y on a charge of murdering Sir Harry Oakes…

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Order Given by Court for Repairs at Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 October 1943 · page 5

An order against Tooheys Ltd. under Section 40A of the Liquor Act. to effectively remedy the faulty drainage system at the…

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£1257 Theft Alleged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 October 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Ernest Joseph Ross, 46, mechanic, was committed for trial at Central Court on a charge of having stolen £1257…

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Assault Charges Adjourned

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 October 1943 · page 3

Evidence had not concluded in the assault charges between colliery and lodge officials at Belmont Police Court Yesterday…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 October 1943 · page 6

NO RADIO LICENCES.—Seven defendants were proceeded against by Mr. E. P. Miller, wireless inspector, for having failed to produce current listeners'…

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Hearing Not Completed Mining Men in Assault Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 October 1943 · page 6

In the Summons Division of Belmont Police Court yesterday, Mr. I. Beavers. S.M., resumed the hearing of the charges of alleged assault…

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Sinking Survivor In Court

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 October 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE.—One of the Survivors of the Bass Strait shipping disaster on Tuesday David William Hedgcock (20) of North…

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The Courts Industrial Court. (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd Sm) Employed Boys

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 October 1943 · page 2

George P. Wright Chanestown Road Kotara was charged with employing two youths james Albeft Rig and Keith Moore both under the ages of 15 years…

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Magistrate Rebukes Critics of Penalties

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 October 1943 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. J. E. McCulloch, S.M., who to-day retired from the Magistracy to become Chairman of the Railways' Appeal…

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Stockowners' Protest on Gaol Treatment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 October 1943 · page 6

GRAFTON, Friday.—Given prison clothes, lined up with criminals and put in a room overrun with fleas, and described as not fit for…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 October 1943 · page 8

YOUTH FINED.—Percy Henry Arthur Matthews, 19, labourer, was charged with receiving and having in his possession a bicycle, valued at £9/10/, the…

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Alleged Murder Of Aboriginal

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 October 1943 · page 3

PERTH—A white man. committed for trial at Wyndham on a charge of murdering a black boy, is alleged to have camped…

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Woman for Trial Coin Moulds, Police Say

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 October 1943 · page 6

Edith Ashton, pensioner, was charged before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court yesterday with at New Lambton on…

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