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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

1,509 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 67 of 76

Publican Appeals Against Gaol Sentence

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 November 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY.—The solicitors of Leo Bernard Cullen. licensee of the Criterion Hotel, comer of Liverpool and Sussex Streets, who was…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1943 · page 4

SOLDIER GAOLED.—A sentence of 14 days' hard labour was imposed on Stanley James John Carpenter 20. soldier, for having in his possession at…

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Wills Agency; Men Charged with Fraud

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 November 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Two men planned R return of £4500 In fees of 2s 6d from letters sent to people suggesting they were beneficiaries…

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The Courts Quarter Sessions (Before Judge Nield) Assault Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 November 1943 · page 2

Robert George Little 21, [?] pleaded no: guilty to a charge of having assaulted William Horace O'Neill at Stockton on September 4 1943 and…

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Repair Blast Furnace on Shift and Overtime Court Urges Striking Riggers at Steel Works

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Without making any formal order, the Full Bench of the Industrial Commission to-day urged employees at…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 November 1943 · page 6

TRESPASS.—John Cabot, 22, labourer was charged with having wilfully trespassed on the railway at Hamilton on Tuesday. He was fined £2,…

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RAF Lover On Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 November 1943 · page 1

LONDON. Tuesday.— A love affair between the commander of a RAP station and a WAAF corporal at the same station…

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Two Years' Gaol for Young Man Assault at Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 November 1943 · page 6

"The most lenient view I can take is to sentence you to two years' imprisonment." Judge Nield said this to Robert George Little, 21,…

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Denied Murder of Waitress

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 November 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE—Harold William Sydney Peter Nugent. 24. truck driver, denied In the Criminal Court to-day that he shot Pearl…

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Quarter Sessions (Continued from Page 2) Stealing Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 November 1943 · page 3

James McNulty, 27, laborer, pleaded not guilty to a charge of breaking entering and stealing at Carrington in October 1943. There was an…

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Black Market Transaction Gaol for Seller, Buyer Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 November 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—For having sold retreaded motor tyres at more than the fixed price, John R. Anderson, 20, oxy-welder, of…

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Taxi-driver Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Keith Macleod Small (28), taxi driver, appeared at Central court to-day on charges of having yesterday, by negligent…

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Boy Will Not Talk About Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 3

MONTREAL, Thursday.—George Webster (14), whom the police allege ran amok with a baseball bat and killed his mother and…

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Shoemakers Before Court

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Two Sydney shoemakers were charged at the Federal Tribunal to-day with infringing National Security Regulations…

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Scone Shooting Boy Faces Charge of Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 3

This afternoon, at Scone Children's Court, a youth aged 15½ faced a charge of murder and another of…

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Organiser Not Befort Court

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Judge O'Mara was told in the Arbitration Court today by Mr. B. W. Shelles (Australian Builders' Laborers'…

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Police Chief Wants Lights Left on

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 2

"The lighting of Newcastle since brownout restrictions were cased made a very big difference to the policing of the city. I would be…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 November 1943 · page 8

ILLEGALLY USED CARS.—Alan Douglas Perkins, 18, R.A.A.F., was sentenced to one month's imprisonment on each of three charges of having taken and used…

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Gaol for Tyre Receiver Sessions Sentence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 November 1943 · page 6

"If there were no receivers there would be no inducement to thieve,"' said Judge Nield at Newcastle Sessions, sentencing Allyn Norton Smith,…

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Murder Charge at Scone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 November 1943 · page 3

At Scone Children's Court yesterday, a youth, charged with murder and shooting with intent to murder, was remanded until December 3…

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