Court Told of Deal in Liquor, Cigarettes
WELLINGTON, Tuesday.—George Henry McBernie, 23, of Sydney, was acquitted on a charge of having in his possession cigarettes suspected of…
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Courts & crime, 1944
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Charged With Theft of Petrol Tickets
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The arrest of Thomas Cleaver, 29, a West End garage proprietor, followed an investigation into alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
THEFT OF WATCH.—Douglas Gordon Lewis, 30, soldier, was fined £7 for having stolen, at Newcastle, on Saturday, a wristlet watch valued at £10,…
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SYDNEY.—John Gayner (44), laborer, was charged at Central Court with begging alms in Castle-reagh Street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →1000 U.S. Bombers Rain Fire on Berlin "Greatest Daylight Air Assault In History"
LONDON, Wednesday. —The greatest fire raid in history was launched on Berlin yesterday. About 1000 U.S. bombers covered by over 800 fighters unloaded on the doomed city in broad daylight this cargo of death and destruction:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loyalty to Forbes Sir Harry Budge Tells Court
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Sir Harry Budge, a former director of Producers and General Finance Corporation Ltd., said at Central Criminal…
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FINED £70.—A fine of £70 was imposed on James Harold Considine, 38, labourer, for having been in a lane off Elizabeth-street, Tighe's Hill, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder of Two Americans Charges in Brisbane
BRISBANE, Thursday.—Alma Muriel Morgan, 23, was charged in the Police Court this afternoon with the wilful murder of Robert…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thefts Reported to Newcastle Police
The theft of £28 3s id from a writing-table at his home has been reported to Newcastle police by Mark Richard Forster, of…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Although Dr. T. Palmer Benbow, of Sydney, and Mrs. R. F. Routledge, of Nowra claim that the body of the "pyjama…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The King Sees U.s. Army Police
The King, with the Commander of the Eighth U.S. Army Air Force (Major-General James H. Doolittle), Inspects American military police at an air base in England…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
REMANDED.âOn the application of the Police Prosecutor (Sergeant Wallace), Norman Leslie Paddock, 22, Denman, was remanded to March 17 on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police to Work Overtime
Overtime is to be worked by Newcastle police to meet the pressure of work caused through enlistments in the R.A.A.F…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Boys' Hockey Club
Newcastle Police Boys' Club expect a enter a number of teams in the men's hockey competition this year. Members of the club and other…
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Sergeant R. J. Waldron has accepted the invitation of the Newcastle Police Boys' Association to referee the Australian Amateur Boxing Championship…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brussels Police Chief Shot Dead In Street
BRUSSELS, Friday.—The Deputy Police Chief of Brussels wan shot dead in the street yesterday. This was announced by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Stark Prejudice" Only Barrier To More Women Police
LONDON, Friday.—Main obstacle to the appointment of more women policemen in London is "sheer, downright, stark…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Missing Exhibit Found Judge Tells Court at Forbes Trial
SYDNEY, Friday.—When the Woolcott Forbes trial was continued at Central Criminal Court, Mr. Justice Street announced that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brother Charged with Manslaughter
SYDNEY.—Charged with the manslaughter of his brother. Jack Sealdy (27), woolcomber, to-day at Redfern Court was remanded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Recover Money From Many Boys
SYDNEY.—Police have recovered large sums of money from two boys who hod innocently received as presents portion of the…
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