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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

1,582 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 80

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 4

BEGGED ALMS.—"How long have you been in Newcastle?" asked the Police Prosecutor (Constable King) of Thomas Cave, labourer, who denied a charge of…

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Life Sentence for Youth Murder Of Scone Grazier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday—Found guilty at the Central Criminal Court to-day of having murdered Gordon Miles Archibald, grazier, of Scone,…

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Charged with Murder of American

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Detectives to-night arrested Andrew Christoffel, 20, labourer, and charged him with the wilful murder of Albert Edward…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 6

THEFT CHARGE.—Charged with having stolen at Mayfield, between November 12 last year and March 13, pig Iron and other articles, valued at £17/10/,…

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Police Officers Promoted

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY.—The promotion of five police officers was approved by the Executive Council to-day. They are: S. McCarthy, to…

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Bus Driver on Rape Charge Alleged Assault at Stockrington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—James Wilson, 26, bus driver, of Minmi, was charged at the Central Criminal Court to-day with having raped Edith…

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1097 Girls Warned by Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Last year 1097 girls, many of them young and in the company of servicemen, were, because of their behaviour in public…

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Gambling Charges Cessnock Council's Demand for Police Report

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 2

Cessnock Council is to demand a copy of the police report made to the Chief Secretary (Mr J. M. Baddeley) following the recent outburst on gambling activities in the town…

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Police Report on Gambling Saloons Cessnock Council to Ask Premier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 2

Cessnock Municipal Council last night decided to ask the Premier to instruct his responsible Minister to make available…

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Airman Charged with Shooting Provost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—In Adelaide Police Court, Leading Aircraftman Leighton Rogerson Hearle, 19, of Forestville, was charged with…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 4

INDECENT LANGUAGE.—"He has three and a half years' service in the war and has just been discharged from hospital after a bad bout of malaria,"…

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£200 for Information on Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Sequel to the finding of the body of Mrs. Joyce Pattison near the edge of a pond in Centennial Park on…

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Report of Police to Baddeley

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY.—"The Commissioner of police has assured me that the gambling laws are being adequately administered at Cessnock, the…

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Charged with Murder of His Wife

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 3

PERTH.—A soldier walked into Central Police Station last night, asked for a drink of water and said, "I think my wife has been…

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Baby Charged in Children's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 1

PERTH, Thursday.—A three-weeks-old baby whose mother is in a mental asylum was charged in the Children's Court to-day with…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 6

ASSAULT CHARGES.—A remand until to-day, without bail, was granted when Sydney Mathora Elliott, 26, engineer, was charged by warrant with having…

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Ialf Caste Charged with Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 4

LISMORR.—Charged in the Police Court to-day with the murder of Richard Gwynne (65), retired council employee, Donald…

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Half-caste Charged with Lismore Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 1

LISMORE, Saturday Morning.—A 28-year-old half-caste was charged at the Lismore Police Station this morning with having murdered…

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Magistrate Upholds Manpower Right

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Atkinson, S.M., in the Federal Court to-day ruled that the National Security (Manpower) Regulations give power…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 8

HORSE STEALING.—Norman Leslie Paddock, 22, soldier, was charged with on or about February 15, 1943, at Booral, stealing a gelding, valued at…

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