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Courts & crime, 1944

1,582 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 80

Wide Variety At Police Sale

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 April 1944 · page 3

A wide variety of clothing, motor parts, bicycles, cycle tyres and tubes, handbags, table linen and crockery were included in the 258…

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Soldier Charged with Wounding

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Imrie McIntosh (34), soldier, was remanded to April 5 on £80 ball to-day at Newtown Court on a charge of maliciously…

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Lonergan Guilty of Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 3

NEW YORK, April 2. A.A.P.—Wayne Lonergan, 27, was found guilty of murder in the second degree, in slaying his 22-year-old…

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RSL Tribute To Police Boys

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 2

Suggesting at a meeting of the Wickham-Carrington sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League last night that a gift of £5 5s…

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

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

REMANDED.—"I am innocent, and I want to get this over," said John William Hughes, 25, store packer, charged with, on or about December 18, 1943,…

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Gestapo Insult to Police

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY.—"The word 'gestapo' is insulting to the police and the public." Mr. Denton. SM, said to a refugee in Paddington Court…

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Murder, Mystery and Excitement at the Tivoli

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 4

A good example of the psychological thriller in which the audience knows all about the murder and the murderer as soon as the…

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The Courts Newcastle Police Division Struck Out (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. S.M.)

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 2

The charge against Richard T. Dawson, 50, control man, of stealing 84 feat air hose, valued at £4 10s, the property of the Department of…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 5

DISCHARGED.—When the case was called in which Richard Thomas Dawson, 50, controlman, had been charged with having stolen, at Hamilton on…

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Police Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 2

Police Inspector T. Hill, from Griffith, arrived in Newcastle yesterday to replace Inspector J. C. McCormack, who has been…

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Woman for Trial on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Alma Muriel Morgan, 23, was committed for trial in Brisbane Police Court on a charge of having murdered…

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£320 From Police Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 2

Organisers of the Newcastle police ball, on behalf of the A.C.F. cinema unit fund, expect that about £320 will be available after all expenses…

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"Pyjama Girl" Inquest Benbow Sure Murder Was at Albury

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Dr. Palmer Benbow said he was sure the murder of the "Pyjama Girl" had taken place…

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The Courts Newcastle Police Division "Put in Boot" (Before Mr. C. G. Carr.Boyd S.M.)

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 2

Arthur Rymer, 27, soldier, who was stated to be AWL from the Army, was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment for assaulting Arthur J. Petherbridge, at…

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Grim Story of Assault Young Man Charged With Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Last month Albert Edward Marshall was found under a tree in Newstead Park with injuries to his head. He…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 8

DAMAGED WINDOW.—John McCormick, 32, and John McGuire, 29, ship's firemen, were charged with maliciously damaging a plateglass window, the…

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Charged With Manufacture of Domestic Irons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Bail in £250 was allowed Charles Sturman, 52, company director, when he was remanded at the Special Federal…

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New Lambton Man On Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE—Cecil Bobbs, 37. ol Kins street, New Lambton. appeared In the city Court to-day chained with the murder of Pearl…

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Taxi-driver Remanded On Charge Of Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY.—Chris Mallis, 38, taxi driver, charged with the murder of John William O'Connor at the Glebe on March 31. at the Glebe…

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Court Decison on Holiday Pay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Full Arbitration Court to-day, decided that to become entitled to extra pay for Christmas Day, 1943, and New…

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