Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
INDECENT LANGUAGE.â"I don't believe I said anything," was the reply of Malcolm Fletcher, 55, seaman, who was charged with having used indecent…
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Courts & crime, 1944
1,582 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 80
No Traffic Breach Sheriff's Officer Charged
In the Summons Division of the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, John Patrick Lawler, Sheriff's Officer, was the defendant in a case…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Miners Sent to Gaol for Absenteeism
After describing the action of some of the defendants as analogous to black marketing, Mr. R. C. Atkinson, SM, at a special Cessnock Court to-day fined an absentee miner £15 and sentenced him to…
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Fines imposed last year on miners convicted of absenteeism considerably increased the revenue at Cessnock Court…
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LONDON.—A 12-year-old girl, who was found on Clapham Common and was not claimed for three days, appeared at Lambeth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mass Murder Report From Kirovgrad
LONDON, Sunday.—Moscow radio supplies a gruesome account of the German occupation of Kirovgrad (Ukraine), from which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Acquitted by Warwick Court-martial
BRISBANE, Sunday.—A District Court-martial acquitted Staff-Sergeant J. Cardigan (C.M.F.), Cpl. P. N. Redmond, and Pte. E. J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Appeal Against Gaol Sentences Millfield Greta Expected To Work To-day
Immediate lodgment of appeals staved off the goal sentences imposed on two miners convicted at the special Court at Cessnock on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
STEALING CHARGE.—Norman Sutherland Sandeman, 39, storekeeper, was charged with stealing 28 gallons of petrol, valued at £4/4/, the property…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Cecil John Bowie, 18, William John Thorne, 26, and three boys all under the age of 16 years, were committed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Board Takes Stand on Gaol Sentences
Protection for northern miners against the "tyranny" of prosecutions was promised to-day by the Management Board of the Northern Federation. The board protested emphatically against the methods…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Policemen Charged Plan to Defraud Italians
LISMORE, Monday.—A conspiracy between two policemen, one a member of Sydney C.I.B., to defraud Italians in the Nimbin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Discuss Gaol Sentences for Mine Absentees Miners' Board to Meet To-day
Northern Miners' Federation policy towards the gaoling of mineworkers for absenteeism will be discussed to-day at a special meeting of the Board of Management. This was the main development…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Persecution of Police, Delegates Claim Protest to Premier on Conditions
SYDNEY, Monday.—"The strongest disaffection" existed in the police Force, a meeting of the New South Wales police Association was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Courts Police Division (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, Sm) Remanded
Colin W. Jones, 18, laborer, was charged with having broken and entered the premises of Ernest C. Wood, at Beaumont Street, Hamilton, on January…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Theft at Beach
Mrs. Betty Murdoch, of Nile Street. Mayfield, reported to Newcastle Police that her handbag, containing £5 15s, and a pair of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wired "Proposal" Brought Gaol
LONDON, Tuesday.—Edward Lewis (42), married, tried a new idea in order to persuade a woman to "marry" him…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaol Prisoners Are Awaiting Treatment
SYDNEY.—Detained in Long Bay for experiments in prison psychiatry, 14 mentally defective prisoners cannot be systematically…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Check Examination Papers in Gaol
HOBART, Tuesday.—Erie Scott, a prisoner in Hobart Gaol, has been given permission to correct State bursary and public school examination…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
HEARING ADJOURNED.—Water Harold Taylor, 55, labourer, was charged with having incited Victor Joseph Pinker to resist Constable Rayner, at…
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