Raided by Police "Trotskyist H.Q. in London"
LONDON, April 5. A.A.P.—The London "Evening News" features on its front page a story of a raid by Scotland…
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Courts & crime, 1944
1,582 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 80
Chaplin Not Guilty Enthusiastic Scene in Court
LOS ANGELES, April 5. A.A.P.—Charles Chaplin was found not guilty on a charge of contravening the Mann Act by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Usurp Functions of Court Firemen Bill Is Criticised
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Sir Henry Manning unsuccessfully sought to postpone the second reading of the Firemen, Brigades Amendment Bill in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assault in Gaol Cell
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Convicted at Darlinghurst Sessions on a charge of having indecently assaulted a youth in a cell at Long Bay Gaol, Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
BETTING CHARGES.—Leo Francis Hunt, 38, labourer, was fined £20 for betting with placed horse cards in the public bar of the Mayfield Hotel,…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—At the City Court, Cecil Bobbs, 37, King's-road, New Lambton, N.S.W, was remanded until April 13 when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fishing in Police Boat Alleged
HOBART, Thursday.—Questions in the House of Assembly allege the use of the police patrol boat to catch fish for the Commissioner and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Boys' Band Had Active Year
Greater Newcastle Citizens and Police Band during the past year gave recitals at the Newcastle Beach and assisted at patriotic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Assault on Masaweng
Private John Toner, of Mayfield, took part in an assault on an enemy position at Masaweng, New Guinea, by a Victorian infantry company in…
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POLICE RESERVISTS.—Because of the holiday the fortnightly meeting of the police reservists will not be held in the Masonic Hall. Hamilton, to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nazis Murder Prominent Dane
LONDON, Monday.—A Swedish Newsagency message from Copenhagen says the Germans have murdered another prominent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Czechs Murder a Traitor
LONDON.—The German Press in Prague reported lately that the body of a young Czech had been found on a road near Ce[?]ka…
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LONDON, Monday.—The April offensive against Occupied Europe reached a fresh peak of intensity yesterday when nearly 2000 Allied bombers and fighters swept out from Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shots Fired at British Police in Tel Aviv
LONDON, April 10. A.A.P.—Reuter's correspondent in Jerusalem reports that three men in Tel Aviv fired on two British constables…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Courts Newcastle Police Division (Before Mr. C. O. Carr-Boyd. S.M.)
REMANDED John F. Mitchell, 25, soldier, was charged with having maliciously damaged clothing valued at £50, the…
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PERTH, Tuesday.—Matthew Bainbridge, 34, soldier, was committed for trial, after an inquest in Perth Courthouse to-day, on a charge of having…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Less than 100 yards from his home in Ocean-street, Woollahra, early to-day, Mr. Ralph Rook, steward at the New…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Boy Escapees on Stealing Charge
ARMIDALE, Tuesday.—Two youths, aged 15 and 16, escapees from a delinquent boys' home, were formally charged at Armidale Children's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR.—Walter James Wickham, 25. furnaceman, was fined £1, and Hilton Joyce, 25, labourer, £2 for behaving in an offensive…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boy Charged With Arson at Aerodrome
PERTH, Tuesday.—Valued at £250. two gliders and a motor-car owned by the Western Australian Flying Club were destroyed by fire at West…
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