Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
STREET BETTING.—Harry Kelvin Parker, 22, labourer, and William John Smith, 48, painter, were each fined £20 or 40 days' imprisonment for illegal…
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Courts & crime, 1944
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The Courts Police Court ([?] Mr. C.G. Carr-Boyd, Sm) Adjourned
Muriel M. [?] 42 was charged with on or about December 19 1943, having had in her possession a ration book without covers…
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"Sentences of imprisonment in such cases are absolutely out of all reason and should never have been passed."…
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LOS ANGELES, Monday.—Judge O'Conner to-day dismissed a charge against Charles Chaplin, Thomas Durant and Robert Arden…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Sentence of three months' imprisonment was imposed on Thomas McDonald, 33, at the Central Police Court for having…
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OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR.—Henry Mooney Freeman, 25, seaman, and Jack Graham, 23, soldier, were each fined £1 for offensive behaviour in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Actor's Poor Exit When Ordered to Gaol
LONDON, Tuesday.—Clad in a fawn "Teddy Bear" coat, the actor, Ivor Novello, trembled when he heard the bench at London Sessions confirm the decision that he must go to gaol for a breach of the Motor Car Restriction…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tailor's Claim Fails Newcastle District Court
Before Judge Nield at the District Court at Newcastle, Francis H. Burgess, jun., tailor, of Tudor-street, Hamilton, claimed £10/18/, alleged to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charged With Theft of Tin Worth £1590
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Following investigations which extended from March 31 to May 15, detectives to-day arrested a man at Arncliffe and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd. S.m.)
STEALING CHARGES.—On the application of the Police Prosecutor (Constable E.G. King), a remand until May 24 was granted in the case in which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Air Assault on Jaluit Atoll
WASHIINGTON, May 17. A.A.P.— A Pacific Fleet communique states that on Sunday and Monday 240 tons of bombs were dropped on Jaluit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unusual Case in District Court
Dorta irene Nicol, of Beaumont Street, Hamilton, and James Curry Jnr., of Brunker Road, Broadmeadow, became engaged in 1941 and started…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sabre of Javanese Police Ended Pirates' Reign
ESCAPING from Sumatra, Java and other islands of the Netherlands Indies when they were overwhelmed by the Japanese invaders,…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The incident at Newstead Wharf on Tuesday night, when two shots were fired by U.S. Nary police after waterside…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd. S.m.)
STEALING CHARGE.— Thomas Shakespeare, 62. ship's fireman, was remanded to June 1 on a charge of having stolen a greyhound valued at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Opposing Claims for Furniture District Court Action
Two claims for one set of furniture were heard by Judge Nield at Newcastle District Court. Doris Irene Nicol, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Courts Police Division (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, Sm) Remanded
John Cecil condron, 20, soldier, charged with stealing a wristlet watch, charged with stealing a wristlet watch valued at £10, the property of Thomas A Rowlin, of Pennant Hills, was on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. [?]. Carr-Bord, [?]) [?]ING [?]
The charge against Le[?] Jen[?] of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Merewether, of selling a 10-gallon [?] of beer to Arthur Johnson during…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
THEFT CHARGE.—Charged with having stolen, at Pennant Hills, on May 15, a watch, valued at £10, the property of Thomas Albert Rowlin,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Chose Gaol Rather Than Pay Fine
SYDNEY, Friday.—John Alfred Burns, railway porter, of Enfield, defied the Magistrate at the Special Federal Court and chose to go to…
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