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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

1,582 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 80

The Courts Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, Sm) Indecent Behavior

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 3

Arthur L Green, RAAP, Mechanic, was fined £3, or six days' imprisonment, for indecent behavior in Scott Street…

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Court Available for Rides

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

Jim Court who is apprenticed to the Randwick trainer George Gorrie will be available for mounts at Newcastle races on Saturday. Gorrie has a high…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 6

GAOL FOR THEFT.—"You have a long of convictions," said the Magistrate sentencing Stephen Kelly 19, labourer, to three months' imprisonment for having…

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Police Campaign Against Speeding

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY.—The police have commenced an intensive campaign against speeding. The Traffic Superintendent…

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Maitland Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 4

Mr. Justice Herron reserved his decision in the case at the Maitland Circuit Court yesterday in which Hercules Cornelius William Riley,…

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Found in Electoral Office, Police Allege

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—John, Edwin Craig, 20, and Thomas Keith Garrick, 21, were remanded at Kogarah Court until next Tuesday on a charge of…

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Woolcott Forbes to Be Examined in Bankruptcy Court

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA.—John Woolcott Forbes, described as being a former company director, living at Edward Street, Gordon, will be…

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Police Plan to Raise £25,000 to Aid Club for Diggers

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 3

Members of the Police Force in New South Wales have set themselves the task of raising £25,000 as their contribution towards the…

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High Court Upholds Manpower Laws Can Direct People to Work for Private Firms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—National Security Regulations empowering Manpower authorities to direct people to work in private industry are valid. This unanimous decision was given by the Full High…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1944 · page 6

VAGRANCY.—"He is addicted ti [?]thylated spirits and there have been frequent complaints about his begging…

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Licensee Reports Theft Of £70 In Notes

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 June 1944 · page 2

Leslie Jenkins, licensee of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Merewether, has reported to Newcastle police that £70 in notes was…

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Youth on Murder Intent Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1944 · page 4

METLBOURNE, Friday.—Following the shooting of a member of the Salvation Army, Kathleen. Flemming, an 18-year-old youth, Francis…

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Industrial Court Tipmas's Claim

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 June 1944 · page 3

The part-heard case of Alexander Caroll, a tipman, employed by the commonwealth steel company, for payment of balance of wages of £1 12s [?]…

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Police Arrest Wrong Man : Shots At Umberto

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 June 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Friday,— Shots were fired as crown prince umberto, virtual king of italy, waved from the quirinal palace balcony to a…

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Police Want £25,000 for Soldiers' Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1944 · page 6

Heeding the appeal of returned soldiers for the establishment of Anzac House, to be used as a club for returned men in Sydney, the…

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Charged With Stealing £180 Betting Ticket

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Herbert Victor Butcher (33), painter, was charged at the Central Court today with having on Saturday stolen a…

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Soon Broke Promise to Magistrate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 2

GOSFORD, Sunday.—Arraigned on four stealing charges, a boy in Gosford Children's Court on Friday was given an opportunity by the…

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Attempted Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 3

Before a special court held at Newcastle Hospital before Mr. C. G. CarrBoyd. SM, Alfred Fawcett, 81, was charged with…

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German Police Dog As Mascot

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday.—A big German police dog. left behind by the Nazis when the invasion began, had been trained to bite…

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Opium Trade Worries Brisbane Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday.—Increased dealings in opium in Brisbane is causing concern in police circles. Since March 1, £1500 has been paid in…

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