Father, 81, on Attempted Murder Charge
Suffering from severe head injuries, Arnold Fawcett, 50, of Tookestreet, Cook's Hill, was admitted to Newcastle Hospital yesterday…
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Courts & crime, 1944
1,582 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 80
Police Oppose Transfer Of Hotel Licence
The transfer of a hotel licence was objected to by the police at the Newcastle Licensing Court today on the grounds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Courts Newcastle Police Division (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. Sm) Vagrancy
Alderton A. Woodhouse as was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for vagrancy. This man is gradually drinking…
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Counsel for the Defence at Belmont Court today before Mr. I. Beavers, SM, argued that his client, a…
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SYDNEY.—Alfred Ernest William Aylett, 39. was granted £200 ball and remanded to July 3 at Redfern Court today on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
VAGRANCY.—"Defendant is drinking himself to death," the Court was told by Sergeant Boyd, giving evidence in a case in which Alderton Arthur…
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SYDNEY. — Police promotions, confirmed by the executive council today. included: Sgt. M. C. Thomas to Inspector,…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—"I am innocent of any crime," said Victor Lindsay Dowling, 19, soldier, before the Coroner (Mr. Tingate, P.M.),…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What People Think Court-martials
I read of a soldier who had gone AWL to attend to his farm, was court- martialled and discharged from custody to await promulgation of sentence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Court Lasted Three Minutes
Maitland District Court, presided over by Judge Nield, lasted only three minutes yesterday afternoon. One case was listed, a claim by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Clash at Bridge Conference Police Inspector and Alderman
Clashes between the Chairman of the Works Committee (Ald. Dunkley) and Police Inspector McLeay, and between Ald. Dunkley and Progress…
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Nineteen undefended suits were heard by Mr. Justice Herron at the first day's sitting of the Matrimonial Causes Court at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Courts Police Division REMANDED (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. SM)
Lenard J. Scholes. 29. lorry driver, was charged with stealing a quart of petrol, valued at ninepence, the property of the BHP Company…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday—Allegations were made at the Quarter Sessions that a father's life savings of £400 in 23 years were stolen by his sons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agostini Objects to Questions in Gaol
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Mr. Val Adami, who is to appear for Antonio Agostini, Italian waiter, when he faces a charge of having…
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£40 IN FINES.—Fines totalling £40 were imposed on Ernest John Williams, 30, fitter, on two charges of stealing and one of having goods suspected of…
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KATOOMBA, Wednesday.—At Katoomba Police Court Augustine Joseph Fitzgerald, prominent Macquarie-street doctor, was charged with…
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Mr. Gee: Did he make an entry? Witness: No. Mr. Gee: Didn't he write…
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SYDNEY.—Right to search persons suspect of carrying Roods pillaged from ships or wharves, is given to the police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Divorce Court Girl-wife's Petition Is Refused
Married when the was 16 to a man twice her age, 10 years ago. she had not lived with her husband since the wedding…
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