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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

1,582 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 80

Lake Fish Sent to Sydney Belmont Court Test

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1944 · page 4

Before Mr. I. Beavers, S.M., in the Summons Divisions of Belmont Police Court yesterday. Frank Mitchell, of Swansea, was fined £3 with…

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Sold Police Beer at Yacht Club Honorary Steward Fined £30

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1944 · page 4

As an honorary steward of Lake Macquarie Yacht Club, Allan Victor Taylor, of Macquarie-street, Belmont, supplied police with been on…

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Sentenced to Death

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 June 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.—A United States military court In South Wales sentenced to death by hanging two American colored soldiers…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1944 · page 4

VAGRANT GAOLED.—Orrie Dargin, 48, labourer, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for vagrancy. Constable R. V. Hurtz said the…

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Against Censorship As Police Weapon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday.—"The committee considers censorship is security and not an ordinary police weapon," says the…

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The Courts Police Division (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, Sm) Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 June 1944 · page 2

Thomas E. Shakespeare 62 fireman, was charged with stealing a greyhound dog valued at £5 the property of Horace Charker…

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Postman Sent to Gaol for Stealing Mail

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1944 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—Albert William Raymond Wynack. 40, of Burwood, with 23 years' service, who had been pilfering mail for a year was…

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Murder Will Out

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 June 1944 · page 2

Nobody knew better than Arthur Wilson what discovery meant. He had worked hard and long to achieve his present…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1944 · page 8

GOODS IN CUSTODY.—Alfred Finucane, 40, seaman, was charged with at Newcastle on June 15 having had in his custody a suitcase reasonably suspected…

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Must Give Full Service Magistrate Warns Hotelkeepers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1944 · page 4

GOSFORD, Friday.—The Licensing Court required that a full service to the public must be provided by hotels, the Licensing Magistrate…

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Winning Bets to Police Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1944 · page 2

"Money used by the police to make bets to obtain evidence in starting-price betting cases was taken from an incidental expenses fund…

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Aboriginal Charged with Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 June 1944 · page 5

ADELAIDE. Sunday.—An alleged argument with aborigines during a meeting at Victoria Park racecourse yesterday resulted in the death of…

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More Time in Gaol for "Doctor"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 June 1944 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Sunday.—Insistence of Boyce Lionel Bruce, 55, that he is a medical practitioner has caused him to spend periods in New South…

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The Courts Police Division (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. Sm) Given a Chance

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 June 1944 · page 2

When Constable Hurtz arrested Cecil Young, 27, laborer, on a charge of vagrancy, he said he had worked at the wool stores for two months and…

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Charged With Theft Of Cigarettes

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 3

At West Maitland Court before Mr. F. L. McNamara. JP, on a charge of having on June 19 stolen ten cartons of cigarettes…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 5

UNLAWFUL GAME.—A fine of £2 was imposed on each of the following de[?]ants who, sgt. Larkin said, had played "heading-em," on a vacant…

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The Courts Police Division

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 2

(Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, SM) GAOLED FOR INDECENT EXPOSURE James P. Hall, 36, laborer, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for…

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Police Objections To Hotel Licence Not Pressed

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 3

At the Licensing Court today, when renewal of hotel and wine and spirit licences were considered by Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, SM…

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"Pyiama Girl" Murder Trial Mr. Mackay Denies Talk of Hanging

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The New South Wales police Commissioner (Mr. MacKay) denied to-day he told Antonio Agostini there was a danger he world be hanged for the murder of his wife, Linds, Agostini, who was identified…

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Theft Of Document Is Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 June 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY.—A former employee of the Division of Import Procurement, alleged to have stolen Commonwealth property, was remand…

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