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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

1,582 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 80

Gaol Sentence for Newcastle Cafe Proprietor

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

"Out of the hundreds of cases of this kind which have come before me, I can safely say that this is one of the worst I have ever come across. There has been a systematic failure on his part to observe the regulations," said Mr. R. Atkinson,…

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Police Seek Inquiry Into Administration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—A special meeting of the New South Wales Police Association decided to ask for an inquiry into police…

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Danish Police Reported To Be Interned

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.—According to the Free Danish Press Service at Stockholm, Germans yesterday interned the entire police force…

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Police Round-up of Stray Dogs

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

Newcastle police have recently had to "run in" each night as many stray dogs as they have drunks. They said to-day that stray dogs which wandered about the streets…

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Magistrate's Advice To Tenant

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY.—"Don't take too many; one schooner should be enough." said Mr. Sheridan, SM, in Central Summons Court to Jack…

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£1050 Material Theft Alleged

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1944 · page 4

ADELAIDE.—It was alleged in the Police Court to-day that the manager of a city tailoring firm broke into a warehouse at…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1944 · page 4

FOUR CHARGES.—"Turned down by his sweetheart because she learned of his previous lapses caused him to commit the offences," it was stated on…

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Gaol for Food Price Breaches Newcastle Cafe Owner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1944 · page 4

Gerasimos Grivas, a Greek, proprietor of a restaurant in Scott-street, Newcastle, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on each…

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Nazis Intern Danish Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 18.—According to the Free Danish Press Service at Stockholm, Germans yesterday interned the entire police force in…

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New Rule About Open Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY.—"State Cabinet has decided that cases where persons are charged with violence to children should be heard in open…

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Preferred Death To Appearing Before A Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1944 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tuesday.—Joan Wilson, 58. Chief Clerk of the New York Draft Board. flung himself to death from the top of…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1944 · page 2

Argus [?] with driving a motor car under the influence of intoxicating liquor in Samdon Street, Hamilton on December [?],…

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Theft From Hotel Bedroom

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 5

David Stanley Hall, of Victoria Street. Drummoyne, reported to Newcastle police last night that clothing valued at £5 5s had been…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 4

INDECENT LANGUAGE.—George Jesse, 64, labourer, was fined £5 or 10 days' Imprisonment for having used indecent language in Bolton-street on…

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Allied Soldier Chafed With Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 3

BRISBANE.—A US. soldier,' Fontaine B. Williams, was charged at the Police Court to-day with having murdered an Australian sailor…

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The Courts Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, Sm) Exemption Refused

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 2

Albert Edward Paskin, a motor trader, Party Street. Hamilton, applied for exemption from in[?]tary service on account of hardship…

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Cases of Violence to Children in Open Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Following consideration of recent cases, the State Cabinet has decided that cases of violence to children shall be heard…

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U.s. Soldier Charged with Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 January 1944 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday.—At the Police Court, Fontaine B. Williams, a U.S. soldier, was charged with having murdered an Australian sailor…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 January 1944 · page 8

WOMAN AND MAN CHARGED.—Muriel May Fulford. 42. domestic duties, was charged with hosing unlawfully used an instrument upon Jean Fraser…

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Nazis Deport Norwegian Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 January 1944 · page 3

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 20.—The German-controlled S.T.B. Agency states that 190 Norwegian policemen arrested last August for refusing to…

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