Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
INDECENT LANGUAGE.—David Joseph Grennan, 51, seaman, was fined £3 for having used indecent language in Scott-street on Wednesday night…
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Courts & crime, 1944
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Two Years' Gaol For Receiving Military Clothing
SYDNEY.—"Pilfering or receiving materials required by Allied troops, who were fighting gallantly, constituted the lowest…
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Henry James Cahill, 26, wharf laborer, was fined £2 10s on a charge of having behaved in an indecent manner in Newcomen street. REMANDS GRANTED…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Eight Years in Asylum Move for Trial on Murder Charge
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Holding of Boyd Sinclair in the criminal section of State asylums for eight years without his, being brought to trial was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
INDECENT BEHAVIOUR.—A fine of £2/10/ was disposed on Henry James Cahill, 26, wharf labourer, for having behaved indecently in Newcomen-street…
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SYDNEY.—Efforts are being mode to complete the organisation for applying new cargo protection regulations, under which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Americans Overcharged Landlord Gets Three Months' Gaol
SYDNEY, Friday.—A sentence of three months' imprisonment was imposed on Gregory William Hanlon in the Special Federal Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pleasant Sunday Afternoon in Maitland Gaol
In 90 years such a thing had never happened at Maitland gaol until yesterday afternoon. A troupe of 14 prisoners staged a first-class show for…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A youth has been charged with malicious wounding, following the shooting of Stanley Stephenson, 26, in the stomach…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prisoners Staged Their Own Show At Maitland Gaol
Without props or footlights. 12 prisoners at Maitland Gaol yesterday put over Maitland's most novel concert…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—It was the policeman's task to protect public decency, so he acted when pictures of art were questionable, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Shooting Court Held at Hospital: Man Remanded
SYDNEY. — Victor Pressick. 18. was remanded at Liverpool Stale Hospital late on Saturday night by Mr. J. Kelly. CSM. on a…
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LISMORE, Monday.—For a second offence of street betting, a sentence of two months' imprisonment with hard labour was imposed on John…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Escapees Blast Gaol Wall
AUCKLAND, Tuesday.—Blasting a hole in an 18ft. stone wall with explosives, two long-term prisoners made a sensational…
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BETTING OFFENCES—Fines totalling £45, were imposed on Rex Deacon, 43, hairdresser, who pleaded "Guilty" on three charges involving illegal betting…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—For having stolen £8 and a wallet from an American soldier, Michael Gray. 39, labourer, was sentenced in the…
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MELBOURNE. Monday.—A remand to July 17 was granted at the City Court when John Ernest Turnbull, 28, A.I.F. was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Theft of Tin Ingots; Man for Trial
SYDNEY, Monday.—George James Woelms, 28, of Arncliffe, was committed for trial when charged at Redfern Court with having stolen…
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Next Monday, one of the State's best-known detectives will take over duty at Newcastle as Superintendent of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Police Chief for Newcastle Supt. S. McCarthy
Superintendent S. McCarthy will succeed Superintendent A. Duckworth as officer in charge of the North-castern Police administrative…
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