Police Raised £98,000 for Anzac House
Announcing that Newcastle police sub-district had raised £3888/9/9 for the Anzac House appeal. Superintendent S. McCarthy, on behalf of the…
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Courts & crime, 1944
1,582 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 59 of 80
Theft Of Cable From Truck
Newcastle detectives are investigating the theft of 805 yards of electric cable and a switchboard stolen from a railway truck between Cockle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
SOLDIER CHARGED.—On a charge of having stolen, at Wollongong, on September 7, 60 gallons of petrol, valued at £5, the property of the Defence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Paid £73 to Get Husband Out of Gaol
MELBOURNE, Monday.—It was alleged in the City Court that Roy Jeffrey Brooks of Melbourne, obtained £73 from a woman on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Air and Land Assault on Siegfried Line New Gap Reported Torn
LONDON, October 2. A.A.P.—The United States First Army to-day launched one of the greatest air and land assaults of the European campaign against Germans entrenched in the Siegfried Line in the Aachen area, says the Associated Press…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Should Be In Hospital Police Said Men In Cell Hit Aged Man
An assault by two young seamen on an old man in a cell at Newcastle Police Station last night was mentioned at Newcastle Police Court today by the Police Prosecutor (Sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
IN NEED OF CARE.—Discharged on Monday on charge of vagrancy. John Smythe, 64, cook, appeared on a charge of drunkenness. The Police…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder Reference in State House
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—References to the Smillie murder case were made in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. Arthur (Lab., Hamilton)…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Reference to a statement, alleged to have been made by the Police Commissioner (Mr. MacKay), that serious trouble…
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While High School boys were busy yesterday afternoon at the Ocean Baths going through their swimming exercises, George Ottenson, 42, seaman, was in the dressing rooms going through their pockets…
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BRISBANE.—Robin Adair 19 of the R.A.A.F., was charged before Mr. P. G. Knyvett, S.M., in the Police Court today, that on October 2 at…
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Which portions of a motor-cycle, the subject of a previous charge of theft against a man at the Sessions, belonged to two claimants, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd. S.m.)
INDECENT LANGUAGE.—His use of indecent language In Hunter-street cost James Martin, 30, seaman £5. For a similar offence in Darby-street. Sydney…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—For having purchased women's clothing without surrendering 1,704 coupons at the time of the transaction, Simon…
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There was such a long list of cases at Newcastle Court today that many had to be adjourned. Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. S.M., said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Native Police Guarded Tribe
Dutch New Guinea police who protected a tribe of 200 natives and took them a long distance through the jungles of Japanese-occupied territory to the safety of the American lines at Hollandia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brisbane Arrest on R.A.A.F. Murder
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A.C. Robin Adair, 19, was arrested this afternoon in Brisbane and charged with the murder on Sunday of Corporal…
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When Arthur Raymond Hancock, 44, taxi driver, and Douglas William Barr, 26, laborer, appeared at Newcastle Police Court today charged…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A boy of nine at the City Watchhouse was charged with the murder of John William Graham, 9, of North…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
STOLE FROM SCHOOLBOYS.—Evidence on stealing charges against George Ottensen, 42, seaman, given by Constable H. G. Brady, indicated that,…
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