Picked Lock and Broke Gaol
LONDON. Tuesday. — Eleven prisoners escaped from a cell under the London Sessions Court. Three were quickly recaptured. Every…
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Courts & crime, 1944
1,582 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 80
Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.) Summons Division
MOTOR [?].—ON each of two charges of having failed to return expe[?]ed [?]pates, John Lawless motor trader, Hunter-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jurisdiction of Federal Court
SYDNEY.- The Special Federal Court convened in NSW, has jurisdiction to deal with offence committed in other States, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →11,000 Corpses Found Soviet Report on Murder of Poles
LONDON, Jan. 26.—More than 11,000 corpses, clad in Polish military uniforms, were discovered in graves 10 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Reservist Before Court
SYDNEY Charged at the Paddington Court today with having in his possession 281 cartons of cigarettes, 60 rounds of…
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BETTING CHARGE.—William Robert Henderson, 55, pensioner, was fined £20 for having been in a street, the parlour of the Sportsman's Arms hotel,…
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Sergeant A. L. Luton, officer in charge at Newcastle traffic office, died yesterday. He was 48. Born in the Cooma district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Stop Revolt in Paraguay
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—An attempted revolution in Paraguay was crushed by police at dawn, states a special communique issued by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In the Courts Police Division Charges Withdrawn (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. SM)
Edward Hadley, 25, toolmaker was charged with stealing a purse and sum of £4 0s 2d one letter and part of a packet of cigarettes, the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. Soldier Charged With Stealing From Woman
BRISBANE, Friday.—An American soldier, Leslie Earle Thomas, 30, was charged in the Police Court to-day with having stolen £190 from Mrs…
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DISCHARGED.âEdward, Hadley, 25 tool maker, was charged with having stolen a purse and £4/0/2. valued at £4/1/2. the property of Emily Hadley,…
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The lecture to police reservists next Monday has been cancelled. The next lecture will be on Monday, February…
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WASHINGTON, January 28.—A long documented account of Japanese brutalities to Americans and Filipinos taken prisoner on Bataan and Corregidor was issued to-day in the form of a joint statement from the Army and Navy. It includes accounts of wholesale starvation, torture and wanton murders…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Police Seek Hit-Run Scooter Rider
LONDON, Friday.—The police are seeking a hit-and-run scooter rider, who made off after knocking down a man without…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Courts Police Court (Before Mr. B. Woods, JP)
MALICIOUS DAMAGE CHANGE Alegander H. Luxford, 20, naval rating, was remanded till Tuesday on a change of maliciously damaging a door…
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SYDNEY.—Vittoria De Bortoll, Italian wine grower, of Bilbul, via Yenda, was remanded in the Special Federal Court to-day on…
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INDECENT LANGUAGE.—"I'm very sorry," said Alfred Ernest Campbell, 61, labourer, when charged with using Indecent language in the casualty ward…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →18 Months' Gaol for Thief
Raymond Carl Nilsson 18, of the R.A.A.F., pleaded "Guilty" to lour charges of breaking, entering and stealing from shops and a further charge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Baby Left on Beach Woman Charged
Pleading "Not Guilty" to charges of having abandoned and deserted her 12 weeks' old baby on Newcastle Beach. Catherine Frances…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Courts Newcastle Quarter Sessions Is Months' Gaol (Before Judge Nield)
Raymond Carl, Nilsson, 18, RAAF, who yesterday pleaded guilty to four charges of breaking and entering and stealing, and one charge of attempting to break…
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