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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

1,582 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 62 of 80

Police to Help Memorial Ward

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 October 1944 · page 4

A meeting of Newcastle district police yesterday decided to assist the Hospital Memorial Ward appeal. The Secretary of the appeal (Mr. S…

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Oppressive Air in Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 October 1944 · page 4

With the temperature in the eighties yesterday morning, Mr. H. L. O'Ueill, solicitor, protested to Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M., about the…

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Court Adjourns Application in Newspaper Case

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 October 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY: The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission today adjourned an application by the Engineering, Electrical, Clerks, Transport and Miscellaneous Workers' Union for an order directing them to return to work on Monday morning at Sydney's four…

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Wasted Plea to Magistrate

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 October 1944 · page 3

Though Mr. J. M. Ruggero, solicitor, at Newcastle Police Court today, spoke lyrically and vehemently on the super-excellent character of two…

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Boys on Charge of Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 October 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Two brothers, aged 15 and 16 years, were remanded at the Central Children's Court today to October 23 on a charge of murdering…

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Police Traced Bicycle Stolen 3 Years Ago

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 October 1944 · page 5

Police work in tracing a bicycle stolen three years ago was described at Newcastle Police Court today by a detective when the hearing of four charges against William Alfred Garner, 45, foreman, was resumed…

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Archbishop Sees Great Hope In International Police Force To Stop War

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 October 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: The Archbishop of York, speaking on Sunday afternoon at a Religion and Life meeting on the subject "What Christianity has to say about the World of Nations", said the great task of statesmen was to devise some means by which…

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Sent To Gaol For Vagrancy

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 October 1944 · page 10

Robert Charles Redding. 60, horse trainer, the man who last week claimed that he had trained Lord Neith for Les Fines, was sentenced…

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Assault on Cyclist Cowardly, Says P.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, L Monday.—Describing the action as cowardly. Mr. Meehan, P.M., in the City Court, imposed a £10 fine on Morris Oswald…

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Young Brothers on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Two brothers aged 15 and 16 were remanded at the Central Children's Court to-day to October 23 on a charge of having…

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Police Warning On Firearms

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 October 1944 · page 4

The death of a youth at Raymond Terrace on Saturday from a bullet wound caused by a shot from a pistol believed to be unloaded, laid…

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Stop Press Newspaper Dispute in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 October 1944 · page 12

SYDNEY.—Immediately the State industrial Commission met this afternoon it was decided that the newspaper proprietors and the P.I.E.U…

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U.s. Court Won't Hear Tyler Kent's Case

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 October 1944 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday.—The Supreme Court has refused to consider the case of Tyler Kent, American Embassy clerk, convicted by a British…

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Youth Charged with Attempted Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—A youth of 17, whose name was not disclosed, appeared in Adelaide Juvenile Court to-day, charged with having attempted…

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West Maitland Police Court (Before Mr A. E. Hodgeon. P.m.) Cross Charges for Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 11

John Thomas Cornell, 24 Evans Street, West Maitland, and John William Muxtew, 163. George Street. East Maitland were parties in cross charges for assault at…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 6

SHOPLIFTER FINED.—"She stated she had gone from shop to shop and was having so much success that she was tempted to continue," Constable…

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Schools Charged for Wickets "Wrong Policy," Says Deputy Town Clerk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 8

Protests were made at a meeting of Greater Newcastle Works Committee yesterday against the action of New Lambton Oval Board charging…

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Alabama Boy in Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 2

The drawling levity of an American infantryman from Alabama was the bright spot in the austere atmosphere of Newcastle Police Court…

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Doctors Seek an Award in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 3

BRISBANE.-For a considerable time there had been dissatisfaction with conditions under which resident medical officers…

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May Be New Judges in Compensation Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 8

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Workers' Compensation Courts were so overcrowded that hundreds of cases would have to be postponed during the…

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