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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

1,582 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 80

Police Division DISCHARGED Before Mr. E. R. Denton. SM

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 2

Mary Gilbert, who had charted her husband, Harold 8. Gilbert. 38, cleaner, with assault, occasioning actual bodily harm, on January 24, said that she…

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Police Court (Before Mr. C. F. Denton, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 4

STEALING CHARGE.—Gordon Geoffrey Hall, 24, motor-cycle dealer, was remanded to April 3 on a charge of having stolen, at Wallsend on November…

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Six Years' Gaol For Defrauding Spinster Of £2700

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY.—A man who, the Crown claimed, had refrauded an elderly spinster of £2700 by the pretence that he was beneficiary…

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Horse Owner Before Federal Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY. —Two racehorses transported to Tumut had won races there on December 27, declared Mr. Dwyer. KC (for the…

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In the Courts Police Division (Before Mr. C. F. Denton, Sm) Smashed Door

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 2

When Hurold Bourke, 28, soldier, was refused a drink at the Westminster Hotel on the afternoon of February 2 he thru[?] his [?] through the glass…

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Police Court (Before Mr. C. F. Denton, S.m.)

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

CAR THEFT ALLEGED.—Victor Allan Syron, 18, labourer, was charged with having, at Newcastle on January 18, stolen au Hillman Minx motor-car, valued…

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Gaol Sentences For Falsifying Production Cards

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday.—Seven employees of a bomber plant at Dalias (Texas) received sentences of up to six months to-day for…

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Five on Trial Theft from Military Camp Alleged

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

Two military trucks and a large quantity of motor parts and accessories were exhibits at Newcastle Sessions when the hearing was…

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10 Years' Gaol for Using Gun to Escape

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY.—"Your act was that of a daring and desperate gunman." said Judge Holt to-dav in sentencing Raymond Cedric…

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Milan's Police Chief Wounded

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.—An attempt was made yesterday to kill the Police Chief of Milan. Signor Nicolini, while he was driving to…

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Gaol for Building Breach

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Israel Sukiert, a North Carlton tanner, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment at Caulfield Court on a charge…

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Police Court (Before Mr. C. F. Denton, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1944 · page 8

DISCHARGED.—Mr. N. T. Cragg (Messrs. Braye, Cragg, Cohen and Chapman), for the prosecution, said there was no evidence to offer in cases…

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Month's Gaol For Building Without Permit

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 February 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE.—Building additions, costing £400 and employing eight men. to a house in Lumeah Road. Caulfield, led to…

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Absenteeism Alleged 70 Miners Charged at Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 February 1944 · page 3

"Justice can be done to these men only if we have the opportunity to consider thoroughly the evidence they…

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Constables Charged at Lismore

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 3

LISMORE. — Allegations that two police constables had conspired to extort money from Italians in the…

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In the Courts Police Division Stealing Charge (Before Mr. C. F. Denton, SM)

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 2

John Hart, 53, seaman, was charged with stealing five tins of jam, a tin of pepper, a bottle of pickles, a bottle of sauce and a bottle of chutney,…

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Police Court (Before Mr. C. F. Denton, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 3

HEADING-'EM—Cecil James Cook, 31, labourer, and Frederick James Scotman, 44, coaltrimmer, were each fined 10/, and the recognisance of Stanley…

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"Spy" Insult Led to Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY.—A man who called his next door neighbors German spies was convicted for the fifth time and preferred gaol to a…

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Stole £2535 in Safe, Three Years' Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Convicted at Darlinghurst Sessions on a charge of having broken into a house at North Sydney and stolen a safe…

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Police Deny "Belting" Trial at Sessions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 3

When the hearing was resumed before Judge Nield at Newcastle Sessions of the charges of theft from a military camp against two…

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