Assault Charge Acquittal
Charged before Judge Nield, at Newcastle Quarter Sessions yesterday, with having unlawfully assaulted Leonard Byers, at Stockton on…
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Courts & crime, 1945
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Bulgarians Sentenced to Death
SOFIA, Feb. 7. A.A.P.—The People's Tribunal began trials of persons accused of persecuting anti-Nazi Partisans. It sentenced 26 to death,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kurri Police Court (Before Mr. I. Beavers, P.m.)
STEALING ATTEMPT.—Patrick Andrew Huxley, 37, and Keith Thomas McCarron, 20, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of, at Kurri Kurri on January…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
CHINESE REMANDED.—On charges relating to the alleged smoking of opium, five Chinese were remanded to February 21, each on bail of £50…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A man and his wife were arrested in Newtown and charged with having stolen 252 cases of butter valued at…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Edward Lloyd, 41, butcher, of Riverstone, who cut his drinking companion's throat in an argument was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police on Cruelty Charge
SYDNEY: 'It is not suggested that the police thought cruelty could occur, but the prosecution wants the matter…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—To keep in check serious crime, manpower must be made available immediately to the police force, a senior police…
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ORANGE, Wednesday—Constable George Bailey declared, immediately after being mortally wounded at Blayney: "He shot…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Dr. Reginald Stuart Jones, 42, was still too ill to appear, his counsel said in Central Court…
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Only twice have the heads of the British, American and Russian Governments been able to meet during the war. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
INDECENT LANGUAGE.—A fine of £5 was imposed on Arthur Forest, 55, lobourer, for having used indecent language in Hunter-street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Offensive Opens in West Canadians Lead Assault After Withering Air Attacks
LONDON, Friday. — The great Allied offensive against Germany from the west has begun. It began at 10.30 yesterday morning when General Crerar's First Canadian Army struck in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Rodeo Test Case Cruelty Alleged
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A test case, the result of which may affect the holding of further rodeos, was launched at Central Court by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Letter Box Police Boys' Clubs
To one with any knowledge of the excellent work being done by the police employed at the PoliceCitizens Boys' Clubs it is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
BAIL FORFEITED.—James Kenneth Hansen. 23, seaman, did not appear to answer a charge of having behaved indecently. His bail of £5 was forfeited…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mother of Five on Assault Charge
SYDNEY, Friday.—Louis Andrew De Costa, 62, of Como, was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital suffering from multiple head wounds and a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Transfers
The following police transfers were announced by Inspector McLeay, of Newcastle.— Sergeant N. G. U'Pritchard, from…
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Classes in cliff rescue work for members of the police force will commence in Newcastle on February 20…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Recover U.S. Dollars, Articles
LISMORE, Friday.—At Lismore Police Court. Francis James O'Donnell, 18, and Jack O'Hara, 43, were remanded to February 12 on a charge…
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