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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

1,866 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 94

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 5

INDECENT BEHAVIOUR.—Asgrinuir Asgivisson, 21, seaman, was fined £5 for having behaved indecently in Hunter-street…

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Soldier for Trial on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Norman Ralph Brook, 26, a soldier, was committed for trial on a charge of having murdered Lance-Corporal Jack…

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Police Investigate Shearers' Stoppage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 6

TAMWORTH, Wednesday.—Tamworth police investigated a report that a team of shearers had to be removed from Newstead North…

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Court Sequel to Toronto Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 4

On January 29, an outbreak of fire on property in Fennell-crescent, Blackalls, Toronto, occupied by Walter James Henry Thomas, destroyed…

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Gaol Contraband Smuggled in Meat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—"Certain prohibited articles were clandestinely introduced into Bathurst gaol some months ago," the Premier (Mr…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 5

UNLAWFUL USE.—Victor Augustus Naudin, 32, boilermaker, was fined 10/ for having used a bicycle without the consent of the owner at Broadmeadow…

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Gaol for Selling Whisky at Camp

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 3

MURRURUNDI, Thursday.—At Murrurundi Police Court to-day, before Mr. J. McEleroy, S.M. Peter Michael Suede, of Toorak, Victoria,…

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Assault Troops Move Up To The Western Front

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 1

Trckloads of infantrymen move up over the snow-covered roads of Fosse. Belgium, to join in the fighting which cut the Laroche-St.Vith, enemy-supply route, and paved the way for the drive which forced the Nazis to run for the Rhine…

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Minister Greater Than Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The State Minister for Lands has absolute discretion in granting or refusing leases of Crown lands. He has greater…

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Court Inquiry on Stinson Crash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday—A court of inquiry into the crash of the Stinson aircraft 54 miles from Essendon, Victoria, on January 31,…

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Court's Problem Is Fly-blown Meat Adulterated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 4

A submission that fly-blown sandwiches did not constitute adulteration under the Pure Food Act was made by Mr. J. M. Bruxner (Messrs…

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Attempt to Assault Gaol Governor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—A prisoner attempted to assault the Governor of Parramatta Gaol (Mr. Scott) on February 28, subsequently damaging…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 7

OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR.—Sylvester Frederick Bowman. 32, boilermaker, pleaded "Guilty" to four charges of having behaved offensively at…

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£2000 Fine and Gaol Blackmarketing Firm, Director

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 4

TOWNSVILLE, Friday.—Fraser Henlein Pty. Ltd. was to-day fined £2000 with £101 costs upon conviction on a charge of black…

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80 Cases Salmon in House, Say Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Thelma Violet Thodes, 34, was remanded to March 16 at Paddington Court on a charge of haying had in her possession 82…

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Schism Created by Court, Union Says

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—After discussing the waterfront dispute between the Ship Joiners' Union and the Building Workers' Industrial Union,…

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Art Prize Appeal Discontinued on Court's Order

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—As the result of an instruction issued by the Attorney-General to Messrs. A. N. Harding and Breder, solicitors, the…

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Court At Works Was Informal

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 3

The austere atmosphere of the State Industrial Commission was relaxed a little today when Mr. Justice Cantor sat at Lysaght's Works to hear a…

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General Escapes From Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 1

ROME, March 5. A.A.P.—General Mario Roatta, who was under detention pending, trial as a war criminal, escaped between midnight and…

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12 Years' Gaol for Traitor

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.—For working in Paris as a Nazi propagandist, Gerald Percy Sandys Hewitt, 44, a former teacher of English,…

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