Police Raid Stopped Wedding
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A wedding was cancelled when police raided a house in East Malvern last night. The wedding was to have…
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Courts & crime, 1945
1,866 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 94
Death-Ride Allegation By Doctor In Crowded Court
SYDNEY: "From the time the doctor got into the car he was taken for what was intended to be a ride to death," said the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. T. S. Crawford, K.C.), in the Central Criminal Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sent to Gaol for Consorting
On a charge of consorting with reputed criminals, John James Sharpe, 21, laborer, at Newcastle Police Court today was sentenced to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
GAMING ACT BREACHES.—Jonathan Evans, 63, labourer, was fined £20 for having dispersed placed horse cards on which the printer's name and address…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.—A 13-year-old boy. Noel Brooks, was charged at Masterton Police Court with having murdered his mother…
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SYDNEY: When the case of Joseph Dudley Prendergast, 36, laborer, who was charged with having on February 2, 1945,…
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SYDNEY: Sudney Stewart Silburn (63), an employee of the Water Board for 45 years, was charged at Campsie Court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police List Had A Credit Today
The crime report at Newcastle police station this morning showed a credit as well as debits. On the credit side was a box of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Boys to Play First-grade Hockey
Three members of Newcastle Police Boys' under 18 hockey team, which won the major and minor premierships last season, have accepted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court Appearance Isn't Always Necessary To Collect Debts
About that money some scoundrel has owed you for a long time. How many times have you threatened to sue him or, in more graceful language, to invoke the provisions of the Small Debts Recovery Act against him? Your excuse has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dr. Jones Cross-Examined He Did Not Want Police Action After Shooting
SYDNEY: Under cross-examination today in the Central Criminal Court, Dr. Reginald Stuart Jones said he had not wanted publicity or police action after he had been shot…
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MELBOURNE.—On a charge of having murdered Marion Mills at Wonthaggl yesterday, Harry Ernest Mills (31), of Wonthaggi, appeared…
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MELBOURNE. — Leslie Gardiner, one of the seven Beechworth prison as who broke gaol on March 11, was recaptured about two miles west of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd. S.m.)
ALLEGED THEFT.—"Last week the defendant could not be found: now the plaintiff has gone to sea," said the Police Prosecutor (Sergeant W. G…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Convicted Of Theft in A Hotel
Martin J. Kipping, 46, hotel useful, was charged, at Newcastle Police Court today, with stealing £1 0s 6d, the property of Mary E…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—When the case of Joseph Dudley Prendergast, 38, labourer, charged with wounding Joseph Patrick Taylor with intent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Naval Stores Men May Go to Court
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Men involved in the dispute at the Royal Naval Victualling Stores. Sydney, decided that if pay anomalies were not…
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The Secretary of Newcastle branch of the Clothing Trades' Union (Mr. A. Carroll) in Sydney to-day will ask the State branch to make an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russians Mass for Stettin Assault
LONDON, March 21. A.A.P.—With the whole of the east bank of the River Oder now clear, Marshal Zhukov is massing his forces for the assault on Stettin, port of Berlin, while his artillery…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
THREE MONTHS GAOL—Martin Joseph Kipping, 40, hotel useful, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for having stolen, at Newcastle, on…
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