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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
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Crew members of a U.S. Third Army tank (top) load rockers in to launchers on top of their vehicle, on the Western Front. Use of rockets gives the modern tank terrific hitting power, which has been turned against the Germans with devastating effect. Batteries of rockets (below) are being stowed aboard an L.C.M by American sailors. Used to fill the gap between the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →INDECENT LANGUAGE.—A few minutes after being discharged from the casualty ward at Newcastle Hospital on Wednesday night. John Cameron Wilkes,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.—In the Criminal Court, Thomas Henry Kirwin, 55, of Kooweerup, and his son. Henry Thomas Kirwin, 24, also…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →REMANDED.—To permit the defence to call a witness, a remand to July 13 was granted when Dimitrios E. Litzikis, known as James Litsa, 45, restaurant…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →John J. Sharp, 23, laborer, and Walter W. Elliott, 20. laborer, were charged before Mr. J. Letts, J.P., at Newcastle Police Court this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Convicted on a receiving charge in the Quarter Sessions, former bookmaker, James Taylor, 34, of Rockdale, was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →MELBOURNE, Friday.—Thomas Henry Kirwin, 55, and his son, Henry Thomas Kirwin, 24, of Kooweerup, were hequtted of murder in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CANBERRA, Friday.—Royal Court mourning on the death of President Roosevelt will extend to Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An alleged assault by two brothers in lonely bush country was described by Michael Burgess, grazier of Lamb's Valley, in West…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, April 15. A.A.P.—American and French forces have opened an assault to clear the Germans out of the Bordeaux…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A field of 20 raced in the Police Boys' amateur cycling five miles handicap on Saturday. The race was exciting and result in doubt to the finish. There was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Prank Goodwin. 20, apprentice, pleaded guilty to having indecently assaulted a male person at Hamilton on February 11…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Nine gold bangles, valued at £25, were stolen from a window of Angus & Coote. Although the window contained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two brothers were fined amounts totalling £57 in the aMitland Summons Court on charges of assault. They were Terry and Patrick…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TWO FOR TRIAL.—Charged with having, at Newcastle on April 12, assaulted Herbert McInnes Whitaker and robbed him of £11/15/, and, at the time as they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Monday.—In the Special Federal Court. Harry Crichton was fined £60, and his wife, Elsie Merle Crichton, £13, for receiving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Charged with the murder of her husband, Elsie Marie Hoare, 49, mother of 13 children, was found "Not guilty"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Ronald Carlini, 28, foreman, and Cecil James Murphy, 24, were remanded in Central Court on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →KIAMA, Monday.—Bernard Hudson Matheson, 20, labourer, appeared at the Wollongong Police Court on a charge of vagrancy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY.—At Central Court today Alexander Raymond Carstairs (22), merchant seaman, and Albert William Fewins (22), merchant seaman,…
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