Court Ends Dispute Over Man's Burial
AUCKLAND, Friday.—The body of a 76-year-old retired Hokitika solicitor, who died last Tuesday, still remains unburied pending the…
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Courts & crime, 1945
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Six Months' Gaol for Stealing
William R. Thomas. 27. electrician, was charged at Newcastle Police Court today with stealing between June 1, 1941, and June 1, 1944. a large…
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Frank N. Quinn. 24, Customs officer, was charged at Newcastle police Court today with having 50 gallons of motor spirit, one 40-gallon and…
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MELBOURNE. — An unrehearsed comedy was staged before the State Full Court while a Jew and a Gentile were being sworn in as barrister and…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Allegations that shipping was still being held up or making unnecessary long journeys for urgent repairs as a result of the…
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Convicted of having committed as assault in company at Hinton on the night of April 7, two defendants as the West Maitland Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
SIX MONTHS' GAOL.—"This is a case in which I would be carrying leniency too far if I let him go on a bond," said the Magistrate, replying to an appeal…
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SYDNEY: The mind of Sergt. J. T. Keriotis, a U.S. air gunner was a blank after injuries he had received in an alleged assault, said a US. naval surgeon, Lieut. Blake, at Parramatta Sessions today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
INDECENT LANGUAGE.—Richard Trelevan, 64. wharf labourer, was fined £5 for having used indecent language in Hunter-street…
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"This is not a case for pecuniary penalty—action will have to be taken as a deterrent," the Magistrate (Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd) said at…
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LONDON, Wednesday. — The biggest cigarette theft in Britain occurred yesterday at Watford, near London, when three men…
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SOLDIERS FINED.—A disturbance in Scott-street on Tuesday led to the appearance of three soldiers on leave. For having behaved offensively, Russel…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Fines totalling £765 were imposed on two newspapers in the Federal Arbitration Court to-day for contempt. The…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—More than half of the consignment of cotton goods, valued at £2750, which disappeared from an interstate ship…
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George E. Collins, 29, motor driver, was remanded to June 22, at Newcastle Police Court today, on a charge of assaulting and occasioning…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The tailoring shop at Parramatta gaol was destroyed by fire, caused, it is thought, by spontaneous…
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POONA, June 7. A.A.P.—An Indian doctor has been sentenced to six months' hard labour on a charge of having written to his son…
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THEFT CHARGE.—A girl, aged 14, who admitted having stolen money which, she, said, was stolen from her, was one Of the principal witnesses for…
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NEW YORK, Thursday.—Through the ringleader of six men arrested on espionage charges, the Communist movement in America had access to Government confidential documents, some of "top secret" importance. THIS is staed by the "New York World-Telegram."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
FOR TRIAL.—In a part-heard case, Elly Major, 18, poultry farmer, was committed for trial at Newcastle Sessions, on July 2, on £20 bail, on a…
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