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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

1,866 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 94

C and S. Cricket Police Boys Make It Two in Two in a Grade Matches

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 11

By defeating Lambton, the minor premiers. Police Boys won their second game since being promoted to the A grade ranks. Batting honors went to J. Francis (Rathmines), who…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 5

ILLEGAL BETTING.—Benjamin Spruce, 60, labourer, was fined £20 for illegal betting at Lambton on Saturday. Sargeant Larkin said Spruce had recorded…

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Mission Officer Charged With Wounding Native

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 3

PERTH, Monday.—William Sutherland, assistant superintendent of the Moore River native settlement, was charged at Moore Police Court…

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Hamilton Oil Plant Is a Nuisance; Magistrate's Finding

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 5

I have decided to make the order asked for by the Council for the reasons stated. On the matter of the determination of the period for the execution of the warrant I am open to suggestions," said Mr. Carr-Boyd. S.M., in giving,…

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Threat of Death for Cairo Court President

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 3

CAIRO, Jan. 15. A.A.P.—A letter threatening him with death was received by the President of the Court which is trying the…

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Two Years' Gaol for Assault on Girl

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Judge Book ordered two years' imprisonment for William Fancis Latta, 32, engineer, for have committed [?]…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 8

THREE MONTHS GAOL.—On remand from Monday Wilfred Gerald Monthere 53, seaman, was sentenced to three months' gaol on a charge of…

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On Two Murder Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 3

ORANGE: Before Mr Meagher, P.M., Cyril Norman, 32, was today charged with having…

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Strip-tease Dancer U.S. Soldier on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 3

LONDON, January. 16. A.A.P.—A trial which began at the Old Bailey to-day created new precedents for the Court…

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Charged with Stealing £8469

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—On a charge that between July 16, 1940. and August 10, 1944, at St. George, while a servant of Balonne Shire…

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Two Charges of Murder Man Remanded at Orange Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Cyril Norman, 32, was charged at Orange Court with the murder of Constable Eric George Builey at Blayney on January…

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Husband and Wife Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 3

A husband and wife Raymond Riley, 35, laborer, and Mrs. Jean Riley, 23. appeared before Mr. E. H. Harvey, S.M., at Newcastle Police…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 6

ASSAULTED WOMAN.—On a charge of having assaulted Mary Gertrude Cameron, on Tuesday, William Ernest Myers, 19. American seaman, was ordered…

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Shire Clerk Appears on Theft Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 7

BRISBANE.—Alleged to have stolen £8469, the property of the Balonne Shire Council, when he was employed as shire clerk, Robert…

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Watchman Helped in Theft of Tyres

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday—Allegations that Cominie Smith, watchman at Dunlop Rubber Company's factory, opened a store to admit a…

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Police Eject Spanish Republicans in Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 1

PARIS, Jan. 17. A.A.P.—French police yesterday ejected Spanish Republicans from the Spanish Chamber of Commerce, which they seized last…

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Woy Police Station to Cost £3030

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 8

GOSFORD, Wednesday.—Following the issue by Woy Woy Shire Council of a closing order on the police station at Woy Woy on the ground…

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Wanted Men Asked Police Car for Lift

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Police searching yesterday morning for escaped German prisoners of war accidentally found two men wanted…

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Dr. Jones Was Not in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY: When the name of Reginald Stuart-Jones was called at the Central Police Court today, the doctor did not…

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Cross-charges of Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 3

The hearing was resumed at Newcastle Summons Court today of the cross-charges of assault between Betty Delman and Harry Ellis, both…

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