Naval Deserter Fined For Stealing
Perry Robert St. Clair. 23, naval seaman, whom Detective Norton stated was a deserter from the Royal Navy, was fined £7. or 14 days'…
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Courts & crime, 1945
1,866 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 50 of 94
Assault Takes "The Blot" A.I.F. Overlooks Wewak
MELBOURNE, Sunday. — After eight weeks of bitter uphill fighting over a succession of stair-like Japanese defences, troops of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Balmain Case In Court
SYDNEY—Judge O'Mara heard an application in the Arbitration Court today arising out of the recent Balmain ironworkers…
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LONDON, July 16. A.A.P.—The first Norwegian Quisling, Reidar Haaland, a Gestapo torturer, has been sentenced to death. Haaland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
RAILWAYMEN CHARGED. — Charges against railway enginemen. Thomas Robert O'Grady, 28, fireman, and Clive Norman Camps, driver, of having stolen,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Patriotic Bodies Are Charged with Holding Too Much Money
Patriotic committees holding substantially more funds than necessary instead of sending them to A.C.F. headuarters were not "playing square" under their charters, and the A.C.F. administration should force them to hand the money over, said the president…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Balmain Ironworkers Approach Court
SYDNEY. Monday.—The rank and file-elected Balmain branch of the Ironworkers' Association asked Judge O'Mara in the Arbitration Court to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Quiz Aids Appeal for Police Boys
For answering a question correctly £10 can be won at the general quiz in the carnival groups adjoining the Newcastle Trades Hall to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sea-air Assault Hits Jap Strategic Areas "Herald" Service and A.A.P.
NEW YORK, July 16.—Although the mounting fury of air and naval attacks is interpreted by some observers as preparatory operations to an invasion of Japan, the general impression is that both arms of the service are engaged at present in purely strategic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Inquiry Into Death of Girl Corporal
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Inquiries are now being made in New South Wales and South Australia by police investigating the death of Corporal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Lectures, Signs, Traffic Police To Reduce Accidents
Provision should be made for more pedestrian crossings, erection of more 'slow' and 'halt' signals near intersections, increased police traffic supervision and resumption of police safety lectures to school children…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Thieves stole 38,500 cigarettes and a large quantity of chocolates from a Royal Navy camp near Sydney, forcing the door…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Drink caused the downfall of Robert (Bobby)Delaney 38, former champion boxer said a detective in the Central Court…
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THREE MONTHS' GAOL.—Convicted of knowingly having had in the Maryville Hotel, Maryville, on June 12, seven tins of salmon, a tin of pears, a tin…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nine Months' Gaol Over Car Deal
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Convicted of an act which constituted black marketing. Jack Mendel a garage proprietor and second-hand car dealer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Doctor Charged With Failing To Answer For £1163
SYDNEY. "Isn't it a fact that you have not been associated with anyone whom you did not afterwards accuse of misconduct and fraud?" asked Mr. Clancy, K.C., in the Quarter Sessions today of Miss Lily Jane Charlton Vogwell. "That is not so," replied…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder Intent Count From 1943 Shooting
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — Cecil Bobbs, 38, metal worker, was charged in the City Court with the wounding of Joseph Fanesi at Fitzroy on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Assault in Police Car
SYDNEY: Charegd with assaulting a constable, thereby causing grievous bodily harm to a 60-year-old woman. Charles Kelly (20), of the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thieves' £5000 Jewellery Theft
LONDON, Wednesday. — Jewellery valued at £5000 was stolen from a mansion at Stoke Poges (Buckinghamshire) while the owner, Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman to Govern Famous Gaol
LONDON, July 18. A.A.P.—women, for the first time, has been appointed governor of the famous women's gaol,…
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