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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

1,866 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 52 of 94

Strong Police Guard for Petain Trial

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 July 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday: Trial of Marshal Petain will, begin in Paris today. Several hundred police, armed with rifles and tommy-guns, are guarding the Palais de Justice to which Petain was moved yesterday, the Paris correspondent of the 'Daily…

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Air Force Officer on W.A.A.A.F. Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 July 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Flight Lieutenant James Henry Greaves, 25. R.A.A.F. has been accused of the murder of Corporal Vera Matilda…

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Airman Charged With Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday. — The seventh person to be charged with the murder of Corporal Vera Matilda Wiper, W.A.A.A.F., Flight…

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Prisoner Denies Talk In Gaol; Bakewell Murder Unsolved

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 July 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: The killing of Mrs. Mary Gwendoline Bakewell last October was added to the list of Sydney's unsolved crimes today when the City Coroner (Mr. Harris) found that she was murdered by "some person or persons unknown."…

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Nine Months' Gaol for Bigamy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1945 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday.—James S. Kendall, 26, who admitted having committed bigamy, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. His…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1945 · page 4

INTOXICATED DRIVER.—Colin Robert John Smith, 24, steward, was fined £15 for having driven a car in Brown-road. Broadmeadow, on Friday night while…

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Police Transfers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1945 · page 2

The following transfers in the North-eastern Police District were announced yesterday: Constables A. E. Clark, from…

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Baby Born in Gaol Girl Prisoner's Ordeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1945 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.—A young woman prisoner, who was refused transfer to hospital and gave birth to a baby alone in a dark cell in…

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"Hitler" Acquitted on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1945 · page 3

ALICE SPRINGS, Monday.—Hitter, who stood before the bar of justice to-day, was charged with murder, but was acquitted by the jury…

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Uproar At Trial Of Petain: Police Make Arrests

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 July 1945 · page 1

PARIS, Monday.—Wild scenes occurred here at the trial of Marshal Petain, who is charged with "betrayal of France and intelligence with the enemy." Bedlam broke out in court when the Prosecutor said there were…

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New Riot in Rome Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 1

LONUDON, July 24. A.A.P.—The first batch of 100 prisoners was removed in three lorries from the Regina Coeli prison in Rome last…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 6

SOLD LIQUOR AFTER HOURS.—Pleading "Guilty" to having sold a bottle of whisky and a bottle of gin to Stig Olaf Sjolrando. Norwegian sailor…

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Prisoner's Denial of Murder of Wealthy Divorcee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Cyril Norman, prisoner in Long Bay Gaol, denied in the City Coroner's Court that he had told a young woman he had…

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Liquor at Ball Police Are Refused Permission

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 4

Serving of liquor in Maitland Town Hal will not be permitted in future, Maitland Council decided last night…

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Struggle With Police at Petain Trial "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 3

PARIS July 24.—A howling, seething mob of men and women, including barristers, struggling with the police twice broke up the first…

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Judges to Decide If Court Martial Can Try Civilian

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY: The power of a court-martial to try a man for a military offence committed after his discharge from the A.M.F. was challenged before five judges in the High Court today. Bruce Malcolm Smith applied for a prohibition to restrain…

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"Disappointed", Says Magistrate

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 4

Mr. Beavers, S.M., told a man at Teralba Police Court yesterday that he was disappointed with him, and would be quite justified in sending…

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Calm Restored in Rome Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 1

HOME, July 25. A.A.P.—Cahn has been restored in the Regina Coeli prison, although conditions within the charred, dilapidated buildings…

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Fined £70—Then Sent to Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — A man who sold for 8/ half a pint of cream and a pound of butter, both produced on his farm, was fined a…

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Second Gaol Term for Car Dealer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Jack Mandel, car dealer, who was convicted of a black marketing offence, was sentenced in the Special Federal…

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