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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

1,866 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 53 of 94

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 5

SEAMAN BOUND OVER.—Articles when he had souvenired from ship as far back as 1902 were mentioned in a goods in custody charge against a…

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High Court Test of Army Power

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The High Court was asked to determine whether the Army had the right to try by court-martial a man discharged from…

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Repatriate in Court After One Day Home

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

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Leslie David Hanson, 21, repatriated prisoner of war, who was four years in a prison camp, was before…

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Lakeside Homes For Returned Soldiers: Fight Court Cases

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 6

Pelican Flats R.S.L. sub-branch is prepared to install the families of returned men in unoccupied lakeside homes and, if necessary, fight any legal action arising therefrom. The sub-branch delegate to the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 July 1945 · page 6

GAOL TERM AND BONDS.—On an amended charge of having, on Wednesday night, attempted to steal from the person of Richard Terrill. George…

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Judgment Reserved on Court-martial Issue

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 July 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.— Judgment was reserved in the High Court on the question whether a court-martial had jurisdiction in the matter of men…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1945 · page 5

COUNCIL PROSECUTIONS.—On a charge of having falled to keep premises in Gipps-street. Carrington, clean, James Clark, of that address, was fined £2…

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Dispute on Verdict in Murder Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1945 · page 1

HOBART, Friday.—Henry Cleaver, 24, was released on bail, pending legal argument on a verdict given by a jury at the Criminal Court,…

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Senior Rank for State Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—New South Wales policemen will now attain the position of senior-constable after 14 years' service, providing their…

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Woman Charged With Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 July 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Charged at Central Court today with having murdered Leo de Seil, a colored man. Esther Gilbert (23). domestic…

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Theft From Tug Aground Near Bar Beach

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 July 1945 · page 3

Clothing and other personal gear valued at £30, belonging to first Officer W. Mowerson, were stolen during the week-end from the…

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Two Men in Taxi Charged with Beer Trafficking

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 July 1945 · page 3

When police searched a taxi they had trailed on the road between Black Hill and Rutherford, 255 bottles of beer and one dozen bottles of port wine were found, it was stated in evidence at West Maitland Police Court today…

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Court Decision on Lunacy

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 July 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: A sitting of the Lunacy Court to determine whether Boyd Sinclair is sound of mind, in accordance with a new section of the…

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Challenge to High Court Power Too Great, Says Mr. Ward

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 July 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The right of the High Court to interfere with the decisions of the Commonwealth Government was challenged by the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1945 · page 4

DAMAGE TO PADDED CELL.—A returned soldier who had served more than three years in the Middle East, police stated had to be placed in a…

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Three Fined After Police Chase Stolen Car

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1945 · page 4

Two members of the Royal Marines Andrew Cochrane, 20, and John Shanks, 21, and an airman, Bernard Gustave Rose, 19, appeared before…

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Court to Test Boyd Sinclair's Sanity

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—In the Lunacy Court to-day, Mr. Justice Nicholas fixed August 9 as the date on which the court will hear an application…

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John Amery In Court On Treason Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1945 · page 3

LONDON, July 30. A.A.P.—John Amery, 33, son of the former Secretary of State for India (Mr. L. S. Amery), to-day appeared at the Bow-street Police Court for the second time. He is charged…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1945 · page 6

FURTHER REMANDED. — Michael George McNamara, 45, electric ram driver, was further remanded to Friday. on the following charges—That on May…

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Not Happy About High Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Emphasising that he was not reflecting on members of the High Court or their impartiality, the Prime Minister (Mr…

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