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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

1,866 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 58 of 94

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 August 1945 · page 8

REMANDED.—George Knight. 33. linesman, was remanded to August 30 on a charge of having assaulted Kenneth Alfred Marquett, occasioning him…

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Remissions of Gaol Terms May Mark Peace

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 August 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—To mark the end of the war, prisoners in New South Wales gaols serving long sentences may receive a remission of…

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Knew Police Chief's Name, Won £50

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 August 1945 · page 2

Mr. Tom Corles, of Metcalfe-street, Wallsend, won £50 at the United Buffaloes' Appeal Committee carnival last night, in the quiz competition…

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Charged with Theft of Oranges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 August 1945 · page 4

GOSFORD, Sunday.—For more than two months, oranges worth £250 have been stolen systematically from orchards in the Gosford…

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Newcastle Police Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 August 1945 · page 4

Ronald J. Edwards. 26, soldier, was charged at Newcastle Police Court today with stealing two hams, the property of a person unknown…

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Police Army for Japan in Training

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 August 1945 · page 2

MANILA. Monday: Hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops are to be formed into a huge police force to take…

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Warrant to Bring Soldier to Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 August 1945 · page 5

Fuad Kabell Mockbell. 28. A.I.F., failed to appear before Judge Nield at Newcastle Quarter Sessions today, to answer a charge of fraudulent…

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Ex-publican Charged with Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 August 1945 · page 2

It was alleged by the Crown, at Newcastle Quarter Sessions today, that the then licensee of the Royal Hotel, Cardiff, Roy Allen Ferguson,…

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Found Guilty of Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 August 1945 · page 2

The case in which George Edward Collins, 29, laborer, was charged on two counts, of assault on Edward Owens at Charlestown on June 5…

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Police Court (Before Mr. [?] Carr-boyd. S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1945 · page 4

[?] ASSAULTED—Raymond Lersae Dobson Harbourer, pleaded Guilty to an attended charge of Saving assaulted George Patrick…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1945 · page 8

CASE PART HEARD.—Evidence by one witness for the deference had been heard when the further hearing of a charge against Thomas Cambridge, 62, rigger…

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Hindu on Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1945 · page 5

LISMORE, Tuesday.—Charged with the murder of a coloured man, known as Jacky, in a pineapple plantation at Alphadale last night, Jack Beer…

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Placed on Bond for Assault with Harm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1945 · page 8

A jury in the Newcastle Quarter Sessions, yesterday found George Ernest Collins, 29, labourer, guilty of an assault of George Owens,…

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Took 20 Minutes to Read Gaol Record

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—When Athol James Lennox, 30, labourer was found guilty at the Quarter Sessions of the manslaughter of William…

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Drink Monopoly Hampers Police, Says Clergyman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Police were influenced by a powerful monopoly controlling Sydney's vast balckmarket liquor ring, Rev. G. Smee,…

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Couple In Court Following Shooting At King's Cross

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 August 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY.—When Hubert Still, 37. and Hazel Still. 27, were charged with assaulting the police and indecent language at Central Court today, the…

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Police Seek Man and Girl for Questioning in Shooting Case

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 August 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY: Shot in the stomach in a room on the first floor of a King's Cross residential last night, Stanley Keith Birch, 33. of Anzac Parade, Kensington, staggered down the stairway and out into the street, where he collapsed on the footpath with blood…

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Found Guilty of Assault Publican to be Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1945 · page 8

After a retirement of four and a half hours, the jury returned a verdict of guilty in the case at Newcastle Quarter Sessions in which…

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Attempted Murder At King's Cross Alleged In Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 August 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Charged with shooting Stanley Keith Birch with intent to murder him. Earl Joseph Andry, 21, seaman, appeared at Central Court…

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Motorist Charged With Manslaughter

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 August 1945 · page 2

Details of a collision between a motor car and a stationary tram in Maitland Road, Islington, on May 28 last were given by Crown witnesses…

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