Police Transfers
The following police transfers have been notified— Constable D. C. A. McCallum, from Newcastle to No. 1 Division, Sydney:…
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Courts & crime, 1946
2,563 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 129
"Not Guilty" Plea in Safe Stealing Case
SYDNEY, Monday.—At the Quarter Sessions, Clarence Ronald Leslie St. Claire, 20, pleaded "Not guilty" to a charge of breaking into the Coo…
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WAGGA: George John Francis William Furner (64), farmer, of The Echoes, near Coolamon, was committed for trial from Wagga Police…
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The cricket section of Newcastle Police and Citizens' Boys' Club will meet at the club at 8 o'clock to-night to arrange a function to wind-up the season. All…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Nine days from today 19-year-old dwarf Reginald King will limp to the gallows—eight years after he learned to walk. "The world would do well to ponder…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The system of "secret promotions" with the police force was a serious anomaly, and likely to cause considerable…
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WAGGA WAGGA, Monday.—John Francis William Furner, 64, farmer, residing at "The Echoes," near Coolamon, was committed for trial at…
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SYDNEY.—Alleged to have been released recently from an asylum, Christopher Ransome, 52, was today charged in the Central Police Court with having murdered Henry Slater at Yarra Bay on October 25, 1940. The Police Prosecutor, Sergeant…
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SYDNEY.—The question of affiliation with the Trades and Labor Council was deferred today at the annual conference of the Police Association…
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REMANDED.—John Daniel Smith, 42, fisherman, was remanded to May 9 on the following charges: At Newcastle, on April 4, he used indecent language in…
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Lillias Ethel Murnain, 39, machinist, was sentenced to nine months imprisonment by Mr. C. G. Carr Boyd, S.M., at Newcastle Police…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A man was charged to-day in the Central Court with a murder committed nearly six years ago. He is Christopher…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Police Association has delayed affiliation with the New South Wales Trades and Labour Council…
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NUREMBERG, April 15. A.A.P.—A pistol shot echoed in the courtroom At the War Crimes Trial this afternoon…
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NEW YORK, April 16.—Fears that Murder, Incorporated, would be revived in New York were expressed by the Mayor (Mr. O'Dwyer) at a Press conference. Murder Inc. was a mob of…
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SYDNEY.—Early today, detectives investigating the murder of Miles Henry ("Face") McKeon, gunman and thug, who was Found shot in a car in Rose Sheet, Chippendale, on March 29, arrested three men, who were later charged with murder…
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Thomas L. Cook, 21, barman, was seen to take a shirt from a counter at Selfridge's store in Hunter Street yesterday. He was detained by a…
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FURTHER REMAND.âA further remand, to May 1, was granted when William Francis Lowe, 31, fitter's assistant, was charged with having…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A nurse, Helen Veronica Woodard, was committed for trial when charged at Central Police Court to-day with…
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OTTAWA, April 17. A.A.P.—Squadron Leader M. S. Nightingale, former Canadian Communications expert, was committed for trial on two…
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