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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

2,563 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 43 of 129

Woman Saw Morris Just After 3.30 In City Cafe, Court Told

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 May 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY. — Douglas Morris was seen by her in Repin's Coffee Shop, King Street, Sydney, a little after 3.30 p.m. on January 2, a woman said at the trial of Morris today…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 6

BOOKMAKER FINED.—A fine of £40 was imposed on William Henry Broadley, 25, bookmaker, for having used the Northern Club premises,…

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Police Funeral To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 5

A police funeral will be held this morning for Inspector Arthur Barber, formerly officer in charge of detectives and plain clothes men in…

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Maitland Farewell to Police Inspector

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 18

Inspector P. G. Hale, who is at present on leave prior to retirement. and Mrs. Hale, were entertained by police from the Maitland sub-district…

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Police Funeral For Inspector Barker

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 14

The late Inspector Arthur J. Barber, who died at Grafton last Tuesday, was given a police funeral this morning…

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Police Act At Rowdy Sydney Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Police took prompt action to-night to quash a rowdy section that threatened to break up a meeting in the…

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Court-Martial On Sabotage Of Atom Test Ship

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 1

PEARL HARBOUR, May 8. A.A.P.—Five American sailors will be court-martialled on charges of having sabotaged the Japanese…

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Law If Jungle or High Court Open to Miners, Says Grant

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY.—The miners had two alternatives—back to the law of the jungle or to the High Court—said the General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Grant) this morning at a sitting of the Central Coal Authority, Mr. A. C. Willis…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 12

FISHERMAN REMANDED.—John Daniel Smith, 42, fisherman, was remanded to May 22 on charges of having used indecent language in Wharf-road,…

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Police Funeral For Inspector

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 7

A police escort, led by Sergeant J. Magnay, of Newcastle Police, led the funeral procession of Acting-Inspector Arthur J. Barber to the…

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Police at Inspector's Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 4

Policemen escort the motor hearse as the funeral of Acting Inspector Barber left Hamilton yesterday…

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Police Seize Body Before Burial

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Police seized the body of a man at Motor Funerals Ltd. mortuary this morning and took it to the morgue for…

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More Police Look for "Phantom Killer" "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 3

NEW YORK, May 9.—Mcre police reinforcements have been rushed to panic-stricken Texarkana (Texas), in an effort…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1946 · page 7

CONDUCTOR FINED.—Alan Jack Anderson, 28, tram conductor, was fined £10 for having driven a car in Tudor-street, Hamilton, while under the…

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'Rather Go To Gaol Than Pay Fine'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1946 · page 3

SINGLETON, Friday.—After he had been convicted of failing, continuously to suppress rabbits on his property. James St. Clair…

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Morris Freed Of Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 May 1946 · page 1

Douglas Ronald Morris, photographed with his wife and mother outside the Central Criminal Court yesterday afternoon after being acquitted of a charge of having murdered Mrs. Jeanette Wicks, proprietress of a tobacco kiosk…

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Police Seize Body

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The body of a man who died on Wednesday was seized by the police at mortuary to-day and taken to the City Morgue…

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Police At Manly Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday,—Twenty uniformed police, including three inspectors, attended a meeting at Manly Town Hall…

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Crowds Cheered As Morris Left Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Cheering crowds greeted Ronald Douglas Morris on his departure from the Central Criminal…

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Man Charged With Murder Of Farmer

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Henry Noel Grace, 46, farmer, of Apsley, near Wellington (N.S.W.), was charged today by Wellington police with the murder…

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