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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

2,563 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 47 of 129

Police Chief's Alarm At Increase In Crime

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY: Alarm at the increase during 1945 in offences against the person and against property with violence is expressed by the Police Commissioner (Mr. Mackay) in his report for the year ended December 31, 1945…

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Police Chief's Alarm At Increase In Crime

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY: Alarm at the increase during 1945 in offences against the person and against property with violence is expressed by the Police Commissioner (Mr. Mackay) in his report for the year ended December 31, 1945…

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Three Charged With Manslaughter

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Florence May Alway, 64, nurse, Rita Eileen Ivy Hawes, 29, domestic, and George Hyde, 32, taxi-driver, were charged at Central Court…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 8

BEGGED ALMS.—Sentence of six months' imprisonment was imposed on William Arthur McLachlan, 52, labourer, for having begged alms in Scott-street…

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Police Constable Gaoled

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 8

BRISBANE.—Police Constable Arnold G. Gabriel, 23, appeared in the Police Court yesterday on nine charges of stealing, and was…

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Police Investigate Girl's Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A postmortem examination to-night failed to disclose the cause of death of Madelaine Hales, 19, or Redfern, who…

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Corroba And Police Boys' In Main Hockey Match

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 17

The match of the day in the sixth series of the Newcastle Men's Hockey senior premiership games on Saturday is that between Corroba and Police Boys, who are second and third respectively in the premiership points table. They will meet at Dalby…

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Court Says Widow Liar, But Legacy Increased

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Holding that Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Gilbert, 48, of Enfield, a beneficiary under her husband's will, was a perjurer…

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Signature On £10,000 Will Genuine, Expert Tells Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY: A writing expert, who claimed to imitate any signature perfectly, gave evidence in the Clulow £10,000 will case today. "There is a strong indication that the signature on the will…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 7

BIGAMY CHARGE.—David Alexander Crisp, 58, labourer, was remanded to North Sydney Police Court on a charge, by warrant, that on July 1, 1908, at…

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Gaol for Receiving Stolen Car Radio

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY.—"I always like to say something in favor of any prisoner but it would be impossible to do so in this case." said…

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Gaol For Youth Who Gambled Away Thousands

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 14

SYDNEY: A 20-year -old youth, who, at 18, had accumulated a fortune of £5000, mostly from gambling, and had since…

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Police Check Child's Story of Tragedy

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 14

BRISBANE: Police from Texas and two detectives from Toowoomba are investigating a report by a small girl that she saw…

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Police Say Youth Tried To Shoot Constable After Robbery At Home

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY: An old boy of Westmead Boys' Home tried to shoot a constable this morning after robbing a Brother at the home last night, police said at Parramatta Court today. Michael James Delaney (19), lab-…

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Man For Trial On Stealing Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 May 1946 · page 11

Eighteen charges of breaking, entering and stealing, and one of having goods in custody, suspected of being stolen were listed…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1946 · page 7

SENT TO GAOL.—Sentence of one month's Imprisonment was imposed in the part-heard case in which John Henry Munn, 28, truck driver, was…

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London Crowds Watch Cool Bank Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 May 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Friday: Hundreds of people in a London street today saw the swift theft of £400 from a bank van which was delivering cash to district branches. A black car swung in behind the…

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Hold-up at Boys' Home Former Inmate Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—A former inmate of Westmead Boys' Home was charged to-day in Parramatta Court with the attempted murder of a…

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Police Search for Hit-run Driver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver, who knocked down, and seriously injured Mrs. Mary Mckillop, 80,…

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"Motorists Should Not Give Police Statements"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Motorists should refrain from giving signed statements to the police on accidents until after consultation with…

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