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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

2,563 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 57 of 129

Bill Would Abolish Machinery of Arbitration Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The bill drafted by the A.C.T.U. to amend the Conciliation and Arbitration Act will probably be discussed next week…

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Bound Over for Kurri Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 14

At Kurri Police Court Edward Roy Farrey, 21, pleaded guilty to stealing two £5 notes, the property of John Bailey, at Abermain on June 16…

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Britain To Double Gaol Staffs

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 4

LONDON. - Prison staffs throughout Britain are to be doubled at once. Training classes to bring this about have…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 12

DISMISSED.—"Although the Court has a very strong suspicion about the matter, there is evidence that the liquor was supplied, and the…

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Police Transfers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 2

Constable E. A. Francis, of Hamilton has been notified of his transfer to Port Macquarie. His place will be taken by Constable R. W. Barton…

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Two Charged With Station Hold-up

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Stanley Benjamin Fogarty, 20, soldier, and Arthur Joseph Hansen, 20, labourer, were charged in Kogarah Court…

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Woman Arrested in Court Vestibule

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Detective Sergeants Hynd and Miller to-day arrested a Woman in the vestibule of the Central Police Court, Sydney,…

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Police Preparing Plaster Cast of Murdered Girl

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—In an effort to trace the murderer of Joan Norma Ginn, 11, of Newtown, the Scientific Bureau of the C.I.B. is preparing a…

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Wants Case for Country Put to Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Primary producers and country people generally felt they were being ignored in the 40-hour week inquiry, said the…

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Dubbo Gaol Escapee Captured by Police After Chase

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY: After a six-day manhunt, the Dubbo gaol escapee, John Winning, 27, was recaptured early today at Manore, 9 miles from Dubbo, as he tried to board a train bound for Bourke. Blue with cold and weak, Winning…

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Police Doubt on Clothing Clue to Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Senior detectives to-night said it was doubtful whether a bundle of clothing found in the old…

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Police To Publish Color Pamphlets On Cemetery Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY: Color pamphlets, depicting the woman's clothing found in St. Stephen's Cemetery, Newtown, by detectives investigating the murder of Joan Norma Norris, will be issued. Police are having prepared colored…

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Twelve Months for Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—John Michael Ledwidge, 30, wharf labourer, convicted yesterday of having assaulted Eric Austin Bergan at Bondi last…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 13

REMANDS.—On a charge of having driven a car in Kemp-street, Hamilton, while under the influence of liquor, James Werrin, 56, glassmaker, was…

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Police Transfers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 2

The following police transfers have been announced: Sergeant Third Class A. R. Beavan, Dorrigo to Merriwa; Sergeant Third Class C. D. Williams,…

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Canadian M.P. Sent to Gaol For Espionage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 3

MONTREAL, June 21. A.A.P.—Mr. Justice Lazure sentenced Fred Rose, Communist M.P., to six years' imprisonment for having sent…

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Melbourne Police Question Man

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE.—A man, said to fit the description of the person being sought by the New South Wales police, was picked up in St…

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Looters in India Shot by Police

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 3

NEW DELHI, Friday: Two grain shop looters were shot down by police during disturbances in Madura…

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Appeal to High Court on Air Appointment

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 12

MELBOURNE.—The R.S.L. will appeal to the High Court against the appointment of Mr. W. C. Taylor as vice-chairman of the National…

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Shower of Bank Notes Falls to Court Floor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—A wife cut the lining of her fur cape in the Supreme Court to-day and £301 in bank notes fell to the floor…

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