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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

2,563 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 67 of 129

Police Boys' Cycling

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 16

The Police Boys Cycling Club will conduct a 24 miles handicap over the Wallsend-Toronto course in conjunction with the Amos…

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Mass Murder of Children; Three on Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 1

LONDON, July 16. A.A.P.—A doctor and two women assistants are on trial before an Austrian Court on charges of the mass…

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Police Boys Soccer Team for Tour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 8

The Police Boys' Club Soccer team which will leave for Brisbane to play a series of games in Queensland. The team will be accompanied by Constable J. D. McLachlan and Sergeant Williams, of the Police Boys' Club. From left: N. Stewart. J. Parkes. T…

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Gunman's Daring Escape From Courtroom: Police Warning

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY: Cutting through an iron bar on a window, apparently with a hacksaw, in a room in Queen's Square Court this morning, a prisoner, Antonio Martini, 32, escaped through an adjoining tennis court into the Domain…

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Court Told of Rise in Production

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The introduction of electric welding in place of oxy-welding bad considerably increased production, Mr. W. G. Hale, Acting Federal Secretary of the Blacksmiths' (Society of Australia, told the Full Arbitration…

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Will Not Pay for Tennis Court Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 2

Newcastle Boys' High Parents and Citizens' Association decided last night that it would not contribute towards resurfacing tennis courts at…

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Major Cousens May Appear in Court Next Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A Sydney magistrate may be asked on Tuesday to determine whether there is a prima facie case against Major Charles…

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Gaol and Fine for Carrying Gun

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Lionel Stafford Joseph Hill, 20, labourer, as sentenced to 12 months' gaol. and fined £100, in default an…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 9

FOR TRIAL.—Nicholas Wayne Owens. 21. labourer, was committed for trial at Newcastle Quarter Sessions on Monday on a charge of having at…

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Man Charged with N.z. Shooting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 10

AUCKLAND, Wednesday. — Reginald Alexander Donaldson, 27, farm hand, has been charged with the murder of Sydney John Peachey. He…

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Carnival Queen Charged With Hitting Umpire

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 8

MELBOURNE.—A charge against Miss Marie Buckley, of Latham Street, Northcote, of having behaved in an offensive…

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R.A.A.F. Men Fined for Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — In the South Melbourne Court to-day four members of the R.A.A.F. appeared on charge of stealing 23 teams…

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Man Remanded On Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 5

Charged at Newcastle Police Court today with the murder of Beryl May Newburn at Newcastle, on July 8. John Frederick Byrnes, 20 laborer…

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Committed on Charge of Theft Of Copper Piping

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 9

Charged with having stolen, at Cardiff, between March 9 and April 1, 1504lb of copper piping, valued at £94, the property of the…

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Police Search Cathedral For Gunman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Detectives surrounded and searched St. Mary's Cathedral to-night for Antonio Martini, 32, the criminal who escaped this morning from Queen's-square Court…

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Child Dies; Police Make Inquiries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 2

Detectives are investigating the death of William Allen Cunningham Brocksoop. 3½. at Maitland Hospital yesterday afternoon…

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Escaped Through Court Window

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 5

Antonio Maitim, 29, labourer, who sawed through an iron par covering a window of a room at the Appeals Court, Queen's Square Sydney, yesterday morning, and escaped. he had been brought from Long Bay of hear judgment in an appeal against…

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Mystery Airman Linked With Marshal Murder "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 1

LONDON, July 17.—Detectives investigating the murder of Doren Marshal former member of the Wrens in a Bournemouth park have…

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Police Charge Of Wounding Fails Against Norwegian

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Reider Wang Olsen, 35, Norwegian seaman, was today freed of a charge of having maliciously wounded Eileen Lillian…

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Police Poked His Eyes Out, Negro Claims

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 2

NEW YORK, Wednesday: Various organisations; are demanding investigation of a negro's charge that three hours…

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