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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

2,563 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 129

Bus, Tram And Truck Smash: Man Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 4

An accident at the corner of Hunter and Tudor Streets, Newcastle West, on October 20, involving a motor bus, a double set of…

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Arbitration for Police Force

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—In a letter to the New South Wales Police Association, the Premier (Mr. McKell) announced that the Government had…

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French Soldier Shot Dead by U.s. Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 1

PARIS, Jan. 20. A.A.P.—A French sergeant was fatally wounded by the United States military police during a brawl between…

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12 Months' Gaol for Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—Sequel to an incident at Rosehill Racecourse last Saturday was the appearance of a man at Parramatta Police Court…

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21 Japs Sent to Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 3

LABUAN, Monday.—In the past few days, 25 Japanese have appeared before the Military Court charged with killing prisoners of…

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Two Men Remanded On Stealing Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 5

A number of charges of breaking and entering and stealing groceries, tobacco, cigarettes, coupons and a butcher's steel from shops in the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 6

REMANDED.—Charles Esmond Blanch, 36, labourer, was remanded to February 25, on £20 bail, on a charge of having driven a car in…

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10 Years' Gaol for Aiding Enemy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 21. A.A.P.—Trooper John Eric Wilson, 24, a commando, was sentenced at a court-martial to 10 years' penal se[?]itude for…

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Two Months' Gaol; Stole from Ship

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 6

"Dishonesty is rampant on wharves and railways. A duty has been cast upon the Bench to insist upon decency on the part of employees. The…

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Man on Murder Charge Gets Bail

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY.—An application for bail by Joseph Xuereb, share farmer of Blacktown, charge with the murder of Paul Grima, at Blacktown on…

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Police Boys to Go to Kurrajong Camp

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 2

Boys who have arranged to attend the Police Boys' Health camp at Kurrajong will assemble at the Newcastle Station at 1 pm, to-morrow…

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Hotels Have Room For Travellers Police Tell S.M.

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 2

When the quarterly licensing report was submitted to Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M., at the Licensing court today, he asked to be…

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Many Firms Charged As 'Litterbugs'

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 6

SYDNEY: Millions Club, Aaron's Exchange Hotel Pty. Ltd. and the League Club were among 66 people and…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 6

TOOK CAR.—Two naval ratings, Stanley Wilson Smart, 19, and Thomas Henry Baker, 20, were each fined £3, with 11/6 costs, and ordered to pay £2/10/…

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Memorial Ward Appeal: Hospital Board Is Charged With Holding Up Plan

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 3

Charges that the Hospital Board was trying to escape its responsiblities in the building of the memorial ward at the Newcastle Hospital were made at last night's meeting of the War Memorial Hospital Ward Appeal Committee…

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Had Sawn-off Rifle, Police Allege

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 4

Kenneth A. Muller, 32, engineer, was remanded to February 15, at Newcastle Police Court on charges of having an unlicensed sawn-off…

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Man Allowed Bail in Kiosk Murder Case: Judge's Comments

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 3

SAYDNEY: Douglas Ronald Morris, 26, charged with the murder of Mrs. Jean Wicks in a York Street kiosk on January 2, was granted bail by Mr. Justice Street in chambers today. MR. HARDWICK, S.M., refused…

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Man Gaoled for Boots Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 6

James Wallace, 25, laborer, who was remanded for sentence to today at Newcastle Police Court, on charges of having a pair of boots…

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Husband, Wife Charged with Procuring

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Charges of p[?]euring girls for purposes of prostitution against Ralph Edgar Humphries, caretaker, and…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 5

MALE NURSE FINED.—Joseph Lodge Smith, 51, male nurse, was fined £3 for having had in his possession an overcoat, reasonably suspected of having…

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