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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

2,634 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 132

Killer Pinioned Girl With Knees, Brisbane Court Told

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 2

BRISBANE: Extensive bruises on the body of 19-year-old Bronia Mary Armstrong were probably caused by her assailant kneeling on her as she lay on the floor, Det.Sgt. S. G. Kerr said at Brisbane Police Court today…

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Accountant Charged With Theft of £7184

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Considerable profits had been made from a canteen he conducted on board H.M.A.S. Australia, during the war, said Chief…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 5

Ralph Shippen was fined £5 by Mr. Sargeson, P.M., at Cessnock Police Court yesterday, for having used Insulting words to Constable Purcell, or the Vice…

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Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) Stealing Charges Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 2

Herbert James Thomas, 34, fitter, was remanded to February 12, on a charge of stealing at Carrington a hand saw, valued at £1 7s, the properly of the Commonwealth…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 10

NO TICKET.—Norman Robert Price, 47, miner, was fined £2/10/, and ordered to pay 8/5 to the Railway Department, for having travelled between…

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Murder Charge Remand in Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Charged with the murder of Yeung Shing and the wounding of Albert Sydney Pack in Flinders Street Extension last…

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Second Arrest in Chinese Murder Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Detectives investigating the murder of a Chinese seaman last week made a second arrest to-day, following a raid…

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Police Patrols at Boolaroo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 5

Arrangements existed for police from other patrols to be on duty on alternate Sundays, the Commissioner for Police, advised Boolaroo Urban…

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Brisbane Murder 'Girl's Pendant in Brown's Office'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—At the resumed hearing in the Police Court of a charge against Wingfeld Brown of having murdered Bronia Mary Armstrong, 19, Detective Sergeant Kerr said that…

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Toronto Police Stage Unusual "Line-Up."

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 3

Police resorted to an unusual variety of the "line-up" when they set out to identify the man who was alleged to have attempted to rape a single woman in Toronto Park on December 22…

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Tax Officer Disobeys Court Ruling

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY: Despite a ruling from the Bench, a taxation official declined in Central Police Court today to…

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A.C.T.U. Challenge to Court on Basic Wage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Following long consultations with its counsel, the Interstate Executive of the A.C.T.U. to-day decided that it…

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Send Port Dispute to Court All States Hit; Newcastle Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 1

Mr. Chifley has asked the Federal Minister for Labour and National Service (Mr. Holloway) to refer the dispute between the shipowners and the Waterside Workers' Federation on paid annual leave to the Federal…

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Found Body, Nurse Tells Murder Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday. — A nurse described to-day in the Police Court how she had found the body of Bronia…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 10

REMANDS.—Herbert James Thomas, 34 fitter, was remanded to February 12. on £20 bail, on a charge of having stolen a handsaw, valued £1/7/, the…

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10 Years' Gaol for Master Nazi Spy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, Feb. 5. A.A.P.—Teodoro Lau, who was paymaster of the Nazi spy ring which operated in the United States before Pearl Harbour,…

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Night Police Patrols at Central School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 2

Night patrols by police at Central Junior Technical School, Broadmeadow, would continue as part of school supervision to minimise thefts…

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Set Fire to Man, Court Told

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 5

PERTH, Wednesday.—A man who is alleged to have struck a match and set alight the petrol-soaked clothes of another man was committed for…

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Court Denied Papers in Taxation Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Despite a ruling from the Bench, a taxation official refused to-day to produce a departmental document…

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Senator's Wife Defends £400 Court Claim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mrs. Elizabeth Grant, wife of Senator Donald Grant, to-day defended a District Court action in which she was sued…

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