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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

2,634 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 132

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

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

REMANDED.—Fred Shepherd, 64, pig farmer, was remanded to March 25. on £60 ball, on a charge of having fraudulently converted to his own use 12 pigs,…

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Police Boys' Cricketers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 9

Newcastle Police Boys' Club's cricket team will play an under 17 team in Sydney on Saturday…

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Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd) S.P. Bettors Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 4

Richard Leonard James Dyer. 22, seaman, was fined £20 or 40 days' Imprisonment for S.P. betting in Watson Street, Islington, on March 5…

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Convicted on Assault Charge, Man to Pay £77

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

Convicted of having unlawfully assaulted Edwin John Watkins, Assistant Station Master at Dora Creek Railway Station, on October 28 last…

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Man Charged With Murder of Waitress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Thursday. — Kevin John Saligari, 21, presser's assistant, appeared in court to-day charged with the murder yesterday of Alice…

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Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) Vagrant Sent to Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 11

With a record of previous convictions for vagrancy, William James Gleeson, 58, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment…

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Gaol for False Pretences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 7

Charles Dudley Grounds, 59, labourer, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment by Mr. C. G. CarrBoyd, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 7

BETTING CHARGES.—Richard Leonard James Dyer, 23, seaman, was fined £20 for having used premises at Watson-street, Islington, for betting. Constable…

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Charged with Death of Father, Sister

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday. — The Sale District Coroner (Mr. Gloster, S.M.) committed James Henry Napper, 24, share farmer, for trial at…

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Police Boys' Team Forfeits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 12

Police Boys' Club will forfeit to Newcastle in the City and Suburban D grade fixture to-morrow. Players are engaged in a match against…

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Brisbane Murder Trail No Trace Of Poison In Girl's Body, Says Govt. Analyst

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 2

BRISBANE: The Government Analyst (Stewart Byron Watkins) said in Court today that there was no trace of poison in the body of Bronia Armstrong, found dead in the city on January 10…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 8

SIX MONTHS' GAOL—William James Gleeson, 58, was sentenced to six months' Imprisonment for vagrancy at Pelican Flats. Constable Radley said he saw…

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Franco Murder Rumour Denied

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 3

MADRID, March 7. A.A.P.—The Government has issued a denial of a report that General Franco is dead. This action followed the…

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Appeal in Grenfell Murder Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday. — Frederick Lincoln McDermott, 38, has appealed against his conviction and sentence of death for the murder of William…

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Terrorists, Police In Gun Battle

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 2

JERUSALEM, Friday.— Gunmen opened fire on a police station 11 miles south of Tel Aviv yesterday but…

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Pervert's Wife Found Not Guilty Of "Bath" Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.—Rosina Ann Cornock was found not guilty of the murder of her husband in the bath of their home in Bristol. The Crown had alleged that she battered her husband (who practised…

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Police Got Man After Nine Months

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. — A man alleged to have been the subject of a police search for nine months was chased for more than half a…

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Police Court Remands

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 4

Burt French (32), laborer, was remanded until tomorrow on a charge of having maliciously damaged one plateglass door, the property of Emma…

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Jewel Theft in Haifa

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 1

JERUSALEM, March 9. A.A.P.—Gunmen held up a jeweller's shop in one of the main streets of Haifa and escaped with jewels valued at £2500…

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Alleged Assault, 3 Men Arrested

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—After an all night search, Darlinghurst police arrested three of six men alleged to have assaulted and robbed a young…

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