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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

2,634 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 132

Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) Sailor's Pants Stolen

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 9

When John Arthur Bowditch, a seaman, on the vessel Echunga, at Carrington, was about to dress himself he found his trousers were missing. Today at Newcastle Police…

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Little Chance Of World Police Force

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, April 30. A.A.P.—The first report of the United Nations Military Staff Committee, which will be submitted to the…

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Judge Kirby To Probe Police Transfer Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Executive Council has approved and confirmed the issue of a royal commission to Judge Kirby…

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Tokyo Court Ruling On China War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 1

TOKYO, April 30. A.A.P.—The Allied War Crimes Tribunal ruled to-day that the defence could use any evidence of an actual threat of a…

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Police Fear For Safety Of Girl And Boy

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY.—A State-wide search is being maintained for a 12-year-old boy from Brisbane and a 13-year-old girl from Tingha…

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Full Court Rejects Appeal In Lavers Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 9

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The appeal to the Full Court by Frederick Lincoln McDermott, 38, labourer, against his conviction…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 9

THEFT CHARGE.—After evidence had been given by one witness, the hearing was adjourned to May 7 when William Henry Hayes, 52, seaman, was charged…

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Newcastle Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) Slept in Carriage

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 4

John Smythe, 67, pensioner, who was discovered sleeping in a railway carriage at the Newcastle goods yard last night was…

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Queensland Soldier Charged In Sydneyt

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Police in Central Court today alleged that Robert Henry Thompson, 37, soldier, brought a boy from Brisbane to Sydney byy…

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Police Court (Before Mr. E. I. Cocks. S.m.) Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 2

William Stanley Hawkins, 46, draper, was remanded until May 16 on a charge or having driven a car in Darby Street Newcastle yesterday while under the influence…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 8

PENSIONER FINED.—John Smythe, 67, pensioner, was fined £7 for having wilfully trespassed on railway property. Constable Whitelaw said that about…

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Hope Sent To Gaol For 18 Months

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Keith George Hope, 23, farm hand, of West Maitland, who was acquitted of the murder of Detective Ahearn, shot…

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Coroner Breaks Down Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The City Coroner (Mr. Stewart, S.M.) to-day committed Albert Edward Moore, 19. ship's fireman, for trial on a charge…

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Man Accused Of Trying To Murder His Wife

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE—All their married life her husband "had been subject to turns," Mrs. Muriel Elizabeth Davies told Mr. D. G. Wilkins, P.M., in the Drouin Court today, when giving evidence in the case in which her husband,…

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Police Seek Payment For All Holidayse

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY.—The Police Association of N.S.W. today asked the Chief State Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. E. J. Kilpatrick) for payment for alll…

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Police Drive on Costs Of Home Building

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 5

CANBERRA. — Commonwealth prices inspectors have begun a drive to put down overcharging in home construction…

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Court Can Order Secret Ballots, Says Dr. Evatt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The present Arbitrartion Act gave the court ample power to order secret ballots of trades…

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Czech Shoe Maker Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1947 · page 1

PRAGUE, May 2, A.A.P.—Jan Bata, the former Czech shoe manufacturer, who is in Brazil, was sentenced in his absence to 15 years'…

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Police Court (Before Mr. E. I. Cocks, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1947 · page 7

ASSAULT.—Percival Hamilton Wicks, 27, glassworker was fined £5 for having unlawfully assaulted Henry George Dunne, licensee of the Sunnyside Hotel,…

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Man Gaoled; £1600 Theft From Uncle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1947 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Charged with having stolen £1600 from his uncle, Dennis Shine, 26, traveller and auditor, of Sydney, was to-day…

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