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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

2,634 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 132

Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) Tried to Drive Car Away

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 May 1947 · page 14

While in an intoxicated condition last night. Athol Fahey. 29. laborer, boarded a motor car in Scott Street, of which he was not the owner, and tried to drive it away…

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Police Would Limit Bail To Criminals

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 May 1947 · page 8

SYDNEY: Police said today that some of the worst criminals have been on bail awaiting trial for more than a year and in that time have committed other crimes. One gunman has been committed for trial on five extra charges since…

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Court To Hear Printers' Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1947 · page 8

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A dispute at the factory of S. T. Leigh and Co., which threatens to reduce tobacco production, has been referred to the…

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Shifts Blamed for Lack of Police Cadets

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 May 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY.—The present shift work system in the N.S.W. Police Force is chiefly, responsible for the lag in recruiting, Police Association…

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Magistrate Welcomed

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 3

Before proceedings commenced in Kurri Police Court today. a welcome was extended to Mr. G. L. Berry, S.M. He succeeds Mr. H.L…

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"Stealing Meat From Britain"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 2

Some meat traders in all States in Australia were knowingly and wilfully stealing meat from the…

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Political Prisoners Riot in Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 5

NEW DELHI, May 21. A.A.P.—Political prisoners in Peshawar gaol attacked Colonel P. Smith, Inspector-General of Prisons in the North-west…

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Kurri Police Court (Before Mr. G. L. Berry, S.M.) [?]

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 3

William Robert Gordon Smith (38) and James William Smith (24) pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a quantity of pumpkins and chokos from the garden of Thomas…

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£100 Fine For Theft Of Butterflies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 3

LONDON, May 21. A.A.P.—Colin William Wyatt, 38, was fined £stg190 in the West Ham Police Court to-day for the unlawful possession of 1600…

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Gaol For Captain Of Sea Raider

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 4

HAMBURG, May 21. A.A.P.—Captain Von Ruckteschell, who was found guilty by the War Crimes Court on three charges in…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 12

OFFENCE IN CAR.—For having attempted to set, a car in motion in Scott-street, on Tuesday night, while under the influence of liquor, Athol Fahey, 29,…

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Boxing Champion For Trial On Assault Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 19

LONDON, Wednesday: Scottish middleweight champion J.Kilrain, was committed for trial on a charge of having assaulted…

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Three Face Charge Of Stealing Furs Valued At £5168

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Three wharf laborers appeared in Central Court today charged with breaking and entering a Castlereagh Street…

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Beneficiary Sought by Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 2

William Henry Donaldson, son of the late W. H. Donaldson, Launceston, Tasmania, is invited to communicate with Sergeant Gibbons, of…

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Police Boys Face Hockey Hoodoo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 12

The leader in the Newcastle Men's Hockey Association A grade competition, Police Boys' Club, will have to overcome what its members claim to…

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Tried To Seize Bananas; Police Intervene

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Police intervened at the Sydney fruit and vegetable markets to-day when trouble developed over a case of…

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Police, at Gunpoint, Seize £5000 in Furs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—With revolvers drawn, detectives leapt from a police car in Liverpool-street to-night, arrested three men…

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May Take U.S. Book Clubs To Court "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 5

NEW YORK, May 21.—Book clubs, that provide ready-made sales by the million of books by popular authors are likely to come under legal attack…

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Charged with Three-ton Rice Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 May 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A shopkeeper was arrested at his shop in Bourke-street, Darlinghurst, to-night, and charged at Pyrmont police station…

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Remanded On Fur Theft Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 May 1947 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.—At Central Police Court to-day three wharf labourers were remanded until May 30 on a charge of having broken into…

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