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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

2,634 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 55 of 132

Wives of Nazis Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 1

MUNICH, June 4. A.A.P.—The German News Service in the United States zone states that Frau von Schirach, wife of the Nazi youth…

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Kurri Police Court (Before Mr. H. L. Berry, P.M.)

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 2

For having used indecent language in the saloon bar of the Neath Hotel on May 10, William Wicken. 30, who pleaded guilty, was fined £3, with 8s costs…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 10

STOLE FROM DUMP.—Stanley Harrison, 24, carrier, was fined £4 for having stolen £3 worth of scrap iron from the B.H.P.'s West Mayfield dump…

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Youth On Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 12

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—John Henry Miles, 18, of Marrickville, was committed for trial, at the inquest to-day, on a charge of having…

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Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.m.) Case Adjourned

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 2

The hearing of a charge of negligent driving of a motor car in Hunter Street against Francis Andrew Burg, 23, carpenter, was adjourned to July 25…

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Police Stop Eden "Fish-Runners"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY: Police stopped a large transport bringing fish from Eden to Sydney last night and directed it to Nimmitabel. The truck was attempting to break a ban placed on the road cartage of fish from Eden by the…

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Jews Use "Letter" Bombs In London Murder Plot

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday: Envelopes containing miniature bombs, described by Scotland Yard as "extremely dangerous," have been received from Italy, addressed to three Ministers…

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J.p. Offered Bribe, Court Told

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Police Sergeant W. F. Boland said to-day at Parramatta Court, that a justice of the peace had called at his home…

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Applause in Court for Wife Killer

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 15

LONDON, Thursday.—When a man was acquitted yesterday of a charge of murdering his nagging wife…

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Police Sergeant Says J.P. Offered Him A Bribe

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 14

SYDNEY: In the hearing of a summons charge for assault at Parramatta Court, a police sergeant said in evidence that a…

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Abandoned Baby; Sent To Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Charged with having abandoned a five-month-old baby, a man and woman were sentenced, this week, to three…

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Police Court at East Maitland (Before Mr. G. L. Berry, P.M.)

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 3

BOYS DELIVERED MILK.—Victor William Drice, of Glen View, East Maitland, a milk vendor who engaged three boys under the age of 14 years to deliver milk, was…

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Triple Shooting Follows Love Affair, Police Say

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 2

BRISBANE: Hopeless infatuation for a divorced woman is believed to have been the cause of a triple shooting last night. Mrs. Elinor Bowden (25), divorcee, is dead, and William Walsh (33)…

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Umpire, Player Shook Hands in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 3

Two men, who charged each other with assault, shook hands in Court and after asking that the charges be struck out were…

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Suburban and District Want More Police Patrols At Kotara

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 5

Kotara Progress Association decided to ask the Police Department to arrange more frequent patrols of the district…

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Court Stops Horse From Racing At Gosford Tomorrow

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY: The owner of the four-year-old racehorse Pam's Idea has secured an Equity injunction restraining the trainer and jockey from racing the horse at Gosford tomorrow on the ground that he is not in good enough…

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

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

REMANDS.—Bruce Henry Boyd, 18, labourer, was remanded to Tamworth Police Court on Monday on a charge of having stolen, at Tamworth, on June…

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Greek Police Garrison Wiped Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1947 · page 1

ATHENS, June 6. A.A.P.—It is officially announced that guerillas killed all except eight of the police garrison of 57 men in an attack on…

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Shook Hands In Court

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

An umpire and a member of Beresfield second grade cricket team, who were involved in an incident at West Maitland Park in the Hunter River…

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"Police Chief Must Apologise" Say Pensioners

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 June 1947 · page 7

Mayfield branch of the Old Aged and Invalid Pensioners' Association is incensed with the Police Commissioner (Mr. W. J…

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