Axe Murder Motor Mechanic Charged Tenterfield Crime Tenterfield
At the police Court last night, John Trevor Kelly, 24, a motor mechanic, was charged with having murdered Marjorie Constance…
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Courts & crime, 1939
1,886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 95
Tenterfield Murder
Miss Constance Sommerlad, 38, niece of Mr. E. C. Sommerlad, M.L.C., was murdered on a farm four miles from Tenterfield on Saturday. Her…
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Three labourers, Thomas Clarke, 19, Cecil Jansen, 20, and Baden Frederick Christopherson, were convicted at Newcastle Sessions late yesterday…
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The police last night charged a man with the murder of Michael Joseph Downing, 38, labourer, who was found dead in a yard adjoining the…
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A man and a woman, prosecutor and prosecutrix, were reprimanted and warned by Mr. Soane, S.M., in the Newcastle police court…
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Orders given by wireless were carried out by the police Alsatian dog, Zoe. A small radio set and a loud…
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Miss Constance Sommerlad, 38, was found dead, and her brother, Eric, 25, was found seriously injured at a farm at Hillcrest, near Tenterfield,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bikes Without Lights Fines at Cessnock Court
Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at Cessnock Police Court yesterday Prank Maher, of Sperry-street, Cessnock, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lightless Cycles Cases at West Maitland Court
Police have the riding of bicycles without lights in West Maitland well under control. Mr. W. F. Norrie made this remark…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Appeal Fails 'Police Say Anything' Sessions Case Newcastle
A strong but unsuccessful appeal was made by George Monaghan (36), labourer, to Judge Nield in the Quarter Sessions appeals…
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The Australian aboriginal, with his keen eyesight, can see marks where a white man would see nothing. Certainly white bushmen have learnt a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Smash Sequel in Court P.m.'s Decision
Sequel to an accident near Beresfield in the early hours of November 20 last was a charge preferred against Henry Robins…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Astounding Terrorist Plot Revealed Twelve Men Charged with Conspiracy. Duke and Duchess of Kent Postpone Visit to Northern Ireland. LONDON
An astounding terrorist plot, involving the bombing of public buildings and utilities in Britain was revealed in documents produced at Bow-street Court, when 12 men were charged with conspiracy. The court was strongly guarded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Amazing Court Story of Bomb Plots Secret Plans Revealed Twelve Irish Anarchists On Trial LONDON, February 6
Amazing details of revolutionary and anarchist plots were revealed in evidence given to-day, when 12 Irishmen appeared at the Bow Street Court on charges of conspiracy in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plot to Blow Up Buildings Police Find I. R. A. Plans Royal Residences and House of Commons Two New Explosions Reported. London, February 6
The police, in the course of a raid on the house of adherents of the Irish Republican Army in Belfast, are reported to have found plans for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charged with Murder Tenterfield Tragedy Development
John Trevor Kelly, 24, motor mechanic, was charged on Monday night with having, murdered Marjorie Constance Sommerlad…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Refugees Fined £500,000 Charged with Smuggling
When an elderly German, sitting at his office desk in the Adelphi, London, was told last month that he and his three partners had been fined…
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Norman Niddrie., 213, labourer, was charged in the Police Court with the murder of Michael Joseph Downing, [?]. at Tumut on January 28…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gipsy Fined £10 Stealing Charge at Kurri Kurri Kurri
"A six month's stretch in gaol would do you good," said Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., to Rose Johan (23), a gipsy, and native of New Zealand,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Counterfeit Coins Police Find at Glebe
The story of how counterfeit florins had been found in a room at Glebe on January 27 was unfolded by the police at Glebe Police Court yesterday…
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