Murder or Suicide? Semi-nude Body in Lake Police Theories Melbourne
Did Jean Hall, aged 18, whose purity clothed body was found in Albert Park Lake, Melbourne, last Friday, commit suicide or was the murdered?…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1936
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In the Court To-day If The Sergeant Caught The Magistrate Anomaly in Liquor Act
Both the Magistrate (Mr. Soane, S.M.) and Mr. H. L. Wheeler, Newcastle solicitor, at the Newcastle Summons Court to-day agreed upon the harshness of that section of the Liquor Act which deals with the carrying away of liquor from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Commissioner's Tour
Replying to Mr. C. C. Lazzarine (Lab., Marrickville), the Chief Secretary said that since the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. J. Mackay) was taking his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court Wednesday, April 22 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Remanded to West Maitland
Jack Penman, 22, labourer, was remanded to West Maitland Police Court on Monday, April 27, on a charge of having stolen, as a bailee, a mare, saddle,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Rowing Eight Sydney
A cheque for £310 will be handed to the Police Olympic Fund to-morrow by the President of the New South Wales Rugby League (Mr. H. Flegg). The money…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Protection Concern at Wickham Conference Sought
Wickham Council decided last night to ask the Mayor of Newcastle to call a conference of all councils in the district to protest against inadequate police…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Not Enough Police" Move for District Conference
A motion seeking a district conference of councils to protest against inadequate police protection in Newcastle was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Death Sentence Youth Found Guilty Murder of Grazier Armidale
Lionel John Roberts, 17½, who had been charged with the murder of George Robert Gidley King, was found guilty to-day, and sentenced to death by Mr. Justice…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dramatic Plea "I Never Killed Hewitt" Dubbo Murder Trial Dubbo
"I swear before God that I never killed Jack Hewitt" said Janice Earsman, 68, when his trial, on a charge of having murdered John Hewitt, 92, at Gilgandra…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Promotion System Police Dissatisfied Opinions at Conference Sydney
Mention of "grave discontent" in the Police Force over promotions was mode at the Police Association conference to-day. It was suggested that the matter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Young Man Arrested Murder of Authoress in New York New York, April 21
New York police announce that they have arrested John Fiorenza, 24, upholdstererâs assistant, on a charge of having murdered Mrs. Nancy Titterton, 34, an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Youth Acquitted Maitland Circuit Court Capital Charge Fails
Richard John Beaumont, 20, appeared before Mr. Justice Street at the Circuit Court at East Maitland Courthouse yesterday, and pleaded "Not guilty" to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strike Pickets Names Taken by Police Waterloo Works Sydney
Union officials claimed at a mass meeting of strikers in the Trades Hall to-day that while investigating the position at the Waterloo…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"To Get Even" Man Would Give £500 Police Allegation Sydney
"A man named Taylor once said he would give £500 to get even with me," said Sergeant William Patrick Jennings, giving evidence before the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Automatic Pistols Are Useless" Police Complaint at Conference Newcastle Request Sydney
"They are the most useless things ever issued to police, declared Mr. D. M. Dennis (No. 13 Division) at the Police Association Conference…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ambulance Crash Manslaughter Charge Driver Before Court Death of Kurri Kurri Nurse
Robert Noel, of Main-road, Neath, who was driving the Kurri Kurri District Hospital ambulance on the night of February 17, when Sister Teresa Veronica…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Divorce Court Actions Husband Does Not Defend Suit Restitution of Conjugal Rights Sought
At Maitland Circuit Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Street, Ida Isobel May Dixon, formerly Digby, of Hann-street. Mayfield…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sentenced to Ten Years Woman Kicked by Husband Sydney
Sentence of 10 years' imprisonment was passed at the Quarter Sessions to-day on Victor Marshall Pomfret, 38, for manslaughter, in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court Thursday, April 23 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Break and Enter Charge
Cecil David Holmes, 31, labourer, was remanded till April 27 on a charge of having broken and entered the shop of T. C. Frith Ltd., Main-road, Boolaroo,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Another Protest Insufficient Police Lake Districts
Claiming that the Lake Shire is receiving insufficient police protection, the Lake Macquarie Council decided at the meeting…
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