Sent to Gaol
Sentence of one month's imprisonment was imposed on Michael James Moffitt, 26, labourer, for indecent conduct at Newcastle West, on February 13…
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Courts & crime, 1937
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East Maitland Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)
By consent, six charges under the Coalmines Regulations Act were adjourned until March 15 at East Maitland Police Court yesterday afternoon. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Court Charges From Branxton (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)
After hearing evidence for over two hours at West Maitland Court yesterday, the Police Magistrate (Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd) adjourned until March 1 five cases…
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"Newcastle Post-office is not the only public building in Newcastle that requires remodelling and cleaning," declared Ald. A. E. L. Stuart, during a discussion at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court Monday, February 15 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) on Licensed Premises
Clarence Arthur Hodgson, 52, a labourer, was fined £1, in default two days' imprisonment, for having been found on the licensed premises of the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Police Appeal Adjourned Sydney
The appeal of Sergeant Jennings arising from the report of the Starting-price Royal Commissioner (Judge Markell), was adjourned generally by the Police…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Shelter Informant Solicitor's Protest
The necessity for disclosing the name of a police informant was argued in the Cessnock Police Court this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Chemin De Fer Over £200 In Fines Magistrate Warns Players Sydney
Police last night raided a house at Bellevue Hill and, according to evidence given at the Central Police Court to-day, found a number of persons playing chemin…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Native Arrested Murder of Papuan Patrol Officer CANBERRA
Advice received by the territories branch of the Prime Minister's Department indicates that Mr. D. O. Taylor has apprehended the Leron River…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Titles Office Murder Men's Second Trial Begins MELBOURNE
The second trial began to-day of Rupert Davies and William Cody who are charged with the murder of James Scriven at the Titles Office on January 31, 1936…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Kept Busy New Rule in Operation
Two-way traffic was re-introduced into Scott-street yesterday morning. It worked smoothly, though most motorists entering the city drove along Scott-street and left…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gambling Women Many in Sydney, Police Say Sydney
Police believe that the three chemin de fer raids that have been made in four months have killed the game…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →550 Claim Fortune Court Crowded in Burke Case Sydney
The Master in Equity's Court was not large enough to accommodate in comfort the large number of persons who…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Proposed Reform American Supreme Court Appeal for Support Washington, February 14
The Attorney-General (Mr. H. S. Cummings), speaking over a coast to coast radio hook-up of both the major broadcasting systems, appealed to the people…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court Begging Charges
John Austin, 42, and Alfred Dawson, 38, were charged before Messrs. E. M. Debenham and A. H. Ribee, Js.P., at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…
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Thomas, Mills, 28, of Aberdare, was charged with having stolen a wooden door, valued at £1, the property of Alexander Vincent Phillips…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Theft Of Bicycle
For having stolen a bicycle valued at £7 at Narrabri on January 16, Claude Baker (19), laborer, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Theft From Museum Alexandria, February 16
Thieves who, it is believed, hid behind mummies in the Greco-Roman Museum before closing time, stole during the night a large part of the collection of jewels…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.) False Pretences
William James Knott was charged with hiving obtained food relief by false pretences. There were 20 charges in all, and they extended over a period from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →For Housebreaking Two Brothers Sent to Gaol SYDNEY
Edward Francis, 20, and Harry Norman Jones, 20, were sentenced to 18 and four months' imprisonment, respectively, on charges of housebreaking, at the Quarter…
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