Mob Attack Man at Funeral Police Charge Him with Murder New York
The police to-day arrested the husband of Mrs. Mary Gedeon who, with her daughter and a boarder, was found murdered in a New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1937
3,769 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 189
Admits Perjury Murder Case Witness Alleged "Frame" Charge Against Police Withdrawn MELBOURNE
Remarkable allegations were made in affidavits read before the Court of Criminal Appeal to-day in the appeal of Rupert Davies, 28,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Jeweller's Shop Window Theft Sydney
Smashing a window in a Jewellery store in Her Majesty's Arcade to-day, a thief took watches and jewellery valued at £8…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court Thursday, April 1 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Summons Division
Execution of a warrant to vacate premises in Beaumont-street, Hamilton, was suspended to April 27 in a case brought by E. N. Allen, for the estate of Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Seek Bicycle Owner
Newcastle detectives are endeavoring to find an owner for a man's bicycle, piloted black, which was found on Lee Wharf a few nights ago. Attached to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Absconder Sent to Gaol Shopbreaking in 1935 SYDNEY
Having absconded from ball in Sydney in June, 1935, Eric Newton Fairs (30). a contractor, was convicted in Adelaide the same year for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →24 Christmas Days in Gaol Man Declared Habitual Sydney
"I have never had one Christmas out of gaol during the past 24 years," said John Jones (42), at the Quarter Sessions to-day, when Acting Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bankrupt Charged Failure to Keep Accounts Night Club Proprietor Sydney
Harold Wilkinson Vaughan former night club proprietor, appeared before Mr. Justice Lukin in the Bankruptoy Court to-day, charged with failure to keep and preserve…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Ritual Murder Canards Revived by Nazi Newspaper London
This week's issue of the Nazi organ, "Der Sturmer." says the Munich correspondent of "The Times," resumes the "ritual murder" campaign…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Allots Orphans £1250 SYDNEY
Seven children, whose parents were killed in a car accident at Tavemer's Hill in June. 1936, were to-day allocated £1250 by Mr. Justice Bavin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Men Police Attempt to Trace Wedderburn Mystery Melbourne
Detectives who have been making inquiries in the Redcliffe district into the Wedderburn mine shaft tragedy are anxious to trace three men…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Need for More Traffic Police Revealed Enforcing the Rules Only Skeleton Patrols
With the extension of the Metropolitan Traffic Act to Newcastle, the need for additional traffic police…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Convicted Two Men Crowds Threaten Jurors Protected by Police New York, April 1
Forty policemen were necessary to protect the jurors from the relatives and friends of two men convicted of assault and robbery…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Father Divine" Follower Wanted by Police Check on White Slavery Los Angeles, March 31
John Hunt, a wealthy white follower of "Father Divine," negro, leader of a new sect, is sought by the, police on a charge, under the Mann Act; of transporting a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wallsend Court Thursday, April 1. (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.)
On charges of drunkenness in Wallsend, Frederick Cramp, 30, was fined 5/ in default 24 hours' imprisonment and Cecil Crosbie, 53, £1, in default two days'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Theft of Oysters
Pleading "Guilty" to the theft of two karosene tins of oysters, the property of Thomas Arthur William Chapman, at Fern Bay Stockton, on April 1, William…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Gaol for 24 Christmases Sydney
In the past 24 years John Jones, 42, has never been out of gaol at Christmas. He revealed this today at the Quarter Sessions, when he appealed to Acting…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coalfields Police Changes
New officers will take charge of police stations at Cessnock, Weston, and Kurri, following the retirement recently of Sergeant V. A. Brodie, of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Years' Gaol Broke Into Warehouse SYDNEY
At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Peter Morfes, 32, a grocer, and James Doyle, 34, a clerk, were sentenced to three years' imprisonment, following their…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Court Friday, April 2 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Carter Bound Over
Pleading '"Guilty" to having embezzled £1/9/10, the property of his employer, A. W. Anderson, at Hamilton, on September 25, 1930, George Edward Smith,…
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