On Both Counts S.A. Maddocks Convicted 18 Months' Gaol Denied Guilt from Dock SYDNEY
Sydney Aubrey Maddocks, 56, former Commissioner for Transport, at the Quarter Sessions to-day, was sentenced to 18…
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Courts & crime, 1937
3,769 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 189
Police Curious Man Missing from Steamer Hunter Doubt Concerning Identity
Newcastle police and the Criminal Investigation Bureau are cooperating to ascertain the identity of a man who is believed to have disappeared from the decks…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Woman Charged with Murder Death of Husband Perth
The trial of Evelyn Florence Burrows, 42, on a charge of having murdered her husband. Henry John Burrows, at Dalkeith, on March 18, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Law Clerk Charged Does Not Appear in Court
"This man is on £300 bail to appear this morning," said Mr. Scane, S M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Magistrate on Shoplifting
The wish that he could delegate to someone else the responsibility of dealing with shoplifters was expressed by a Melbourne Magistrate, answering a plea…
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Charged at Newcastle Police Court to-day with having stolen a magneto, valued at £2 10s, the property of Robert Collins. George James Gleeson (22)…
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For having stolen a clock valued at £4, the property of John Watson. Robert Magill (36). seaman, was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Constable Arrested Charged with Breaking into Shop ADELAIDE
Constable Percy Victor Miller was arrested by detectives while he was on beat duty on Friday night and was charged at the City Watchhouse with having…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Murder Thriller "Sinner Take All," at Royal
Two new angles in what would otherwise be routine entertainment brighten "Sinner Take All," a detective thriller…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Alleges Assault Brisbane Seamen's Secretary Union Expels Two Members Brisbane
Mr. A. Macartney, who has been acting as Secretary of the Queensland branch of the Seamen's Union since the Federal ballot, for officers some months ago,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →U.S. Triple Murder Man Insists He is Wanted Sculptor New York, April 10
A man at Kenosha (Wisconsin) insists that he is Robert Irwin, the sculptor, who is wanted in connection with the deaths of Mrs. Mary Gedcon, 54, her…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Girl Victims Buried Alive in Hills Murder Gang in Korea Seoul (Korea), April 10
The diabolical methods of a murder gang have been unmasked as the result of the discovery of the bodies of 157 young girls, who had been strangled or…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Foreign Lotteries Tickets in New South Wales Police Warning Issued Sydney
Inspector Keefe, chief of the gaming squad, issued a warning at the week-end that some of the foreign lotteries and sweepstakes, for which tickets had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Belgian By-Election (Continued from Page 1.) Police Charge Crowds Big Demonstration in Brussels Brussels
After the declaration of the election result, 15,000 men, women and children, chanting the "Dead March" [?]nd carrying dummy corpses,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →King's Cup Finish Married in Sydney Unveiling Ceremony at Golf Club House Half Share in Lottery Win an Early Start Dog Helped Police on Way to England Stars of the Links
The finish of the 1937 King's Cup race at Perth racecourse. It was won by Telbury, with Balkan Prince second, and Mariner (on the inside) third. The race was for £1000 and a gold cup presented by Kins George VI. Mr. Harry Hunter, newly-appointed managing-director of Paramount Pictures…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cattle Stealing Suspected Reports to Police From Farley
The disappearance of cattle in the Farley district in the last few days is engaging the attention of the Newcastle police, who believe they have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Magistrate's Warning
In the Summons Division at Newcastle Police Court yesterday, a milk carter was fined for not having his horse and cart under full control. It was stated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court Monday, April 12 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Theft of Clock
Robert Magill, 36, a seaman, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having stolen, at Hamilton, on April 5, an eight-day clock. valued at £4, the property of John…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft of Magneto
On a charge of having stolen, at Tighe's Hill, on April 7, a magneto, valued at £8/10/, the property of Robert Collins, George James Gleeson, 22, a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court Traffic Act Breaches (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)
Thomas James Frederick King was fined 5/, with 8/ costs, at the Cessnock Police Court, for having failed to notify the sale of a motor-lorry…
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