Divorce Court 27 Undefended Actions Heard at Newcastle
Judge Boyce heard 27 undefended matters in the Matrimonial Causes Court at Newcastle yesterday. The last case was finished at 4 p.m., when the Court was…
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Courts & crime, 1937
3,769 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 53 of 189
AWARDED £417 Aged Woman's Fall From Train Maitland Circuit Court
Jane Hanley, of Cessnock, was awarded £417/9/, including £53/9/ expenses, from the Commissioner of Railways, at Maitland. Circuit Court yesterday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bitter Fights in the United States President's Supreme Court Reforms Washington
It is authoritatively stated that President Roosevelt has instructed administration supporters in Congress to redouble their efforts for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Courts Tuesday, April 13 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Licensing Court Licences Transferred
The licence of the Rawson Hotel, Newcastle, was transferred from Carl Albert Wright to Edith Rue Woodlands. The licence of the Parkview Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Account Books Not Preserved Bankrupt Sentenced in Sydney Sydney
Harold Wilkinson Vaughan, bankrupt night club proprietor was to-day sentenced to three months gaol by Mr. Justice Lukin in the Bankruptcy…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Court Wednesday, April 14 Summons Division (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Traffic Offences
For having driven a motor-lorry fitted with inefficient brakes, Thomas Patrick Batten, Railway Triangle, Dubbo, was fined £1, with 8/ costs, in default three…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →East Maitland Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.) Allowed Cow to Stray
Leonard Barber, of Victoria-street, East Maitland, was lined 10/, with 8/ coats and £2/19/6/ expenses, in default eight days' hard labour, for being the owner of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Officers Promotions Announced SYDNEY
The Executive Council to-day approved the following promotions in the Police Force— Superintendent (3rd class), W. P. Prior…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MAITLAND-CESSNOCK-KURRI West Maitland Further Charge Cattle Stealing Alleged Bail Increased to £200
Sureties amounting to £200, in addition to his own bond for £250, were required as bail for William Anderson Lamb, 31, a labourer, of Telarah, who…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Damages Claimed Actor Against Police SYDNEY
The claim of Arthur Shirley, an actor, for £400 damages against Detective-sergeant Latrobe and Detective-constable Robinson for alleged trespass and assault,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prisoner's Death Metal Teeth of Comb in Chest Gaol Governor's Evidence Melbourne
Giving evidence to-day at the inquest into the death of Patrick Toomey, alias Robert Twomey, 27, a prisoner at Pentridge Gaol, who died ,on February 27…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hours Hearing Before Federal Court SYDNEY
As the hours question is Involved in the Wool and Basil Workers' case, which is to come before the Federal Arbitration Court in Sydney on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japan's Regret Incident at Formosa Police Reprimanded London, April 13
The Foreign Secretary (Mr. Anthony Eden) announced in the House of Commons settlement of the incident at Keelung (Formosa) lost October, in which…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sentencing a Widow Poignant Scene in Court Perth
A heartrending scene was enacted in the Criminal Court to-day with a sobbing and almost unconscious widow as the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Believed Motorist Fined for Drunkenness Doctor on Sobriety Test Sydney
D. E. H. Loxton was a witness for the defence in a case at the Ryde Court to, day, in which Frederick Easterling Case, 62, retired, was charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Decision Deferred Hours Reduction Claim Court and Farmers' Position Melbourne
Despite recent improved prices for wheat, farmers would not be able to meet liabilities incurred during the depression, declared Judge Drake-Brock…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Loss on Guest House Bankruptcy Court Sequel Wrong Entry in Prospectus Sydney
Evidence that profits shown on the prospectus were not in fact made was given by Kenneth George Hunter-Kerr, in the Bankruptey Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Clash at Inquiry Police Chief and Counsel "Vicious Attacks" Questioning of Miller at Nyngan SYDNEY
The Commissioner for Police (Mr. W. J, Mackay) clashed with Mr. Shand, counsel for Constable. Miller, to-day, when Judge Murkell continued his inquiry into…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tortured First Negroes Killed by Whites Murder of Storekeeper Confessed When Chained to Trees (Australian Associated Press.) WINONA (Mississippi), April 14
Two negroes were tortured and lynched by a mob of 100 white men two hours after they had pleaded "Not guilty" in the Circuit Court to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Is the Broadcasting of Races Legal? High Court to Decide Argument In" Sydney Sydney
Whether the broadcasting of racing information and descriptions of the running without the permission of a…
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