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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
3,769 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 58 of 189
The Full High Court to-day granted special leave to Walter William Jenner to appeal against the majority judgment of the State Full Court, which dismissed his…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →An agreement by which the lessee of a dog was to pay the lessor the odds to £5 each time it won was not a wagering contract, Acting Judge Hill ruled…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The police force was defended against recent attacks by the Chief Secretary (Mr. F. A. Chaffey) and the Commissioner (Mr. W. J…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Addressing the Commonwealth Public Service Arbitrator (Mr. J. C. Westhoven) to-day during the hearing of a claim for a 40-hour week for members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A general alarm has been circulated by the New York police for the arrest of Father Divine the leader of a negro sect, for alleged felonious assault…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Clark Gable, the actor, appeared in Court yesterday when the trial began of Mrs. Vivian Norton, who is charged with having attempted to obtain money from…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two recent killings in the Sydney area were caused indirectly by S.P. betting, said Constable J. P. Fallon, at the New South Wales Police Association Conference to-day. He moved that the Government be asked to licence…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →As a sequel to the Grosford colliery disaster in September, 1934, when 265 lives were lost, the hearing was begun at Wrexham to-day of 42 summonses…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Shoplifting has been very prevalent of late," said Mr. Atkinson. S.M., at the Central Court to-day, "and I have been increasing the penalties…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having, at Wellington on May 7, 1936, uttered the signature of the Chief Secretary, Mr. Frank Augustus…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The sequel to a fatality at New Lambton on April 21 was the appearance of Jack Edward O'Connor, 27, traveller on a charge of having feloniously slain…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Eight residents of the Newcastle district were fined 2/, with 8/ costs, yesterday, for having been found carrying firearms on Sunday, March 28, at Elderslie…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →An old-age pensioner who was admitted to the General Hospital yesterday told Newcastle detectives that he was run down by a "hit-run" motorist on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Lewis Henry Morgan, 24, laborer, appeared before Mr. Atkinson, S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day, chanted with stealing articles valued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boston, April 21.—Rudy Vallee, the crooner, was convicted to-day of assaulting a newspaper photographer who attempted to snap him, but no punishment was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →STARK realism is the keynote of "Midnight Court," the Warner Bros. picture now showing as the main attraction at the Theatre Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The registration of bicycles, and the issue of number-plates, with the police in sole control, were recommended in a motion carried at the annual conference…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →In 12 years only three serious accidents have resulted from police pursuit of speeding cars…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Janet Taylor, of Edmund-street, Chatswood, claimed £42/0/2 from Spyros Semit, of High-street, West Maitland, as balance of wages due to her while employed as…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Father Divine has not yet, been found by the police, who wish to arrest him on a charge of assault, but his troubles are multiplying…
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