The Talking Screen "Under Cover of Night" Murder Story at the Strand
It is a strange feeling to sit in a picture theatre and see several revolting murders committed—to know the murderer and to watch the net…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1937
3,769 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 65 of 189
Rylands Strike Court's Intervention No Word in North
"We know nothing officially of any action taken by the Industrial Commission, through Mr. Justice Cantor, to intervene in the dispute," said the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boxing Wild Contest Jackson Defeats Smith Police Inspector in Ring
The main 10-round contest between Herb Smith, 10.3½, and Pelky Jackson, 10.7, at Newcastle Stadium on Saturday, night, ended in the fifth round when the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Secret Patrol by the Larrakia Police on Board Darwin
On a secret mission, details of which are not known even to the crew of the vessel, the Commonwealth patrol boat Larrakia will leave Darwin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tube Works Men Remain in Federal Court Decision of Mass Meeting
A mass meeting of employees of Stewarts and Lloyds tube works was informed yesterday that the company had withdrawn all objections to a State award,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charges Against Police Chief Made by Counsel in S.P. Inquiry Treatment of Const. and Other Points Sydney
A charge of units and unfair treatment of Constable Miller laid at the S.P. Royal Commission to-day of against the police Commissioner (Mr. Mackay). Ten reasons for making the charge were set out by Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alarm Among Small Shopkeepers Crowds Rush to the Arbitration Court Judge's Advice on Hours' Issue Sydney
Shopkeepers seeking exemptions from the early closing times specified in awards overflowed from the Industrial Commission's Court to-day and caused congestion outside. To relieve the situation, the President (Mr. Justice Browne)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Road Collision Man Charged with Manslaughter
As a sequel to a collision between a car and a bicycle at Swansea early on the morning of March 13, Manus Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stole in Absence of Owners Man Sent to Gaol
Stafford Harding De Velle (42), engineer, who pleaded guilty. was sentenced to three months hard labor on each of two charges by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Night in Bush Police Find Hikers SYDNEY
Six bikers for when the police searched spent last night in the bush on the Blue Mountains. The party of two men and four women…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Report 5544 Convictions in Year Sydney
The annual report of the N.S.W. Police Commission received to-day states that throughout the year the special squad dealing with unlawful…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Praise for Police Serious Crimes Cleared Up Sydney
The record of the N.S.W. police in clearing up crime compares favorably with police work in any part of the world,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ten Charges Against Police Chief "Unfair and Unjust" Treatment of Constable SYDNEY
Ten reasons for a charge that the Police Commissioner (Mr. W. J. MacKay) was unfair and unjust in his treatment of Constable W. J. Miller was given by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Church to Hear About Fine Gardener's Outburst in Court Sydney
shouting "Thanks, sir. Archbishop Mowll, the Bishop of Newcastle, and Canon Hammond will hear of this," a bearded 63-year-old gardener left…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lived in Squalor Wealthy Hobart Widow Amazing Story in Probate Court Hobart
Mr. Justice Crisp, to-day ordered the equal distribution of the £31,183 estate of Emmie Laurie Crawford, 78, a widow, who died at Hobart on August 8, 1935…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gaol for Theft
Sentence of three months' imprisonment on each of two charges of theft was imposed on Stafford Harding De Velle, 42, an engineer. On a further charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Magistrate's Warning
"I intend to put a stop to this practice," said the Magistrate in a case in which James McNabb, of Hobburn, Weston, was charged with entering enclosed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sentenced for Larceny of £460 SYDNEY
After having heard further evidence, Judge Thomson, at the Quarter Sessions to-day, expressed his disbelief of the statement made to him by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Men Sent to Gaol Quarter Sessions Sentences
Judge Nield passed sentence at Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day on persons who had pleaded guilty. Reginald Clive Colless (18), laborer,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.) Drove Car Negligently
James Chedwyn Morris, of Black's-road Paxton, was fined £3, with 8/ costs and 10/ witness's expenses, in default eight days' hard labour, for having driven a…
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