Small Debts Court Moratorium Act
Under the Moratorium Act, Thomas Thompson Burrell, of Jubilee-road, Wallsend, sought deferring payment of a judgment secured against him by James…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1937
3,769 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 68 of 189
A Year's Gaol for Wife & Husband Children Left to Starve to Death London
Percy Davis and his wife Lilian were convicted of manslaughter in connection with the deaths of their sons aged three and 19 months respectively, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Agitator Defies Police Deportation Stir in Colombo London
The English agitator, Mark Bracegirdle, whom the Governor of Ceylon (Sir Reginald Stubbs) ordered to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Car on Footpath Near Collision in the City
There was some excitement at the corner of Bolton and King Streets to-day when a police car and a privately owned car nearly came into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →River Polluted by Mine Water Lessee's Appeal to Court
Henry Jenkin Thomas, lessee of Ayrfield Colliery, appealed to Judge Nield, at Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day, against his conviction and fine of £8…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →They Pretended to Be Drunk Watched by Police "Up for Races"
The peculiar behavior of two men in Hunter-street, on May 1, when they first walked steadily and then simulated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wanted Man Seen in Press Photograph Darwin Police Searching Darwin
The Northern Territory police are conducting a rigid search for a moan wanted in Adelaide on a charge of having fraudulently converted to his own use bonds…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Debutantes at Court Queen's Gown of Ivory Lace London
Between 8000 and 10,000 people watched nearly 200 debutantes, including the daughters of Dominion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Double Pay Coronation Day Work Queensland Court's Order Brisbane
The Industrial Court to-day made an order that double rates shall be paid for work done on Coronation Day, excepting in the case of essential services, which…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Inquiry Mrs. Miller on "Broken Homes" Katoomba Raid Recalled Sydney
During cross-examination at the Royal Commission on starting-price betting and police methods to-day, Mrs. Marion Kathleen Miller, wife of Constable M. B…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Children Starved Parents in Court Quarrelled Over Shirt London, May 5
Perey Davis, who with his wife, Lilian, is charged with manslaughter, following the deaths of their two young children from starvation, to-day gave his version…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"Guilty Knowledge" Conviction for Receiving High Court Appeal Fails Sydney
The High Court of Australia to-day unanimous dismissed an application by Samuel Dudley Parker for leave to appeal from a conviction for receiving…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →"Far Too Frequent" Contempt of Court Actions Application Dismissed Sydney
The Full Court to-day dismissed an application for a rule nisi attaching Associated Newspapers, Ltd., and Leo Armati, Editor of the "Sun," for contempt of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"Catch Them Before They Court" Advice on Training of Apprentices Sydney
"Catch them early before they start courting." is the advice of the Apprenticeship Commissioner. Mr. McIntyre. on the education of apprentices…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Closing Hours Confectionery Shops and Restaurants Not Affected by Court Application Sydney
In view of the misunderstanding regarding the trading hours of shops, the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. J. N. Dunningham) said to-night that…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Paris Shooting Woman's Love Affair With Mussolini Parties Meet in Court Paris, May 5
For the first time since the shooting, Mine, de la Ferriere, formerly a journalist in Rome, and the elderly Comte de Chambrun, former French Ambassador to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Many Debutantes First Court of the New Reign Scene of Splendour London, May 5
The sun was still shining when the gates of Buckingham Palace were opened to admit the first cars for Their Majesties' first court of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Six Months' Gaol
William Henry Thompson 20, a labourer who had placed "Guilty" to being an accessory after the fact, and Jessie Thompson, 21, who was found "Guilty" on a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Kurri Protest Magistrate Criticised Permissible Income Rule
The verdicts by Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at the Kurri Kurri Police Court on Wednesday, when he ordered four men to enter into a recognisance of £10 to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Court Friday, May 7 (Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain.) Drunkenness
On a charge of drunkenness" Emelyn Britton Dixon, 47, a painter, was fined £2. in default four days' imprisonment, and was ordered to enter into a bond of…
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