Licensing Court Booth Licences
Alton Thomas Cusick, of the Hotel Gosford, Gosford, was granted three boothlicences for Newcastle races on January 26…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1938
3,665 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 184
Warders Hold Fire Youth Runs from Gaol Outdistanced Pursuers Melbourne
By scaling a fence, and then a 12ft. outer wall, Gordon Orms, 17, escaped from Pontridge Gaol to-day. Warders refrained from firing, because…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Died Innocent Son's Reprieve Refused by Father Electrocuted for Murder New York, January 18
A bizarre case has occurred at Boston, in which a candy-maker, aged 55, and his son of 25, wore electrocuted for murder. The father insisted that his son…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Australian in R.A.F. Is Court-martialled London
Pilot Officer Frederick Robert McGuire, 23, of the 114th bomber squadron, R.A.F., who stated that he, with a friend, flew from Australia to join up, pleaded not guilty before a court-martial at Wyton Aerodrome to charges of striking superior…
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Sir,—In your issue of January 17 Mr. Hughie Sutherland seems to have got very hot and bothered. Of course we can sympathise with him but he refers to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scrap Iron Thefts Alleged Coal Trimmer Charged
Further evidence was heard at Newcastle Police Court to-day in three charges of stealing against Henry Cullen, 41, coal trimmer, of Carrington…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Industrial Court
In the Industrial Magistrate's Court, James Jones, of Lang-street, Kurri Kurri was proceeded against on three charges of having failed to pay award wages and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Court Wednesday, January 19 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Remanded
Edward Joseph Ross, 24, butcher, was remanded to January 31, on £50 bail, on the following charges—At Lambton, between December 9 and 10, broke and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Prosecutor for Newcastle
Constable McKeon, Police Prosecutor at the Central Police Court, Sydney, has been notified of his transfer to a similar appointment in Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Valueless Clue Pyjama Girl Murder SYDNEY
Following the inquest at Albury yesterday into the death of an unidentified girl on September 1, 1934, Defective Inspector Bowie and Detective-sergeant McRao…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sentence Revoked Speed Limit Prosecution Defence Official Charged Sydney
When Kenneth Elkins came before the Traffic Court to-day for a breach of the speed limit regulations his counsel claimed that defendant was carrying out duties…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Death of Dyer Elderly Man on Murder Charge SYDNEY
Arising out of the death of Frank Henry Carberry, a dyer, on January 1, James Gardiner, 61, came before the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SUPT. H. CHINNER New Police Appointment Inspector Noble Promoted Sydney
Superintendent Third-class H. Chinner who years ago was stationed at Newcastle and at Maitland, has been assigned to the charge of country police area…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Captain Blamed Wreck of Saros Marine Court's Finding Melbourne
The Marine Court, which inquired into the stranding of the freighter Saros, on a ledge of rock under Cape Everard Lighthouse on Christmas Day, to-day found…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Receive Letter on Pyjama Case They Wish to Trace Writer Sydney
A letter signed "yours sincerely," referring to the pyjama girl mystery, has been received at the Sydney C.I.B. Detective Wilks, who is one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →COURT-MARTIALLED Australian in R.A.F. Struck Superior Officers London, January 18
Pilot Officer Frederick Robert McGuire, 23, of the 114th bomber Squadron, R.A.F., who stated that he, with a friend, flew from Australia, to join up, pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder of Wife Man Charged on Leaving Hospital ADELAIDE
When discharged from hospital this afternoon, William Herens Findlay, 37, a boller attendant, of Swansea, was arrested and charged with having murdered…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fined for Assault
"You cannot attack strangers without cause in this way," said Mr. Soane, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day when he fined John William Lang…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Arab Sentenced to Death JERUSALEM
A military court sentenced to death Abdel Kader Taba, who confessed to complicity in the murder of Mr. J. L. Starkey…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Committed in N.S.W. Pyjama Girl Murder Victorian Police Belief Melbourne
While the Victorian Criminal Investigation Branch will afford as much assistance as possible to Detective-Inspector Bowie and Detective-Sergeant McRac, of…
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