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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

3,665 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 184

Cessnock Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr Boyd, P.m.) Forging and Uttering

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 9

James Lyons, 19, on remand from Lismore, was charged with having, at Cessnock, on November 20, 1937, forged and uttered a cheque the value of £2/15/,…

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Garage Robberies Four Men Sentenced Fifteen Crimes Admitted Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 9

Four men who, according to the police, had been concerned in the theft of motorcars and in breaking and entering garages and stores between Sydney and…

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Handball Court at Baths

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 6

The City Engineer (Mr. L. J. Price) agrees that a handball court at the Bogey Hole Baths would be an acquistion, but is of opinion that it would be too costly…

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Missionary Exhibits Winning Band Police Barriers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 5

Hand-carved woodwork brought from Java for the Catholic Missionary exhibition…

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Industrial Court Arrears of Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 2

Represented by Mr. E. A. Rosenda[?], Vera McLeod, King-street, Newcastle, claimed £25/17/2, for wages due, from Genova Brothers, Hunter-street. Nancy…

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Sally Gold May Again Win From Murray Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 1

The Fourteen-one Handicap may give Sally Gold her second successive win. She won over five furlongs at Kensington last week and has been…

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Begged Alms Father of 10 in Court SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 6

Said to be the father of 10 children only three of whom were working, and to be ineligible for food relief, George McCarthy, 46, game before the Central…

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District Court Cardiff Resident Awarded £250 Damages Collision Near Subway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 2

The District Court, presided over by Judge Nield, began a sitting a Newcastle yesterday. It is expected that the Court will sit for the remainder of the week…

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Police Protection City Council Still Has Doubts Deputation to Confer with Superintendent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 6

Still not entirely satisfied with the extent of the city's police protection the Works Committee of the City Council has recommended that a deputation…

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Tram and 'Busmen in Newcastle Application in Federal Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 7

The former Commissioner of Transport (Mr. Maddocks) had admitted that the mixing of the 'bus and tram services at…

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A.B.C. Right to Hold Public Concerts Williamsons Issue High Court Writ MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 7

Whether the A.B.C. is legally entitled to charge for admission to concerts and other entertainments promoted by it, and even to hold them,…

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Stealing Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 8

Geoffrey. MacGregor Webb, 19, salesman, was charged before Mr. Soane. S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court this morning, with having stolen 5s. the…

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One Month In Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 8

Sentence of one month's imprisonment with hard labor was ordered on William Henry Hansen. 26, laborer, by Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., at the…

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Headless Corpse in Bush Police Certain It Is Not Murder Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 1

Detectives now are certain that the man whose headless body was found late yesterday in a gorge at Glenorie, about 20 miles from Parramatta, was…

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Gaol Pending Deportation Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 2

Sentence of six months imprisonment pending deportation, was imposed on Mahomed Murtaza and Finn Brunstad when they appeared at the Central Police…

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Police Court Committed for Trial. (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 11

Vivian Percival Carrington Foate, 23, of Cardiff, was committed for trial at the Maitland Quarter Sessions on March 7 by Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. P.M., at the…

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To-day in the Courts Assault In Train

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 8

At the Kurri Police Court to-day, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., Thomas John Brennan, of Abermain, proceeded against Cyril Roach and…

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Police Court Tuesday, February 8 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Indecent Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 3

James George Bonham, 40, seaman, pleaded "Guilty"' to having used indecent language in the charge room at Newcastle police station on February 7. He was…

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Cricket Social Match Mental Hospital v. Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 15

Newcastle mental Hospital defeated the Police by 91 runs on the first innings in a cricket match at the mental Hospital oval yesterday…

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Changes in Police Uniform Urged Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 6

More hygienic uniforms for the police, including tunica that do not button up to the neck and are not surmounted by collars, are urged by the Police…

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