Alleged Assault
With a view to settlement, an adjournment to February 21 was granted in the case in which John Henry Scotman, of Carrington, proceeded against Alfred…
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Courts & crime, 1938
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Cessnock Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)
Edward L. Bainbridge was a ne id 10/, with 8/ costs, for having failed to apply for a transfer of registration for a motorcar…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Court Monday, February 14 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Illegal Betting
Edward Lowe, 49, a barman, was fined £10, in default 20 days' imprisonment, for having committed a breach of the Totalisator Act at Cook's Hill on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rear Lights for Cycles "Reflector Not Enough," Says Magistrate
Because the cyclist with whom a motorist was in collision carried a reflector instead of a red rear light, Magistrates at Bolton. England…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motoring Education Police Lectures for Offenders
According to reports, it is the intention of the police to ask traffic offenders to attend parades and lectures at night near their homes. Special instruction would be…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Communists in Poland 3000 in Gaol; 101 to Be Tried Warsaw
The trial has begun of 101 Communists charged with activities against the State. About 300 witnesses have been…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →No Refund Newcastle Sales Tax Claim High Court Decision Melbourne
In a unanimous reserved judgment delivered to-day, the Full High Court decided that the sales tax on second-hand goods paid before the High Court had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Arrangements to Control Traffic Crowds at Congress. 300 Men Are to Be on Duty
After weeks of work and many conferences with transport and Congress officials, Superintendent J. W. White has completed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Loathsome Man," Said Judge Sentenced to Three Years Gaol Sydney
"You are the most loathsome man that I have seen in the dock for some time," sain Judge Sheridan at the Quarter Sessions to-day to William…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Two Young Men Charged Breaking & Entering Alleged
Confessions, alleged to have been made to him by two men concerning a robbery at a New Lambton shop on February 1, were repeated in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Small Debts Court
A sequel to a collision between a motor-lorry and a motor-car At the intersection of Elgin and Olive Streets, West Maitland, was a claim for £50 damages by…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Communists Charged State Action in Poland WARSAW, February 14
The trial has begun of 101 Communists charged with activities against the State. About 300 witnesses have bon summoned and the trial will last a fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Youth Was Given a Chance Magistrate Warns Him to Behave
To give Douglas Barr (19), laborer, a chance to go straight, Mr. Soane, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day remanded him for three months on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Licensing Court Booth Licence
Robert Gregor Robinson, of the Hotel Bennett, Hamilton, was granted a booth licence for the Newcastle Aerodrome, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →MAITLAND — KURRI — CESSNOCK West Maitland Police Court Impersonated Constable (Before Mr. C.G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)
Augustine Keith McCole, of Guinea-street, Kogarah, pleaded "Guilty" at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday to a charge of having, on December 30,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Small Debts Court Non-suit Accepted
After evidence had been given by one witness, the plaintiff accepted a non-suit in the cash in which John Wallace, Barnsley, sued E. A. Eggleston, Hunter-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Show Procession Throwing Samples Banned Police Department Acts
The Department of Road Transport and the Police Deportment have granted permission for a procession to be held through the city to Newcastle Showground…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Appeal Upheld Conviction for Murder Verdict Claimed to Be Unreasonable Brisbane
The Full Court to-day unanimously upheld the appeal of Harold Thomas Mullen against his conviction last year for the wilful murder of Ernest Henry Brown on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Disturbances at Games Village No Police Action Sydney
A senior police official said to-day that no official report had been made about the disturbance yesterday at the Empire Games village, nor had other…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Collision at Sea Marine Court's Inquiry Sydney
An inquiry was opened to-day before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.M., at the Court of Marine Inquiry into the collision between…
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