"Had to Fight or Take a Punch". Grazier's Assertion In Court Case SYDNEY
"A man insulted me and I had to fight or take a punch. That's the usual thing in the bush," said Thomas Dodwell, grazier, of Narrandera,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1938
3,665 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 184
Gaol For Imposition
Henry Johnson, 22, laborer, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to a month's hard labor, by Mr. Soane, S M., at the Newcastle Police Court to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rails and Trucks Men on Stealing Charge Were Acquitted of Murder Melbourne
Roy, McFarlane, 32, Matthew Francis O'Keefe, 37, and William Grahame, 30, who yesterday were acquitted on a murder charge, were to-day remanded from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Assault Charge Fails Sydney
Mr. Reed, S.M., to-day dismissed an assault charge brought against John Franklin Spellman, international wrestler, by Leopold Julius Villiers. The charge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gaol-breaker Captured Hobart
Charles Frederick Robinson who escaped from Hobart Gaol on Friday, was captured to-day. Police found him in bed at a house in Macquarie-street…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Court Wednesday, March 2 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Bogus Advertisement Alleged
Robert Racquet, 39, physical culture expert, was charged with vagrancy at Newcastle on March 1, also that on the same day he caused to be inserted in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Dogs Track Arab Jerusalem, March 1
As the result of tracking with police dogs, the leader of an Arab gang, alleged to have been responsible for the murder of Squadron-Leader Alderson last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Modern Cars for N.Z. Police Auckland
A modern police-patrol pursuit motor car, equipped with radio controlled from a special radio station operated by the police, will shortly be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Niemoller Held by German Secret Police Berlin
Pastor Niemollrer, who was convicted on charges wising out of his fight against "Nazification" of the Church, appears to have been released from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Suspect Arson at Plumpton Fire Huge Logs Ablaze Sydney
Huge logs, weighing 200 tons, were destroyed by fire last night at Plumpton, near Rooty Hill. Residents who fought the blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Widow's Claim Investments by Husband Court Orders Contested Sydney
An appeal by the Public Trustee from two orders made by Mr. Justice Long Innes, in the Equity Court, in connection with the £22,984 estate of Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Absconded From Gosford Farm Mother's Story to Court Sydney
An allegation that her son Colin Gasnier, 16, had been ill-treated at Gosford Farm Home where, she said, his nose was broken, was made by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Daring Escapades Two Soldiers Arrested Held Up Police Car London, March 1
Two soldiers, Andrew Vanderburg and Reginald Kaye, of the 12th Lancers, stationed at Tidworth, were arrested at Barking (Essex) late last night, after a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court Approves Youth Employment Scheme Apprenticeship Age Limit Extended Melbourne
Judge Beeby, in the Federal Arbitration Court to-day, approved a variation of the consolidated metal trades award to permit the operation of the New South…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Worth £17000 Sent to Gaol. Deserves Three Years, Says the Court Sydney
James Clyde Hall, who was said to have assets worth at least £17,000 and takings of £130 a week from a Penrith butchery, was described by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Court Thursday, March 3. (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Theft of Skip Rails
Arthur Alfred Tournier, 27, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having stolen, at Wallsend on February 10, four skip rails valued at £2, the property of R. W…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Missing Money Pensioner on Stealing Charge SYDNEY
Ball of £300 was allowed Thomas Patrick Burke, 40, an invalid pensioner, at Hornsby Court, to-day, on a charge of having stolen £100 in bank notes and 300…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Sequel to Road Collision Lorry Driver Charged
The hearing of a charge against James Francis McCloy, 42, of having driven a motor lorry on the Pacific Highway near Belmont on December…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court Thursday, March 3 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Imposed on Salvation Army
Harry Johnson, 28, labourer, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment after having pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having imposed on the Salvation Army,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Police and Radio Perth
The Western Australian Police Department has extended its wireless patrol system so that all cars are now able to listen to messages broadcast from the…
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