By One Run Police Cricketers Beaten
The Newcastle police cricket team was defeated by one run by a Mental Hospital Staff team, in an exciting match yesterday, at the Mental Hospital ground…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1938
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Police Challenge Advertiser. Their Charge Fails
"I might, have a very strong suspicion, but there Is not sufficient evidence to convict," said Mr. Soane, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Robbers and Police Clash Paris, March 2
In a running gunfight between police and three bandits, who raided a stocking factory at Couleminers, a policeman was shot dead and another was wounded. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →No Slander Murder Trial Witness Fails at Law "Supremely Vindicative" Melbourne
Mrs. Irene Cholet, who, as Ivy Matthews, was an important Crown witness in the Colin Ross murder trial in 1922, was the plaintiff in an action in the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Midnight Chase by Police Car Crashes Barricade Melbourne
Police are scouring the bush between Bridgewater and Wycheproof for three men and a woman who were the principal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Kidnapping" of Boy at Narrabeen Police Discoveries Sydney
Detectives are now satisfied that they know the full circumstances surrounding the disappearance on February 24 of Phillip Powles. 2[?]. of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Transport Case High Court Decision Attacked "Barbarism of Borderisms" MELBOURNE
Strong criticism of the decision of the High Court in the Riverina transport case was made by Sir Issac Isaacs, former Chief Justice of the High Court,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mickey Mouse Sentenced
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Continued on Trove, page 2 →Started Fires Then Fought Them Victorian Fireman Sentenced Melbourne
The strange story of a well-known firefighter starting fires and then helping to extinguish them was told to-day when Henry Frank Grumont, 21, pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Court Friday, March 4 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Bogus Advertisement Alleged
Because the evidence was not sufficient, Mr. Soane discharged Robert. Racquet, 30, physical culture instructor, on a charge of having inserted a bogus advertisement,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Search for Native Assault on White Women Report to Minister "No Suggestion of Lynching" CANBERRA
Prompt action had been taken by the Administrator (Mr. C. L. A. Abbott) to muster all available members of the police force who…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Police March All States and New Zealand Represented SYDNEY
More than 1000 police from all States and New Zealand took part in the first Australasian police march in Sydney to-day. All units were represented…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Reckless Drive Car's Dash from Police Three Arrests in Bush Melbourne
After twice evading the police and driving through a barricade at 60 miles an hour, three men and three women leaped from a motor-car at Bridgewater and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Judge's Criticism No Legal Aid for Prisoner Appeal Court Reduces Sentence Sydney
For failure to provide legal assistance for a prisoner the Crown was criticised in a report by Judge Nield which came before the Court of Criminal Appeals…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Big Death Roll Californian Floods Critical Period Past Police Ordered to Shoot Looters (Australian Associated Press.) Los Angeles, March 4
With 45 dead already identified, the police estimate that between 100 and 125 persons have perished in the Californian floods. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Moscow Trial Great Britain's Alleged. Plotting More References Court Told of Plot to Wreck White Russia (Australian Associated Press.) MOSCOW, March 4
Further sensational references ti Great Britain's alleged plotting in Russia were made at the resumption of the trial to-day of 21 Soviet…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Alleged Assault
Francis Kenneth Harvey. 23, wharf laborer, on remand, appeared at the Newcastle Police Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bicycle Stealing Charge
A remand till Monday was granted when Clarence Andrew Conn. 21. was charged, in the Cessnock Police Court to-day, with having stolen a bicycle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Hunt Ends Gaol Escapee and Woman Surrender in Bush Perth
At daylight yesterday morning a police hunt for Henry Dinah, an escapee from Moora Gaol, and a woman who was with him, was resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fraud with Coffins Man of 79 Sent to Gaol Sydney
The purchases of a wedding cake 9 feet high and 12 coffins were among the enterprises of Arthur Robinson, 79, in…
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