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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

3,665 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 184

Excellent Fields for Warwick Farm Moonray's Prospects Bright in Denham Court Handicap Kirrang Will Appreciated Light Weight in Middle Distance Race

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 1

With the more important Autumn racing next month, interest in the week-end Sydney racing is becoming intense and to-morrow at Warwick Farm excellent fields will participate. Some A.J.C. candidates are engaged. In the Denham Court Handicap Moonray is selected. He likes Warwick Farm. Best…

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Native for Trial White Women Tell of Assault Darwin Court Cleared Darwin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 11

An aboriginal known as Packsaddle was to-day committed for trial for having assaulted two white women and having attempted a more serious offence…

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Maitland and District West Maitland Police Court Young Man Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 13

Harold Oliver Shaw, 20, was remanded by Messrs. E. M. Debenham and T. F. Cooney, Js.P., until next Tuesday, at the, West Maitland Police Court yesterday on…

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Border Tragedy Quashing of Murder Conviction Crown Appeal to High Court Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 11

The Full High Court to-day reserved judgment on an appeal by the Solicitor-General of Queensland (Mr. Hencliman) against the action of the Queensland…

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Police Court Friday, March 11 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Summons Division Hearings Adjourned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 9

The hearing was adjourned to April 1 of the case in Allen Henry Mills, of Tarro, was charged with having driven a car negligently at Maitland-road,…

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Catching Criminals Rhodesia's Police Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 5

"Out with the Mounties," by Derek Temple, is written round the experiences of a police trooper in the wilds of Northern Rhodesia and in the Criminal…

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St. Peters Shooting Murder Charge Sequel SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 12

Detectives to-day arrested a man and charged him with the murder of Harold Tarlington, 37, of Alexandria, who was shot at St. Peters on February 17…

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Shots Fired Police and Suspect Night Search in Bush Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 12

Shots were exchange between two policemen and a suspected burglar who escaped in the scrub at North Cronulla to-day…

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Palestine Unrest Encounter with Arabs 'Planes Assist Police (Australian Associated Press.) JERUSALEM, March 11

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 12

Royal Air Force bombers, assisting the police against 100 Arabs, killed 32 near Saled. The encounter began yesterday…

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Armed Police Hunt for Desperate Gunman Fugitive Known Alsatian Fails to Find His Trail Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 5

Fifty experienced policemen at Cronulla to-day are searching for the gunman who yesterday fired three shots at a constable. It is the most intensive man-hunt since the search for Moxley, the double murderer, who was arrested at Manly…

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Nine Events at Warwick Farm To-day Denham Court Handicap Moonray Expected to Win for New Owner Hamurah and Delmestor Chief Rivals Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 18

Moonray, who recently changed hands and is now in the stables of J. W. Noud, may justify his purchase by scoring at his first attempt for his new owner in the Denham Court Handicap at Warwick Farm on Saturday. Since, he has arrived at…

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Gaol Sentence for Using Gaming Instrument Magistrate Asked for Demonstration

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 5

Before he would deal with a case in Cessnock Police Court to-day in which a man was charged with having used an instrument of gaming in…

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Alleged Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 5

Francis Kenneth Harvey, 23, wharf laborer, appeared for the third time at Newcastle Police Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted Arthur…

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Fined For Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 5

"You've got a beautiful record," commented Mr. Soane, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, when John Delaney, 35, laborer, pleaded guilty to…

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Theft at Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 7

A thief who entered n new building at Hall-street Extended, Cessnock, during the week-end, stole a bath-heater and window-blinds, valued at £8…

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Bound Over For Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 5

Vincent Onslow, of Gosford-road, Adamstown, pleaded guilty at Newcastle Summons Court to-day to having assaulted Harry Young, of…

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Youth on Charge of Car Stealing

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 7

"Because of your youth I am disinclined to sentence you to imprisonment," said Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. P.M., at Cessnock Police Court to-day, when…

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Murder Charge Postponed SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 9

The trial which was to have taken place to-day of Ronald Stewart Young, 24, on a charge of having murdered June Clemenger, 20, a typist, at…

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Police Station on Wheels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 6

While powers have been conferred upon Constable Buck, of the White Cliffs district, who will conduct Australia's first "travelling police station." To Constable…

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Taxi-driver on Murder Charge Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 14

Miss Henry McKeon, a taxi-driver was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having murdered Harold Robert Tarlington at Newtown on February…

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