"Clever Woman" London Gaol Term Fraudulent Conversion London, March 12
A Mebourne women, Mary Graham Dowling, aged 50, was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment when she appeared at the Old Bailey on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1938
3,665 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 184
Alleged Espionage Man Charged in America New York, March 12
Otto Voss, a German-born mechanic employed at the Severesky Aeroplane Factory, has been arraigned on a charge of espionage…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hunt for Gunman Linked with Escapee from Gaol Spent Time in Week-ender Sydney
Detectives making investigations regarding an escapee from a South Coast gaol have been instructed to take part in the search for the gunman who was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Second Charge Packsaddle in Court DARWIN
Packsaddle, an aboriginal who on Friday was committed for trial on a capital charge involving an attempt at a serious offence against a woman, was charged on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dismissal of Boxing Manager Justified, Says Court Sydney
In the District Court to-day, Judge Betts found that Olympia Sports Pty. Ltd. had been justified in dismissing Charles Lucas…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Men Use Violence Women Victims of Street Robberies Police Miss Attackers Sydney
Two vicious assaults were made on women in Sydney late on Friday night. Mrs. Ruby Joyce, of Petersham, was knocked to the roadway by a man, who…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →BLOOD - Stained Coat of Gunman Found ? Police Search For Cronulla Bandit SYDNEY
The discovery to-day at Cronulla of a blood-stained coat with a bullet-hole in the right shoulder has convinced the police that the gunman…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To Face Trial on Charge of Murder Leonard Roberts Is Arrested Death of Maid at Broughton School
Following the issue of a Bench warrant in Sydney, Leonard William Roberts, was arrested at Merewether this morning on a charge of having murdered Dorothy May Everett, kitchen maid at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shots Fired at 60 M.P.H. Police Chase Car On Cycle Port Kembla
Three shots were fired by police at a stolen motor car early yesterday. This followed an attempt on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Warwick Farm Consistent Hamurah Victory in Denham Court Handicap March Handicap to Florida Sydney
That consistent mare, Humurah, was again to the fore at Warwick Farm yesterday when she triumphed in the Denham Court Handicap. She started a clear-cut favourite and always had command of the situation to wind up with…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →18 to Die Moscow Trial Verdict Three Imprisoned Crowded Court Hears Result (Australian Associated Press.) MOSCOW, March 13
Eighteen of the 21 leading Soviet officials, who were charged with high treason, were sentenced to death by the Military…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gaol For Vagrancy
Pleading guilty at the Newcastle Police Court to-day to a charge of vagrancy, John Creagh, 59, laborer, was sentenced to three months'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shot in Duel with Police After Amazing Career Had Set Girl On Fire Sentenced to Death, But Let Off with Gaol Sydney
Adrian Jones, 30, gunman and ex-convict, who was fatally wounded yesterday by a detective at whom he had fired a shot, was one of the most desperate criminals encountered in recent years in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Assault and Robbery Wollongong
At the Quarter Sessions, Leslie Usher and Norman Craig were found guilty of assault and robbery at Port Kembla, Usher was sentenced to imprisonment for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Conciliation Court
The State Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. G. J. Baker) will deal with several Northern applications in Newcastle on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Postal Box Broken Homeville Youth Sent to Gaol
"He was prepared to deny anything, even to having been at the police station," said Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court Monday, March 14 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Indecent Language
For having used indecent language within the hearing of a large number of persons in Newcomen-street, Newcastle, on Saturday, Frank Bernnan, 50, labourer,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Court Monday, March 14. (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.) Gaming Offence
George Harrison, a stranger, was charged at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday with having used a instrument of gaming in a public place on March…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Week-ends in Gaol Threat to Curb Erring N.Z. Motorists Wellington (N.z.)
Motorists who drive negligently may spend week-ends in gaol. In making this announcement, the Minister for Transport (Mr. R. Semple) said that this method…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Roberts Is Committed for Trial Charge of Murder Bail Request Not Allowed
A big public gallery at the Newcastle Police Court to-day heard Mr. Soane, S.M., commit Leonard William Roberts, 34,…
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