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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

3,665 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 184

Four Fined Watersiders in Court Did Not Wait for Ship Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 10

Four wharf-labourers were fined £1 each, with 14/6 coots, at the Central Police Court to-day, on charges that they had broken the provisions of the Waterside…

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Wife's Death O'Brien is Acquitted Tearful Statement Court Told of Quarrel at Liverpool SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 9

Dudley Lorraine O'Brien, 22, was found not guilty by a Central Criminal Court jury to-day on a charge of having murdered his…

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East Maitland Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.) Assault Charge Dismissed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 11

Thomas Columbus Atkinson, Health Inspector to the Tarro Shire Council, pleaded "Not guilty" at the East Maitland' Police Court yesterday morning to…

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Assault at Beresfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 11

Kenneth Burns, of Beresfield, was convicted on a charge of having unlawfully assaulted Ernest Anstey, at Bersefield, on February 19…

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Gracie Sings in Gaol Prisoners' Gift Of Handbag

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 12

Grade Fields "starred" recently in a new show. It was the first theatrical concert ever Riven at Holloway, London's only gaol for women…

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Police Court Wednesday, March 16 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Further Remand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 3

A further remand to May 18 was granted, in the case in which John Kasik was charged with having failed to keep an near as possible to, the left when driving…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 11

Arising out of a collision between a motor-truck and a motor-car at East Greta, on October 9, Henry E. Miller, of Lawes-street, East Maitland, proceeded…

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Police Horse for the King

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 12

The London metropolitan police bay mare Jun[?], who won the King George V Cup for the best-trained horse at Richmond Royal Horse…

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Industrial Court Hearing Adjourned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 3

An adjournment to April 28 was granted In the cases in which O. Sehrieber, Secretary of the Amalgamated Furnishing Trades Society, proceeded against James…

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Hotel Shooting Man Acquitted of Murder MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 10

In the Criminal Court to-day, Harcourt Lee was acquitted of a change of having murdered Arthur Kingsley Taplin, 23. Lee claimed that he has shot Taplin in…

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Woman's Plight Trapped Behind City Warehouse Rescued by Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 9

A women's scream for help at 2 o'clock this morning disclosed a most unusual accident near Church-walk, in the City. She had slipped clown a steep grassy slope…

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Commercial Drivers Seek Ban on Night Driving Echo of Demsey Murder Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 10

The Federal Council of the Amalgamated Road Transport Workers' Union which is meeting in Adelaide this week, no determined a general policy for all State…

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Sleeping Driver and Negligence Court Argument Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 14

A motorist who became involved in an accident through some involuntary act, such as falling asleep at the driving wheel, or being overcome by…

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Disputed Shares Friction Between Directors Equity Court Application Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 11

Evidence to the effect that there was friction between himself and Mr. Eric Campbell after the latter's return from a trip abroad on behalf of De Menior…

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Youths in Court Farley Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 7

The three youths, Thomas Dixon Gibson, 18, William Robert Date, 17, and Kemmel Joseph Co[?]an, 17, who have been charged with the murder of…

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In the Courts Fined for Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 8

"The best thing you two can do is to keep away from each other." said Mr. Soane, S.M., at the Newcastle Summons Court to-day, when…

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Conciliation Court

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 8

Before the Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. G. J. Baker) at Newcastle Court House to-day, applications were made by A. R. Buckley, secretary of…

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Three Charges Seaman's Assault on Constable SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 10

Raudall Jackson Grant, 29, a seaman, appeared at the Central Court to-day on charges of having assaulted a policeman, indecent language, and malicious damage…

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Police Court Thursday, March 17 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Betting Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 22

For having used a place in Margaret-street, Mayfield, on March 16, for the purpose of betting, Alfred Gordon Jones, 26, labourer, was fined £10, in default…

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To Stand Over Gardener's Trial for Murder Question of Mentality Sydney

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

Allred Spicer, 65, a gardener, pleaded "Not guilty," at the Central Criminal Court to-day, when charged with, having murdered Marcia Hayes, 6, at Windsor,…

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