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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

3,665 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 184

Secret Witness Public Excluded from Court Everett Inquest Accusations Made Against Houseman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 9

The calling of a "mystery" witness, whose evidence was taken with the Court closed to the public, was an unexpected development in…

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Judge Retires U.S. Supreme Court Effect on New Deal Washington, January 6

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 9

By another Supreme Court retirement President Roosevelt's struggle to save the New Deal laws from being upset becomes prospectively easier…

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"Miss X" Denies Allegations of Leonard Roberts Keen Cross-examination By Counsel For Houseman Big Crowd Waits for Many Hours Outside Closed Court

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 1

Behind closed doors to-day, Miss X, the mystery girl, in the Broughton School murder inquest indignantly denied all the allegations of Leonard William Roberts, house man at the school, that she had been in his room frequently and that intimacy had occurred on a number of occasions. He had never even fondled or…

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Police Court Indecent Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 11

Thomas Leonard 39, who appeared before Mr. E. I. Cox, J. P., at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday was fined 10/ on a charge of drunkenness, and 30/…

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Charge of Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 17

An adjournment to January 19 was granted in the case in which Stella Laurie Fleming charged Royalston Hilton Allen Fleming, Oxford-street, New…

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Read Poem to Magistrate Police Story Of City Lizards SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 5

A poet who cooks as a sideline, John Gleeson (48), admitted in the Central Police Court yesterday that he was playing with two blue-tongued lizards…

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Police Cadets Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 8

The four police cadets, J. Tindale, B. Doyle, A. Nielsen, and D. Lane, who have received trailing in Newcastle for the past six months, will return to…

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Six Months' Gaol Used Car Illegally SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 6

Charged at the Burwood Police Court to-day with having illegally taken and used a motor-car, the property of Morton John Bell, Jan Francisson, 20, was…

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Gaol Without Option Brisbane Gaming Conviction BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 14

On a charge of having used a common gaming house, John Frederick Syone, 49, a billiard-room proprietor, was to-day sentenced to six weeks's imprisonment…

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Police Court Friday, January 7 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Committed for Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 17

Frederick Gibson, 55, steward, was committed for trail a the Quarter Sessions on February 1, on a charge of having broken and entered Hartley Spurr's…

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Hotel Shooting Hairdresser on Murder Charge Detective Alleges Admission Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 10

Harcourt Lee, 38, a hairdresser, was committed for trial to-day at the Coroner's Court on a charge of having murdered Arthur Kingsley Taplin, 23, a…

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Cycling No Road Races Advice to Clubs from Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 17

Carrington, Newcastle, and Cardiff League Cycling Clubs have abandoned the road raced scheduled for to-day and to-morrow…

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U.S. Supreme Court Vacancy Washington, January 6

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 10

Members of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee have petitioned President Roosevelt, requesting the appointment of their chairman, Mr…

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Gunshot Victim Missing All Night Search by Police Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 7

Seriously wounded in the stomach by a bullet from a pearifle yesterday afternoon. Francis Thornton, 29. wandered across a…

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Darlinghurst Charge Police Inspector Fergusson Premier Blocked Promotion Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 9

Inspector G. G. Fergusson, who has been stationed at headquarters for some time, has been appointed officer-in-charge at Darlinghurst police station, and will…

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New Judge Federal Arbitration Court Adelaide Barrister Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 9

The Federal Cabinet decided to-day to appoint Mr. Harold Bayard Piper, a barrister, of Adelaide, as a judge of the Federal Arbitration…

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Cook's Rampage Fay Wray Threatened Police to the Rescue Hollywood, January 6

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 10

An enraged cook staged a two-hour rampage at the home of Fay Wray, the film actress, before she was overpowered by two policemen who accepted her…

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"Miss X" Now Coroner's Order at Everett Inquest Secret Witness in Box Left Court Wearing Dark Glasses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 9

The identity of the secret witness, whose evidence at the Everett murder inquest occupied practically the whole of yesterday's…

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Two British Police Manhandled by Japanese Troops in Shanghai British Defence Sector Violated Japanese Commander Warned Against Repetition (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, January 7

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 9

Hot on the heels of the protest against the manhandling of two Britons, Superintendent Sinclair and Inspector Bennett, Japanese troops last night maltreated inspector. West and Sergeant A. R. Turner…

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Stealing Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 6

For having stolen a horse collar and n greenhide rope, the property of William Astley, Reginald Wallace King. 37, was fined £3 and ordered to pay…

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