Gaol for Boy in 1000
"The boy in a thousand," 17-year-old Owen Meakin, saw his mother in the cells at Leicester Assizes, England, recently, before he left to start a…
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Courts & crime, 1938
3,665 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 45 of 184
Gaol Warders From Victoria Sydney
An inter-change system, similar to that practised by the Police Department, has been introduced into the Prisons Department…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court Friday, April 1 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) No Evidence to Offer
There was no appearance of John McDonald, 40, labourer, who had been remanded to yesterday, on a charge of having used indecent language in…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Driver's Licence Granted by Magistrate Departmental Ban Is Overruled Gosford
Stated to be the first case of its kind in New South Wales, an appeal against the refusal of the Commissioner for Road Transport' to grant driver's licence to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Industrial Court Breaches of Award
The Department of Labour and Industry proceeded against William John Ferguson, trading as Ferguson's Excel Stores, of Beaumont-street, Hamilton, for not…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Last Court Injured and Destroyed Melbourne
While galloping at Caulfield this [?] Last Court over-reached and but his tendons so badly that it was decided to destroy him…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Saving Delinquents Organiser of Boys' Bureau in Newcastle Work at Children's Court
After hearing an address by the Organising Secretary of the Christ Church Boys' Welfare Bureau (Mr. H. R. Fort) on juvenile delinquency, its problems and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Grazier's Rights Killing of Dog Which Attacked Sheep Full Court Argument Sydney
Counsel delved into many sections of the Dog and Goat Act, before the Full Court to-day, in an endeavour to define the rights of a grazier who killed a dog…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mary Maguire £125 a Week Contract Approved by U.S. Court Los Angeles, March 31
In the Los Angeles Superior Court to-day Judge Wilson approved of a seven-year contract between Mary Maguire, the Australian actress, and Twentieth-Century…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Magistrate's Threat in Theft Charge Papers to Law Dept. Cycle'Stolen At B.H.P.
In convicting David Sharp to-day at Newcastle Summons Court on a charge of stealing a bicycle, Mr. Soane, S.M., said…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Chase by Police Opium Mentioned in Court Charge Sydney
The story of a harbor chase early this morning, and a mystery, car parked near the bridge, was told to-day at the Central Police…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Smoke Social
The 18th annual smoke social of the Newcastle Police Association will be held in the Masonic Hall, Wolfe-street, Newcastle, to-night. An entertaining musical…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Annual Police Auction
The annual sale of unclaimed property attracted a large gathering of bargain hunters at the West Maitland Police Station on Saturday morning. Sergeant P. S…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cowardly Attacks Sent to Gaol for Three Years Sydney
"I don't know what comes over me. My mind seems to go blank," said John Thomas Degnan, 35, at the Quarter Sessions…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Masked Man's Idea of Exciting Life Sent To Gaol For Two Years SYDNEY
Declaring that he had got the idea from seeing a film of a hold-up. James Keane, 27, laborer, pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions to-day to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Couple Forfeited Their Freedom Request of Court Declined Sydney
When a man and his wife were remanded for a quarter of an hour at the Water Police Court to-day ball was fixed at £100 and £30…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Armed Robbery Two Soldiers Convicted Revolver Duel with Police London, April 2
Andrew Vanderburg and Reginald Kaye two soldiers of the 12th Lancers, stationed at Tidworth, were yesterday convicted of armed robbery. Vanderburg was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Eluded Police Boy on Burglary Charge Attempted Suicide Perth
Reminded in custody at the Perth Children's Court to-day on a charge of breaking and entering, a 16-year-old boy eluded a constable after the Court…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmer on Trial Charged with Murder of Nephew Fatal Knife Wound Ipswich
The trial began to-day of John Henry Geiger, 59, a farmer, on a charge of having wilfully murdered his nephew, Alan Henry Dalrymple…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Summons Division Theft of Bicycle
"I will consider whether I will send the papers to the Attorney-General and have a prosecution for perjury," said the Magistrate, in convicting David Weir…
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