Circuit Court Further Change Desired
The announcement that the sittings of the Circuit Court would begin at East Maitland Courthouse on, April 21, and take civil cases first, it was stated…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1938
3,665 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 184
Police Are Warned of Women Sydney
Detectives should not gamble or become overfond of the company of women, declared the Assistant-Chief of the C.I.B., Detective-Inspector T…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Used Employer's Money for S.P. Sent To Gaol For A Year SYDNEY
Sentence of 12 months' imprisonment was passed by Judge Markell at the Quarter Sessions to-day on Noel James McKenny, 23, clerk, who had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Divorce Court 22 Matters Decided Newcastle Sitting
Mr. Acting Justice Edwards dealt with 22 matters in the Newcastle Divorce-Court yesterday. With the exception of one case, in which the respondent did not…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Divorce Court in Newcatle Maher v. MAHER
Nellie Carmen Maher (formerly Davies), of Greenaway-street, Wickham, sought divorce from Walter Leslie Maher on the ground of desertion…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Capital Charge Breaks Down Police Cannot Find Woman Witness SYDNEY
Saying that he considered it unfair; to hold the defendant any further, Mr. Harrison, S.M., at the Paddington Police Court to-day, discharged Cyril…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Collective Bargaining Issue for U.S. Supreme Court WASHINGTON, April 6
The National Labour Relations Board ruled to-day that the employers' refusal to sign a contract with a union constituted a violation of the Wagner Act,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Prince Bernhard Modernity Upsets Dutch Court Differences with Queen London, April 6
Discord is said to have arisen between Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland, and her son-in-law. Prince Bernhard, owing to his ways, says the correspondent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wallsend Court Thursday, April 7. (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Drunkenness
On charges of drunkenness, in Nelson-street, Wallsend, Emelyn Dickson, 48, was fined £2, in default four days' imprisonment, and William Arthur, 53, 10/, is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clerk Sentenced for Theft Sydney
Noel James McKenny, 23, a clerk, was to-day sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for theft. He pleaded "Guilty" before Judge Markell, at the Quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three Sentenced Stealing and Receiving Had Been Acquitted of Murder Melbourne
Roy MacFarlane, 33, a baker, was sentenced to imprisonment for three years, and Matthew O'Keefe, 37, a labourer, to 2½ years' imprisonment, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Court Friday, April 8 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Sentenced to Gaol
Francis Boy Rickards, or Le Roi Meredith, 44, tailor, pleaded "Guilty" to 256 charges of stealing. The police proceeded on four counts, on each of which he was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Remanded on Stealing Charge
Theo Siever, 22, labourer, was charged that at Wallaroo, near Raymond Terrace, on April 5, 1938, he stole petrol, grease, an oil can and gun, a pair of pliers, four…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Office Ransacked Man Charged at Singleton SINGLETON
The premises of Messrs. A. B Shaw and Company, solicitors, at Singleton, were broken into on Thursday night. Drawers were ransacked and papers were…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Circuit Court Dates
In connection with the suggested application for an alteration in the dotes for the hearing of civil matters at the Maitland Circuit Court, it was stated by a solicitor…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A Comedian in Court His Signature SYDNEY
Saying he didn't think a certain signature on a salary receipt was his, Joe Valli, the comedian, evoked laughter to-day in the District Court on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court Frees Man Complainant Does Not Appear SYDNEY
At the Paddington Police Court to-day, Cyril Dudley Prendergast, 29, who was charged with a criminal assault on Sybil Whiteford, was discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Divorce Court 17 More Suits Heard Third Day in Newcastle
Mr. Acting Justice Edwards heard 17 more divorce suits at the Newcastle sitting of the Divorce Court yesterday. At the conclusion the Court was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Hunt for Boy of 15 Years Twice Escaped From Custody Adelaide
After evading the police of two States for a fortnight. Colin Ball, 15, who escaped from a reformatory, was captured by police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Clean Up by Sydney Police 40 Suspects Have Been Arrested SYDNEY
Many of the hundreds of thefts that have occurred this year in the Metropolitan area have been solved in a week with the arrest of about 40…
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