Figures in Everett Murder Trial
At the Everett Murder Trial to-day,—(1) Detective -Servant McCorthy and Mr. W. W. Monahan, K.C.; (2) Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1938
3,665 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 57 of 184
Police "Courtesy" Squads
The "Courtesy Police Squad" system is a step in the right direction toward educating road users in traffic laws and the highway code, says the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three Stowaways To be Charged in Newcastle Were on British Steamer
Three Portuguese stowaways who were found among the bunkers of the British tramp steamer Loch Don, which arrived in Newcastle early yesterday morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MR. W. M. HUGHES Popularity with Diggers Police Had to Rescue Sydney
The Minister for External Affairs (Mr. W. M. Hughes), who was Prime Minister during the war, was given a great reception by the Diggers to-day, and twice…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stock Broker in Court Accessory Before the Fact Charge Melbourne
The hearing of the case against Prank Savage, a member of the Melbourne Stock Exchange, who is charged with having been an accessory…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Trial Opens in East Maitland of Leonard William Roberts Murder Charge Crown, Counsel Says, Will Rely on Circumstantial Evidence
In the Maitland Circuit Court, on a hill among the pines, the trial began to-day before Mr. Justice Owen and a jury, of Leonard William Roberts, 33, formerly, houseman at the Broughton School, Newcastle, on a charge of having murdered Dorothy May Everett, 27, kitchen maid at the school, on November 28,1937…
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A sentence of a month's hard labor was imposed on George Walls, 28, motor driver in the Newcastle Summons Court to-day for having stolen…
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George Henry Brennan, alias Cameron, 42, a cook, was remanded for one week for sentence in the Newcastle Police Court this afternoon. He had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fortune Teller Charged Sydney
When George W. Edwards, 26, was charged at the Central Police. Court to-day with having unlawfully pretended to tell fortunes, it was alleged that defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Keen Cross-examination of Police Witness Roberts Trial Intense Interest in Proceedings in Court
Public interest was still intense when the trial of Leonard William Roberts, on a charge of having murdered Dorothy May Everett, kitchen-maid at Brovghton School on November 28, 1937, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Small Debts Court
Arising out of an accident between a motor-car in charge of Clive William Small, an insurance inspector, living at Cremorne, and a motor-lorry, driven by…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Mean Trick" Man Takes Collection for Widow Magistrate's Comment Sydney
At the conclusion of a case in the Campsie Court to-day in which Charles Shipton pleaded "Guilty" to having embezzled £8/16/ from Mrs. Janet Carswell…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Licensing Court Booth Licence
Charles William Weiss, of the Imperial Hotel, Sydney, was granted a booth licence for the Hamilton Bowling Club on May 2…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Through Fence Police Cycle Crashes Constable Injured
Constable C. Ryan, of Newcastle, was injured about 3 o'clock yesterday morning when the police motor-cycle he was riding got out of control skidded across…
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In an ex parte matter, a verdict for the full amount, with 11/ costs and 10/5 witness's expenses, was returned in favour of the plaintiff in the case in which…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Court Action Dismissed Opposition To Adjournment
An action brought by Charlotte Elizabeth Wigging, of Moroney-avenue, Newcastle East, against John Holliwell Orrell, of Zara-street, Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trial Opens Roberts on Murder Charge Jury to Visit Scene Gardener's Discovery at Bishopscourt
Disclosures of how the police first suspected another person of the murder of Dorothy May Everett at Broughton Church of England…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Jurisdiction Challenged Marine Court and Rodney Case Sydney
The jurisdiction of the Court of Marine Inquiry to procee[?] further with its investigation [?] the sinking of the launch Rodnoy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Won't Give Up the Bomb Case Police to Continue Inquiries Sydney
The police will continue their inquiries into the Lidcombe bomb outrage, in which Alfred Ernest Smith, union organiser, and his wife, Mary…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Industrial News Lysaght's Men Meeting Adjourned Await To-day's Court Proceedings
Upwards of 1000 of the idle employees from Lysaght's Newcastle Works met at the Trades Hall yesterday afternoon. After three hours' discussion the meeting was…
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