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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

3,665 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 61 of 184

Ex-police Appeal to High Court Fails Crown's Right to Dismiss Echo of S.P. Inquiry Action Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 8

The appeal of Ernest Harold Fletcher, one of 13 policemen who had been dismissed from the police force following the report…

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Police Conference to Discuss the Judgment Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 8

The secretary of the Police Association (Mr. Cosgrove), who was in Court to hear the Judgment Riven, stated that the dismissal of the policemen…

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Police Reprisal Arab Murders in Palestine JERUSALEM, May 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 10

The police have demolished 10 houses in the village of Tulkaram as a reprisal for the murder of six Arab policemen yesterday…

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Cyclist Killed at Hexham Story In Cornoer's Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 7

While riding a bicycle on Maitland-road, Hesham, early on the night of April 26, Walter Howard Harvey, 57, a shunter, of Tighe-street, Waratah…

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Stories Differed Plaintiff and Defendant Judge's Comment Newcastle District Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 2

It was the first case he had heard in which the plaintiff alleged that the defendant's car had bumped his car in the rear, and the defendant's answer was…

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Court Victory Gained by Henry Ford Resisting Unionisation New York, May 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 9

As the Federal Court has decided that the procedure following by the National Labour Relations Board inflicts an unconstitutional injustice on employers, the…

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Sailor Detained Dorsetshire Shooting Naval Court Martial Legal Hitch Delays Burial of Victim BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 9

A sailor has been detained in connection with the shooting of Leading Seaman Robert Edmund Dickenson, 29, in H.M.S…

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Method of Collecting Wages Tax Challenged High Court Appeal Sum of £1,500,000 Involved Yearly Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 7

The mode of collection of about £1,500,000 annually for State revenue is involved in a case which came before the High Court to-day. The question for determination is whether Mr. Harrison, S.M., was…

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Sent to Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 2

George Henry Brennan 42, a cook, who an April 27 pleaded "Guilty" to four charges of theft at Young Wallsend, on April 17, came up for sentence. The…

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Postal Clerk Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 2

On three charges of having fraudulently misappropriated money, the property of the Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia, at Toronto, on April 1, 5, and 11,…

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Two Years In Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 12

"Young girls must be protected and young men taught to restrain themselves," said Mr. Justice Owen, in the Maitland Circuit Court to-day, when…

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Kurri Police Court Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.) "Real Sting in Conviction."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 11

Isaac Fraser, of Ash island, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having, while under the influence of liquor on April 30, occupied a seat on a motor-cycle and…

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Police Court Wednesday, May 4 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 2

John Roscoe, 48, a labourer, was remanded to May 13, on £30 bail, on a charge of having had in his possession, at Newcastle, on May 3, jewellery…

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Three Years' Gaol Bathurst Shooting Charge SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 4

Three years' imprisonment was imposed upon John Firkin, 27, at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions to-day, for having fired at Caleb O'Neill, with…

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King's Pleasure Police Tenure of Office Action After Dismissal No Case, High Court Rules SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 10

The Full High Court to-day unanimously dismissed, with costs, the appeal of Ernest Harold Fletcher, one of the 13 policemen…

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Exhaust System State Police Campaign

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 11

The legal representative of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, who regularly attends the Traffic Court, reports that the traffic police are continuing their…

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Farley Murder Trial Gibson Convicted: Two Youths to Face New Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 11

The trial of three youths on a charge of having murdered Cyril Clive Maher, night officer of Farley, ended last night. Thomas Gibson, 19, was found guilty and sentenced to death. Against Kemmell Joseph Colman, 18, and William Robert Date,…

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Death Sentence Gibson Found Guilty Farley Murder Fresh Charge Against Other Youths

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 9

Sentence of death was passed on Thomas Dixon Gibson, 19, of Telarah, by Mr. Justice Owen at the Maitland Circuit Court last…

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District Court Cyclist Lifted from Saddle AWARDED £80 DAMAGES

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 3

Evidence that the door handle of a motor-car had lifted a motor-cyclist from the saddle and dragged him for six or eight yards along the ground was given…

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25 - YEAR - Old Warrant But Police Had No Evidence Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 11

A 25-year-old warrant was responsible for the appearance of Roy Royal, 54, before the Central Court to-day…

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