Police Court
Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., had a clean sheet at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1938
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Woman Spy Sentenced to Four Years' Gaol Worked for Germany London, May 16
Mrs. Jessie Jordan, the middle-aged owner of a Dundee hair-dressing shop, who was arrested on March 2 on charges under the Official Secrets Act, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Charges of Theft
An adjournment until May 30 was granted at the West Maitland Police Court to-day by Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., in a series of charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Murder of Holy Men 35 Indians Sent to Gaol BOMBAY, May 16
Thirty-five inhabitants of the village of Kirti, in the Punjab, have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment for the murder of five Sadhus (holy men) on March 18…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stealing Charge £69,000 Involved, Court Told Bank Clerk Remanded Brisbane
Cecil Robert Trotman Foote, 37, a clerk, was charged at the Police Court to-day with having on or about May 5, being then a servant of the National Bank of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Paymaster Charged Sydney
When Eric John McLeod Miller, 36, a clerk, appeared at the Central Police Court to-day on four charges of theft of money, the aggregate being less than £20…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Criminal Assault on Little Girl Sydney
Detectives are continuing their search for the youth who lust Wednesday criminally attacked a three-year-old girl at Leichhardt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mechanic Gaoled Six Car-stealing Charges SYDNEY
John Francis Frazer, 19, a mechanic, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment at the Paddington Court to-day on six charges of theft of motor-cars…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Called Witness Declined to be Sworn Industrial Court Scene Sydney
When Francis Wilmont refused to take the oath in the Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court to-day, police were summoned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court Monday, May 16 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Illegal Betting
The minimum penalty of £20, in default 40 days' imprisonment, was imposed on each of three men who pleaded "Guilty" to having been found in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Woman Driver's "Record" Magistrate and Her Future Sydney
Convicted at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of having driven a car while under the influence of liquor, Mary Ellen Murcott, 38, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Narrandera Murder Death Sentence Stands SYDNEY
An appeal by Henry Thomas Mansell against his conviction and sentence to death for the murder of James Dickins near Narrandera, was to-day unanimously…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Seaman Charged Dorsetshire Shooting Off Australian Coast Hongkong, May 16
Able Seaman Edwin Dwyer, 19, of H.M.S. Dorsetshire, was remanded to-day on a charge of having murdered Leading Seaman Robert Dickinson off the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cost Five Lives Assault on U.S. Liner LONDON, May 16
The American liner, City of Norfolk, from Baltimore, on arrival in the Thames reported that, following a fatal assault on one of the crew, the assailant jumped…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Industrial Court Breaches of Award
Bertie W. Shields, Secretary of the United Slaters, Tilers and Shinglers' Union, proceeded against Gilbert Collins, Everton-street, Hamilton, on two charges…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Special Sitting Workers' Compensation Court Widow's Claim Rejected
A special sitting of the Workers' Compensation Commission was held at-Newcastle Courthouse yesterday. Judge Lamond presided. Commissioner G…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Claim on State Loss of Boy's Eye "Police Premises Unsafe" Sydney
By his next friend, William Thomas Grover, John William Walter Grover, 5, in the Causes Court to-day claimed £10,000 from the State Government for the loss…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Theory in Surry Hills Shooting Bullets Intended For Another Man SYDNEY
Were the three bullets which seriously wounded Thomas Wider, 23, of Goodchap-street, Surry Hills, early on Sunday meant for someone else?…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Union Propaganda Federal Judge Objects Delay in Court Process Brisbane
Exception was taken by Judge Drake-Brockman, in the Federal Arbitration Court to-day, to his Court being used by the unions for propaganda purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland District Court Cross-claims Fail Sequel to Motor Collision Both Drivers Negligent
A verdict for the defendant in each action was returned by Judge Nield at the Maitland District Court yesterday, when Charles Moore, of Ogle-street, Quirindi,…
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