Police at Play Cricket Match at Wallsend
Drizzling rain during the afternoon did not stop play in the cricket match at the Wallsend Park Oval yesterday between Metropolitan and Newcastle…
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Courts & crime, 1939
3,566 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 179
Sang Psalms in Police Two-up Raid Kalgoorlie
Among the few women who have managed to gain entry to Kalgoorlie's famous "two-up school" is Katherine Susannah Prichard, the novelist…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Man with Fractured Skull Attack in Train, Police Believe SYDNEY
Police believe that Richard John Thornett, 32, of Glebe, who was admitted to hospital in a semi-conscious condition on Monday, was the victim of an assault…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Mental Lapse" Man on Charge of Double Murder Wife and Son Dead Wellington (N.z.)
Arthur Frederick Ker was committed for trial on a charge of having murdered his wife and nine-year-old son during what was described by witnesses as an apparent…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Police Courts Wednesday, January 25 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Offensive Behaviour
Charged with having behaved offensively in Hunter-street, Newcastle, on January 24, George Dallas, 44, labourer, was fined £1, in default two days' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Director on Bail Alleged Conspiracy With Woolcott Forbes Must Report to Police Sydney
Douglas Jowett Bush, 30, a company director, appeared at the Central Police Court to-day charged with having conspired with John Woolcott Forbes…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mr. Orr Resents Press Headlines Judge's Comment on Dishonest Miners Protest in Court "Only Aggravate Situation" SYDNEY
When Judge Drake-Brockman resumed the hearing of evidence on the coalminers log of claims in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day, Mr. W. Orr…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Two Men for Trial: Car Theft Charge
Charles Arthur Hansen, 23, and Michael George McMahon, 25, laborers, were committed for trial at Newcastle Quarter Sessions on January 31, by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court Thursday, January 26 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Committed for Trial
Pleading "Not guilty" and reserving his defence, Leslie Russell, 34, labourer, was committed for trial at Newcastle Sessions on January 31, on a charge, by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Warders Warned Must Not Tell of Gaol Happenings BATHURST
Following publication of facts about the recent Bathurst Gaol riots, warders at the gaol have been warned that they will be immediately suspended if found guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Police Hunt Leopard + "New" Golf Dress
POLICE AND FARMERS armed with guns and revolver, selling out on an 18-hour search for a leopard which escaped from a private 200 near Paignlon, Devonshire, England. The animal was enticed into a trap. FORMER QUEEN OF SPAIN. Queen Ena, being welcomed by her son, Don…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Debts Court Verdict for 4/6
A verdict for 4/6, with 11/6 costs and 10/6 witness's expenses, was returned in favour of the plaintiff in the case in which Mrs. Millicent Atkinson, Queen's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Consul in Court Misappropriation Charge SYDNEY
Described on the police charge sheet as Consul for Brazil, James Edward Barron, 59, appeared at the Central Police Court to-day. He was charged with have…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Accidents in Mines Local Rate Better Than British Court Evidence Owners' Case is Nearly Complete SYDNEY
Graphs and statements showing the accident rate in New South Wales coalmines and the time lost through disputes and from other…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Three Men Charged Man and Wife Allege Assault Story of Clash in House Sydney
When three men visited a house in Auburn on January [?] to repossess a wireless set, it was alleged that they asaulted the occupant and his wife and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Poker Machines Clubs Favoured Magistrate Outspoken Sydney
Mr. Arnold. S.M., made scathing comment upon clubs being permitted to retain gaming machines while shopkeepers were prosecuted, when he fined Geoffrey…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Police Court Friday, January 27 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Committed for Trial
Charles, Arthur Hansen, 23, labourer and Michael George McMahon, 25, labourer, were committed to stand their trial at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Industrial Court Adjournment Granted
The matter was adjourned to February 24 in which the Department of Labour and Industry proceeded against Mrs. Ada Jenkins, of the Hamilton Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Carried Guns Youths Before Court Sydney
Two youths appeared on charges involving revolvers, before Mr. Scobie, S.M., at the Central Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Spoke for 8 HOURS Cabman's Wife In Court
Mrs. Borders, a cabman's wife, who is fighting a building society over the possession of her house in…
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