Small Debts Court Verdict for Plaintiff
A verdict for the full amount, with 12/ costs, was returned in favour of the plaintiff in the case in which William Seaborn Stewart, Leonard-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1939
3,566 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 179
Father Approved Youth Sent to Gaol "Could Not Keep Hands Off a Car" Sydney
A father concurred with a gaol sentence imposed upon his son at the Manly court to-day. Frederick Alfred Smith, 18 a labourer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Approve Play May Ask for Changes in Few Lines SYDNEY
Beyond objecting to one or two lines, it is believed that the police report on the play, "The Women," which opened in Sydney last Friday, states that no serious…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Fail to Trace Relatives Woman's Death In Sydney Hotel SYDNEY
Though every effort was made in Australia and New Zealand, police could trace no relatives of Elsa Olive Foster,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Fear Another Safe Robbery Gang Steals 5 Acetylene Gas Plants Banks Take Precautions Sydney
The t[?] of another complete oxy-acetylene gas plant last night has perturbed the police, who fear another big…
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Ray Cooper Frith, 19, laborer, was remanded to February 10 on bail of £40 by Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, when he…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Court Fined on Two Charges
Wilhelmus Peterus Franciscus Van Haren, 59, of Telarah, was charged before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday with…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Indecent Assault Case
Counsel's addresses and the Judge's summing up occupied most of the morning, when the hearing was resumed at Newcastle Quarter Sessions…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Five Injured in Car Collision Police Court Sequel WOLLONGONG
Five people were injured on Prince's Highway, Figtree, late last night, when two cars collided on a bend. Clifford Wrightson was the driver of a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cases Fail Cafe Manager Alleged Assault SYDNEY
Roy Willelson, 38, plasterer, Thomas Hilder, 22, labourer, Raymond Wilson, 29, motor-driver and Margaret Edwards, 27, domestic duties, were charged at the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Court Wednesday, February 1. (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Offensive Behaviour
Matthew Ryan, 40, fireman, was fined 10/, in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for having behaved offensively in Douglas-street, Stockton, on January 31…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vain Bid for Freedom Gaol Escapee Recaptured SYDNEY
A bid for freedom was made by John Williams, Parramatta Gaol escapee, early this morning, when he was surprised by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Quarter Sessions Remanded for Sentence Pensioner Convicted on Assault Charge Jury Recommends Mercy
Evidence that a pensioner had attacked a woman at Adamstown and had dragged her across a busy street was given in a case at Newcastle Quarter Sessions before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inspector Jones Begins Duty at Newcastle Police Station
Inspector A. H. C. Jones, formerly metropolitan licensing inspector, began duty at Newcastle police station yesterday as inspector-in-charge and assistant to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Court Told of Quarrel in Lakeside Camp
Allegations that David Corti Green, 34, had knocked him down and torn his shirt off in a hut at Budgewol on the night on December…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Road Patrol Police To Wear Uniforms "Sneaking" Will Be Discouraged SYDNEY
Crews of the new police highway patrols have been ordered to wear uniforms. Police officials believe that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Premier of Alberta Urged to Ignore Supreme Court OTTAWA, January 31
The Social Credit League of Alberta adopted a resolution urging the Premier (Mr. W. Aberhart) to ignore the Supreme Court's disallowance of his Social Credit…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Victory for New Deal U.S.A. Court Decision WASHINGTON, January 31
The New Deal won an important victory when the Supreme Court dismissed a suit challenging the constitutionality of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Justices…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Workers with Coffin Attempt to Enter House of Commons Dispersed by Police London, January 31
An attempt to carry a coffin into the House of Commons was made to-day by the unemployed organisation. It was inscribed with demands for food and work…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Back to Gaol Parramatta Escapee SYDNEY
John Williams, who escaped from Parramatta Gaol some weeks ago, was recaptured by detectives when they raided a house at Redfern early this morning…
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