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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

3,566 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 179

Women on Charge of Theft Denials Made at Sessions

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 7

Denials that they were in any way implicated in thefts from the Newcastle Cooperative Store on November 25 last,…

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Assault on Girl at City Hall Unusual Action by Judge

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 8

Subject to certain conditions, Judge Nield at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions today refrained from passing sentence upon Arthur Lloyd, 22, clerk,…

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Licensing Court Licence Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 11

Giving the undertaking that he would refrain from after hours trading, Joshua Jenkins was granted the transfer of the licence of the Exchange Hotel, Hamilton,…

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MAITLAND—KURRI—CESSNOCK West Maitland Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.) Sequel to Motor Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 9

Robert V. Compton, 42, pleaded "Guilty" at the West Maitland Court yesterday to a charge of having driven a motor-car while under the influence of…

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Newcastle Races Police Alsatian Receives Orders by Wireless

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 5

Warrah Wee winning the Two-year-Old Novice Handicap from Moonlight Sonata and Brazen Career at Newcastle races. Left: A punter about to place a bet is distracted by the cameraman…

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Chief Judge of Arbitration Court Hobart

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 9

There is no likelihood of an immediate appointment by Federal Cabinet of a Chief Judge of the Arbitration Court to replace the late Judge…

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DEMANDED £100, Police Say Alleged Theat to Blow Up Homes SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 10

Detective-sergeant Barber gave evidence at the Hornsby Police Court today that Stanley Raymond Shepherd, 25, had admitted having written letters to a…

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Followed Mother Over the Gap Police Theory In Double Tragedy SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 8

Seven-year-old Edwin Henry Chesterman, son of Lieutenant-Commander Chesterman, of the Royal Australian Navy,…

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Cots Condemned Police to Visit Stores Sequel to Child's Death Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 7

A statement by the Acting City Coroner (Mr. Woods) that cots made of iron with a space between the side bars and the mattress, large enough for an infant's…

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Three Sent to Gaol Indecent Assault on Girl

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 4

Cecil Jansen. 20, labourer, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, and Thomas Clarke 19 labourer, and Baden Frederick Christopherson, 16, labourer,…

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Redfern Murder Mystery Police Search For Suspects SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 1

After an all-night investigation of the. murder at Redfern yesterday of Eric Carlson, 50, a seaman, detectives are…

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Attacked Husband Woman Sent to Gaol Outburst in Court Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 12

Mrs. Violet Annie Longmuir, 29, mother of four children, was sentenced at the Brunswick Police Court to-day to two months' imprisonment for having assaulted…

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Murder at Redfern Ship's Fireman Killed Robbery Motive, Police Believe Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 11

The body of Eric Carison, 50, a Swedish fireman on the interstate freighter Caledon, was found at the rear of the Glengarry Castle…

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Brothers Sent to Gaol Newcastle Cases

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 12

Two brothers were sent to gaol, and a third man was released on a bond, when they appealed before Judge Nield…

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Beauty Salon in U.s Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 6

Working on the theory that a good personal appearance Hits morals, Mrs. Fannlebelle Sutherland. a 43-year-old ex-schoolteacher, has…

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Aircraftsman Charged with Absconding Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 17

Charged with being an absconder from the Royal Australian Air Force, at Richmond, Leslie Woodville. 29 aircraftsman, was remanded at the Central Court to…

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"Rival Gangs" Say Police Alleged Shooting at Kahibah Young Man In Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 11

The story of an alleged shooting incident at Kahibah on the night of January 21, was told before Mr. M. E…

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Monbulk Murder Inquiries Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 12

Detectives inquiring into the murder of Leslie McAllister, butcher, of Monbulk, on January 13, are anxious to interview a man aged between 35 and 40, who was…

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Company Director Charged Misappropriation Alleged SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 12

At the Central Police Court to-day, Edgar Ranking, 34, company director, was charged by provisional warrant with having, at Melbourne, on or about April…

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Big Legacy After Gaol New York. January 16

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 8

News that he was to inherit a fortune of a quarter of a million pounds. as a result of a decision by a United States Court, came to Gerald…

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