Theft of £65 Reported at Nelson's Bay
Detectives Emerson and Norton are investigating a report by John Harris, of John-street, Abermain, that £65 in motes was stolen from his week-end…
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Courts & crime, 1939
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Kurri Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.m.) Street Betting Charges
Two men pleaded "Guilty" at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday to charges of street betting. Thomas E. Burke, 20, was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Glenroy Double Murder Trial Experts on Hair and Dirt [?]
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Continued on Trove, page 11 →Double Murder Charge Fogarty Sent for Trial "Fiendish Brutality" Tamworth Coroner's Verdict TAMWORTH
"The evidence very clearly demonstrates the perpetration of a terrible crime. It was rendered more terrible by the fiendish brutality with which it…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Glenroy Murder Trial Complaint by Counsel for Accused Restrictions on Visits to Client Melbourne
A complaint that restrictions had been placed on his seeing George Green, who is charged with the murder of Annie Wiseman, 62, and her niece, Phyllis Wiseman,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →£250,000 in Assets, Says Wife Alimony Claim in Court Sydney
During her alimony application to-day, Mrs. Muriel Minidin Saywell, of Strathfield stated she had been told by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Has Single Judge Power? Deal With Miners' Hours Employers' Point High Court Might Be Moved SYDNEY
Has a single judge of the Federal Arbitration Court the power to deal with the miners' claim for a five-day week of six…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gaoled for Stealing "Unable To Resist Temptation"
"I cannot understand how you have escaped being declared an habitual criminal," said Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day when…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Engineer Sent to Gaol for Six Months
Roy Ivan Taylor (alias Ronald Davidson and R. A. De Greg), 23, electrical engineer, was sentenced to six months' Imprisonment by Mr. M. E. Soane…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Aggregate Gaol Sentence of 128 Years Sydney
On 32 charges of fraud, James McDonald, 66, miner, was sentenced at the Quarter Sessions to-day to an aggregate of 128 years, but as the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Branxton Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.) Fined for Betting
Jack Searston, of Branxton, was fined £20, in default 40 days' imprisonment, on a charge of having been found betting in High-street, Branxton, on January 14…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Thefts Reported to Police
Frank O'Donnell, of the Imperial Hotel, West Maitland, reported to Newcastle police yesterday that his saddle had been stolen from a feed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court Thursday, February 23 (Before Mr. H. L. Curry, J.p.) Fined £2 for Drunkenness
Alexander Buccleugh, 53, a ship's cook, was fined £2, in default four days' imprisonment, for having been drunk and disorderly in Hunter-street, Newcastle, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Manners in Murder Courtesies of Papua Sydney
In a luncheon address to the Pacific Islands Club the Lieut.-Governor of Papua, Sir Hubert Murray said that when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Many Questions for Ministers Hunter Valley Water Conservation Magistrate and Doctor Sydney
Water conservation in the Hunter Valley, a magistrate's attack on a doctor, a recent judgment on hire purchase agreements—these and many other matters…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Denies Guilt Man Charged With Strangling Glenroy Trial Nears End Melbourne
A denial that he had murdered Annie Wiseman 62, and Phyllis Wiseman, 17, was made by George Green, chimney sweep, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Court Puzzle Over Lingerie Perth
John Tooth, 45, a roadbuilder and farmer, gave up roadbullding and went into the lingerie distribution business in the city…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →S.p. Betting Halved Now, Say Newcastle Police
NEWCASTLE police officials disagree with the statement made by the secretary of Newcastle Jockey Club (Mr. J. Hibberd) at the club's annual…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners As Bowlers An Arbitration Court Aside SYDNEY
During the hearing of the miners' claims before the Federal Arbitration Court in Sydney, reference has sometimes been made to what miners do in their leisure…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Police Inquiry Coroner's Direction Man Sent From Hospital Died Melbourne
Allegations against the responsible officers of the Royal Melbourne Hospital Were made at the City Coroner's Court to-day, when an inquest was held on John…
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