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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

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

Murders by Sepoy Sentry Court Criticises Discipline of Battalion New Delhi, January 5

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 10

A Court of Inquiry, after investigating the ease in which a Sepoy sentry ran amuck at Nowshera on November 24 and killed seven officers, criticised the guard…

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Stealing Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 8

Robert Leslie Duggan, 46, laborer, was remanded to Monday by Mr. C. W. Naylor, J.P., when he appeared at Newcastle Police Court to-day on a…

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Police Court Friday, January 6 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Witness Thanked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 13

David Charles Baldwin, 27, a miner, was charged with indecent exposure on January 4 in Melville-road, Hamilton. Baldwin pleaded "Not guilty." He was…

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Woman on Charge of Murder Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 8

Monica Mary Swanton, 36, domestic duties, charged at the Central Police Court to-day with murder, was remanded…

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Rushed at Police with Axe Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 7

A fine of £5 on each of two charges of having assaulted the police and used indecent language was imposed on Lance Conlan at the City Court to-day…

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U.S. Supreme Court New Dealer Appointed WASHINGTON, January 6

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 10

President Roosevelt has appointed Mr. Felix Frankfurter, a supporter of the New Deal, to the united States Supreme Court. Mr. Frankfurter was born in Vienna…

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Union Plan If Ship Is Loaded Men Complain About Police Activity WOLLONGONG

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 9

The Dalfram is still at No. 4 wharf, Port Kembla, and no attempt has been made to load the vessel. A close watch is being kept on the steamer by pickets…

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Consular Bag Mystery Britain Orders Inquiry Supreme Court Judge Among Appointees London, January 6

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 9

In connection with the recent incident of the British Consular bag in Spain, it was officially stated last night that the Foreign Secretary (Lord Halifax)…

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To Leave Russia Shortly Young British Engineer Condemned by Soviet Court London, January 6

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 9

Information has been received in London that Mr. Brian Grover, the young British engineer who recently made an unauthorised flight into Russian territory…

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Exploiting the Miners "Federation Does It," Says Witness Court Clashes Superintendent and Mr. Orr SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 9

To-day's sitting of the Federal Arbitration Court, before Judge Drake-Brockman, was marked by clashes between Mr. Stanley…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 2

Charged before Mr. C. W. Naylor, J.P., at the Newcastle Police Court on Saturday, with having stolen from a motor-car in Scott-street, Newcastle, on January 6, a…

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Charged with Murder of Brother Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 4

Late last night police arrested John Henry Batis, 58, labourre, of Nantabibbie near Peterborough, on a charge of having murdered his brother, Robert Wilfred…

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Shot Former Wife's Friend Man Sentenced to 20 Years' Gaol HOLLYWOOD, January 7

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 8

Found guilty in December of having attempted to murder Meryl Alderman, a Hollywood musician, Colonel Martin Snyder has been sentenced to 20 years'…

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Theft Of Bicycle

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 9

"In view of the fact that you have been up against it lately, and have a sick child, I am going to give you a chance," said Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M.,…

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Gaol Penalty for Second Offence S.P. Operators Police Bombshell in Case in Sydney Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 1

A constable told Mr. Atkinson, S.M., at the Newtown Court to-day that he had received instructions that S.P. bettors, who had previous offences for street betting against them, were to be charged as second…

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Murder Charge Woman on £300 Bail SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 7

At Central Police Court yesterday morning, Monica Swanton, 36, domestic duties, was remanded until next Friday on bail of £300 on a charge of murder…

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Boy on Charge of Murder London, Dec. 20

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 9

A boy of 13. who was charged at the Juvenile Court at Lambeth Town Hall recently with the murder of a girl of four cried while the brief…

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Sydney Fire Sequel Man Before Court SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 7

As a sequel to a fire in Sydney Arcade, early yesterday, a young man appeared at Central Court to-day…

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New Police Patrol Part in Road Safety Campaign SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 7

Dressed in a distinctive uniform, a special patrol of police on fast solo motor-cycles in planned an part of the road safety campaign. The matter will be…

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Police Scouters Difficulty About Time Off Chief Commissioner at Camp Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 6

A suggestion that some members of the police force intended to apply for leave to take Scout troops for excursions at week-ends and control meetings on…

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