Direction to Jury Assault and Robbery Charge Fails SYDNEY
By direction, of Judge Barton, at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, William Francis Mason, 32, Maisie Allen. 30, William Bourke, 34, and Keith Virtue. 33,…
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Courts & crime, 1939
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"Black-hand" Gang Letters Writer Sent To Gaol SYDNEY
Stanley Raymond Shepherd, 25, la-borer, pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions to-day to having caused letters to be received by four Wahroonga…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Licensing Court Licence Transferred
The licence of the Duke of Kent Hotel, Newcastle, was transferred from James Patrick Pigott to Patrick John Ryan. Mr. C. A. K. Cohen (Messrs. Braye,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court Council Sued
In the Small Debts Court. Gordon Russell Judge, of Lee-street. West Maitland, proceeded against the West Maitland Municipal Council, claiming £42/18/4,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Funeral for Accident Victim at Sandgate
Constable Nicholas G. Smith (whose parents live at Kahibah-road. Waratah), who was killed when a police patrol motor cycle and sidecar…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Case for Jury, Says Judge Brisbane Murder Trial BRISBANE
The trial was continued to-day of Edwin Claude Helton, 36, on a charge of murder, arising from the death of Margaret Jane Roche, at Augatheila, on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Small Debts Court Claim by Solicitors
John Stanley Johnson and Harold Lyon Lamb O'Neill, solicitors, of Newcastle, sued Clement Noel Fitzsimmons, of Gateshead, near Charlestown, by his guardian,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trucks to Patrol Highways Police Plan to Reduce Accidents
Superintendent J. White, officer in charge of the NorthEastern police district, is awaiting the arrival of the utility…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Full Police Honours Shooting Victim Buried at Rookwood SYDNEY
Full police honours were granted at the funeral to-day of Constable Lionel George Guise, who was fatally shot in a street altercation with a suspect at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Carpenter's Debt "No Work at Award Rates" Court Examination
There was no work here for him at his trade at the award rates and conditions, because of his opinions said a debtor, examined at the Newcastle Small Debts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Long Equity Extracts Read Eric Campbell Before Court SYDNEY
The reading of long extracts from equity proceedings occupied the attention of the Full Court to-day, when the case in which Eric Campbell is appearing to chow cause…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Letter From London (Special Correspondent: Air Mail) "So Wonderful" Police London, February 10
Once somebody said: "Your London police are so wonderful.” It was probably a visiting actress. Ever since then our strong men in blue have, at least in our…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sit-down Strike Is Illegal U.S. Supreme Court Rules "High-handed Proceeding" Washington, February 28
The United States Supreme Court has finally ruled that the sit-down strike is illegal. In rendering this opinion, the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Part in Defence Mr. Orr Defines Attitude Court Address Would Oppose Fascist Policy SYDNEY
In the course of his a address in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court on the miners' log of claims, Mr. W. Orr, General Secretary of the Miners' Federation,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →sYOUTH with a "Kink" About Cars in Court on 19 CHARGES S.M.'s Remarks On Present System SYDNEY
An institution in New South Wales similar to the English Borstal system was advocated by Mr. Arnold, S. M., in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Son Charged by Father with Assault
A father and son were the parties concerned in an assault charge heard before Mr. M. E. Soane, SM.. at Newcastle Summons Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Court Wednesday, March 1 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Theft of Mangle
Pleading “Guilty” to a charge of having stolen a clothing mangle, valued at £3/15/, the property of Hyman Joseph Ginges, at Newcastle, on February 28,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Theft From City Store
The manager of the Coo-ee Clothing Company, Hunter Street, reported to Newcastle police yesterday that two suits of boys' clothing and two shirts…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Gaol for Burgling Father's House Melbourne
Found guilty of breaking into his father's house at Moonee Ponds and stealing £66, the property of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, of which his…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gaol for Forgery Man Twice Bankrupt SYDNEY
Convicted at the Quarter Sessions to-day of having forged and uttered promissory notes, Adam Percival Chant, 48, financial agent, was sentenced to…
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