Fined for Theft
John Richard Medley, 37, ship's fireman, pleaded "Not guilty," to a charge of having stolen at Carrington on February 17 a hand saw and other tools…
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Courts & crime, 1939
3,566 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 179
£450 Theft of Jewellery Sydney
Believed to have entered through a servery window, thieves last night stole jewellery worth £450 from the flat of Mrs. Doris Yates, in Bellevue Hill. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court Monday, March 13 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Drunkenness
John Stewart Gibson, 26, labourer, was ordered to enter into a bond of £20 to be of good behaviour for 12 months, in default imprisonment for a month, for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cessnock Police Court Trespassed on Railway (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)
Joseph Murray, 20, Norman Burke 20, and Douglas Burke, 18, labourers, were charged at Cessnock Police Court yesterday with having wilfully trespassed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Thefts Reported To Police
Frederick Joyce of Sheddon Street, Islington, reported to Newcastle police last night that a watch, a ring and a 10s note had been taken from his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Orange Grazier Loses £13,000 Man Sentenced for Fraud ADELAIDE
Seven years' imprisonment was imposed by Mr. Justice Napier on Rupert Gordon Russell, 35, when convicted at the Adelaide Criminal Court to-day on two…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Compliments Exchanged In Court
There was an exchange of compliments between the Newcastle Postmaster (Mr. W S. Gentle) and Mr. M. E. Soane,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Laughed with Girl He Planned to Murder London
Between sobs, the murderer, Eugene Weidmann, admitted at his trial to-day that he had intended to kill Jean de Koven, the American dancer, almost from their first meeting. IT was the first time since the trial began that Weidmann lost his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charges Against Police Cases Heard At Wollongong WOLLONGONG
A sergeant of police pleaded not guilty in the Police Court to-day to a charge of insulting words and two constables…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Had Part in Armed Robbery Police Allege Perth
To-night defectives arrested Leonard William Bicknell, 27, labourer, at North Perth on a charge of complicity in the armed robbery of a store at Bolgart on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Verdict for £193 Newcastle Road Collision Maitland District Court
Arising out of a collision between a lorry nod a motor-car on the New England Highway, near East Maitland, on the night of October 10, a claim for £300…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Husband's Story To Court Of Wife's Debts SYDNEY
Becoming entangled in debts incurred without her husband's knowledge, the wife of Percival Vaughan French,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Elevation Is Expected Judge Beeby as Court Chief CANBERRA
Announcement of the appointment of Judge Beeby as Chief Judge of the Federal Arbitration Court, in succession to the late Chief Judge Dethridge, will be made…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Search McKay Alive, Police Believe Piha Fire Mystery Sydney
Police are convinced that Gordon Robert McKay, 43, who was reported to hove been incinerated in a Piha (N.Z.) shack fire last month, is alive…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Patrol Van Arrives Will Go Into Service Immediately Reduce Road Accidents
The police patrol truck allotted to Newcastle for the campaign to reduce road accidents arrived yesterday afternoon in charge of a trained crew. It will be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Before Wife's Inquest Farmer Dies While Police Probe Reopened Inquiry Into Earlier Tragedy Melbourne
The death of a Guy's Forest farmer was revealed when an inquest on his wife was about to be opened to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Only One Court at National Park Tennis Officials Claim They Were Promised Six
Delegates to the Newcastle District Tennis Association's meeting last night expressed disappointment when informed that the Greater Newcastle Council intended to let the association have the use of one court at National Park during the winter…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Powers of Sale Neath Man's Application to Court Cessnock Mortgage Negotiations with Solicitor Reviewed
Ralph Armstrong Laws, of Neath, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., in Cessnock Moratorium Court yesterday, sought leave to exercise powers of sale contained…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Disqualification for Life Is Penalty Case of Two Aldermen Protest Made In Court SYDNEY
"The Local Government Act must be amended," said Mr. E. R. Mann, counsel for Alderman G. A. Jackson…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Police Charged Assault and Insulting Words Early Morning Street Incidents Wollongong Hearing Begins WOLLONGONG
Three police—a sergeant and two constables—appeared as defendants in the local Police Court to-day, when the hearing was…
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