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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

3,566 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 179

Police Find Four Missing Boys Two Gosford Home Escapees Long Search in Swamp Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 5

Four boys, two of whom had been missing from their homes at Parramatta for a fortnight, and two others who escaped from the Gosford Boys' Home on…

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Warrant Issued, Then Case Withdrawn Magistrate Warns Against Misuse of Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 6

Two complainants who withdrew in-formations in Newcastle Police Court yesterday were criticised by Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M. "One of these days I shall make…

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Theft of Copper Cable From Mine

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 5

Newcastle police are investigating the theft of 700 yards of copper cable from the Dower lines at Glenrock Colliery. The report made by the manager…

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Cessnock Police Court. (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd. P.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 9

Stella Evans, at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday, proceeded against Oliver Wilson for having used insulting words to her…

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Moratorium Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 9

The moratorium application by Ralph Armstrong Laws and Anne Laws against William. Muir for leave to exercise power of sale under registered mortgage in…

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Compensation for Thumb False Pretences Charged SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 7

It was stated by the Police Prosecutor (Sergeant Magnay) at the Central Police Court to-day that a wharf laborer had…

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Murder Alleged Against Woman Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 8

On a charge of having murdered Irene Rand, 22, of Brighton-le-Sands, Maid-Shumack, 42, domestic duties, was committed for trial by the Acting City Coroner…

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Quarrel About Moving Seat Man Sentenced for Stabbing Pensioner SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 8

A sentence of six months' imprisonment was imposed on William Robertson, 54, at the Quarter Sessions to-day for having maliciously wounded a…

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"Newcastle Sun" Features Popeye, the Sailorman Too Bad For Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 2

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Murder Charge Alleged Attack in Park MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 8

Desmond Toole, 27, was charged in the Criminal Court to-day with having murdered John Joseph McCarthy, 43, of Elwood…

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Man Defies Police Struggle on Windmill GOSFORD

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 8

After he had been committed by a bench of honorary magistrates at Gosford to-day to the care of the Master in Lunacy, a young Ourimbah man escaped…

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Ring May Be Clue to Murder Shooting in Hotel Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 1

Police are expecting early results in their investigation into the murder, on March 20, of Robert James Anderson, who…

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Increase in Pay Revealed Police Commissioner SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 7

Although the intimation was only made to-day, the salary of the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. J. MacKay) was increased several months ago by £250 to…

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Defiant Irishmen in Court English Bomb Outrages LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 1

"My father was imprisoned after the Easter rising in 1916 because he took up arms against the British, and I am…

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Priest Burned in Church Fire Police Search for Man MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 7

Fire destroyed St. Anthony's Catholic Church at Alphington to-day and then spread to an adjoining house, which was saved. The contents of the church were…

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Body in Bush Police Believe Woman Murdered Tragedy Near Liverpool Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 7

The body of a woman was found in dense bush off the Mulgoa-road, nine miles from Liverpool, late this afternoon. Police suspect…

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He Was Caught in Fence Prisoner's Dash for Liberty Shots Fired by Police

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 7

Ignoring the shots, fired by his escort, a prisoner who was being taken from Maitland Gaol to the East Maitland…

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Car and Pie Cart in Collision Damages Claimed In Small Debts Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 8

A collision between a motor car and a pie cart in Denison-street, Hamilton, during the early hours of the morning of November 13,1938, was…

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Seize Unlicensed Radio Sets Court Told Department May Act Has Power Already Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 7

An indication that the Postmaster-General's Department might enforce the provisions or the Wireless Telegraphy Act, giving it the power to seize all…

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Police Court Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m. Charge Against Motorist Fails

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1939 · page 9

Wallace Samuels, 38, was charged at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday with having driven an motor-car while under the influence of drink, at Campbell's…

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