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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

3,566 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 50 of 179

Denied That He Was Woolcott-forbes Man Charged in London LONDON, April 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 8

A man who was charged at Bow-street Police Court on Friday in the name of John Woolcott-Forbes, as a fugitive offender with conspiracy to defraud in…

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"Cannot Do Work Properly" More Police Appointments Urged SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 9

The appointment of additional police officers was urged by the Secretary of the Police Association (Mr. C. J. Cosgrove) yesterday…

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Stealing Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 9

Harold James Dorse, 22, was charged with having stolen 10 fowls, the property of Frederick Fatches, aisled at £2/10/. Sergeant Jeffries said that Dorse was…

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Theft Alleged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 5

Jack McDonald, 31, labourer, was remanded to April 17 on £30 bail, on two charges—that at Newcastle on March 24 he broke and entered the office of the…

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"Might Have Been Doped" Man on Assault Charge Magistrate Lenient Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 8

A young man who appeared before the Redfern Court to-day on a charge of assault denied knowledge of the alleged occurrence and expressed the…

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Moratorium Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 9

The adjourned hearing in the Moratorium Court of the case in which Ralph Armstrong Laws and Anne Laws made application for leave to exercise power…

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Thefts Reported to Police

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 12

The theft of a quantity of tobacco from his shop was reported yesterday to Newcastle police by Adam Tote, of William Street, Tighe's Hill…

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Police Court Monday, April 3 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Committed for Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 5

George Abraham Scott Milford, 28, labourer, was committed for trial at Newcastle Quarter Sessions on April 24 on two charges of breaking, entering…

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"Doped," He Claimed Assault Charge Drink From Stranger Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 12

"I can only think that what I drank was doped," said a young man at Redfern Court to-day, when charged with…

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Cessnock Police Court 32 Men on Gambling Charge (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 9

Thirty-two men were charged at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday with having been found on the premises of the Civic Club, Vincent-street, Cessnock,…

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Police Aid Sought From Wales

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 12

Sergeant Petith, of Newcastle police, has received an inquiry from Neath, Glamorgan County, Wales, regarding the whereabouts of two relatives of…

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Additional Judges Urged Arbitration Court SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 7

The Public Service Defence Committee will be asked by the Amalgamated Postal Workers' Union to support claims for additional appointments to the…

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I.R.A. TERRORISTS Sentenced in London 10 Years for Man Who Had Murdered Britons London, April 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 7

Several men who had taken part in the Irish Republican Army terrorist plot in Great Britain were sentenced at the Old Bailey to-day…

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Fire Destroys Shop Man Narrowly Escapes Police Investigating Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 8

Police has been instructed to investigate the fire which destroyed a shop in Booth-street, Annandale, early to-day, and from which John Margaret, 50, narrowly…

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Police Witnesses Alleged Intimidation Charge of Robbery Under Arms Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 7

Mention of police witnesses being intimidated was made by the Police Prosecutor at Burwood Court to-day. The case was one in which Leslie…

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Creditor's Petition Wind Up Highgates Ltd. Adjourned by Court Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 4

The Chief Judge in Equity (Mr. Justice Long Innes) to-day stood over for three weeks a petition for the compulsory winding up of Highgates Ltd…

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"I Do Not Blame the Boy" Father's Words on Death Bed Son Acquitted of Murder Ipswich

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 8

Conrad Edgar Gruber, 17 was charged at the Circuit Court to-day with the murder of his father, on March 12, near Rosewood. It was alleged that the father…

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Taxi Driver Was in a Hole So Told False Story To The Police SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 11

Stanley Arthur Smith, 28, taxi, driver, pleaded qulity at the Quarter Sessions to-day to having unlawfully , effected a public michief, and was…

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Irish Rebels' S" Plan to Disrupt London Discovery Made by Police Suspects Being Rounded Up LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 11

Ten thousand police are combating the biggest plan ever bid to disorganise London—the Irish Republican Army…

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Pirates' Cave Cabaret Shooting Shot-torn Clothing in Court Inquiry Into Death Of Micky Leonard SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 10

Bloodstained and she Horn trousers and coat were produced at the City Coroner's Court to-day when the…

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