Theft of Car Alleged
Angus David McDonald, 18, labourer, and Leon John Young, 20, mechanic, were remanded to April 14, on the application of the police, on two charges…
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Courts & crime, 1939
3,566 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 53 of 179
Assault and Robbery Alleged
George Monaghan, 36, labourer, was charged that, at Kahibah on April 10, he assaulted Edward Courtney, and robbed him of £5, a hat, and a pair of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →MAITLAND—CESSNOCK—KURRI West Maitland Police Court Illegally Used Car
Allan Frederick Zaichenko, 19, pleaded "Guilty" at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday to a charge of having illegally used a motor-car, the property…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Collision at Waratah Narrabri Motorist Charged
An accident at the intersection of Turton and Christo roads, Waratah, on January 24 was described at Newcastle Summons Court to-day when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Secretary Charged with Conspiracy Sydney
Douglas Jowett Bush, 30, secretary, was remanded at the Central Police Court to-day until June 21 on a charge of having conspired with John…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Month's Gaol for S.P. Betting Sydney
Clifford Harper Russ, 25, packer, was sent to gaol for a month for S.P. betting at the Paddington Court to-day. On January 9, in the same court,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court Tuesday, April 11 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Behaved Indecently
Gerald McLaughlin, 41, hall porter, was fined £1, in default two days' imprisonment, for having behaved indecently in Hunter-street, Newcastle, on April 7…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Six Months' Gaol Man Took Cars Illegally SYDNEY
George Doyle, 23, who had previous convictions against him, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Central Police Court to-day for having taken…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thefts Reported to the Police
Frederick Jeffrey Gardiner, of Union Street, Cook's Hill, reported to Newcastle police yesterday that a quantity of timber had been stolen from a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.S. Society Leader Sentenced to Three Months for Smuggling New York
Mrs. Lauer, a society woman, was sentenced to-day to three months in prison and fined 2500 dollars for smuggling…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Prize Bull Amok in Sydney Charged Train : Cut to Pieces Sydney
Breaking away from its attendants, a prize bull at Alexandria Goods Yards to-day bolted across near-by railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sara Trial Defence Police Procedure Again Attacked SYDNEY
Allegations that a police officer had obtained a statement by "wrongful means, and as the result of a threat or…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court Is Told Corsets Secret London, March 20
Why do women wear corsets? The answer supplied by a witness at Newport County Court, England, was that "it brings out the beauty line which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Police Played My Machine" Man's Allegation In Gaming House Case BRISBANE
Statements that policemen had played on his machines when they held their picnic and had not told him they were illegal, were made by Russell George…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Six Months' Gaol for Stealing Handbag Sydney
For having stolen a woman's handbag valued at 10/11, the property of Marcus Clark Ltd., Dennis Sullivan, 52, labourer, was sentenced at Central Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Court Missionary Appointed New Social Work for Newcastle Visit Cells and Police Court
The Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. J. Mackay) has advised Mr. Oliver Pearn, Manager of the Central Methodist Mission's Men's Hostel at Wickham, that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Double Murder Suspected Search for Bodies 45 Police And 55 Citizens Are Out DUBBO
Armed with shovels, spades and grappling irons, 100 men, including 45 police, to-day commenced a systematic search…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court Wednesday, April 12 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Committed for Trial
George Knight, 26, labourer, and Mervyn Clyde Knight, 26, labourer, were committed for trial at Newcastle Quarter Sessions on April 26 on a charge that at Cardiff on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Champion Bull Killed Charged Goods Train Got Loose in Railway Yards Sydney
A bull which had taken prizes at the Royal Show broke away from attendants in the Alexandria railway yards to-day, and charged a goods train. It struck the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Missionary Appointed at Court Work of Social Reclamation
Court officials and clergy to-day agreed that appointment of a court missionary at Newcastle was an important step…
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