Industrial Court Adjournment Granted
An adjournment to May 4 was granted in the case in which Edwin Russell, Macquarie-street, Belmont, claimed £22/12/9, alleged due for work done as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1939
3,566 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 61 of 179
Watchman Charged Sequel to Fire on Liner Paris PARIS, April 23
Cesar Franck, 19, who gave the alarm of fire on the liner Paris, has been arrested and charged with arson. Franck, who was one of the ship's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charge of Triple Murder Young Man Remanded Tragedy Near Hobart Hobart
Cyril Estcourt, 22, was charged to-day with the murder of three persons at Grass Tree Hill yesterday. They were—Doreen Estcourt, 19, his wife; Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →River Dynamited Police Search for Missing Men Narromine Mystery Narromine
Despite an intensive search, the police to-day failed to find any trace of a man's body reported to have been hidden in a tree near Peak Hill, a short distance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mystery of Bones in Narromine Fire Police May Seek Aid of University Identification Problem SYDNEY
Though nothing definite has been decided, it is possible that the police will seek the aid of University experts in their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Indecent Assault Alleged
Charles Matthew Francis, 62, laborer, pleaded not guilty at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day to having indecently assaulted a girl aged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Examination
The annual police examination for qualification for higher rank was held at the Technical College to-day. Inspector MacDougall supervised…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cleric Charged at Quarter Sessions Sydney
Stated by the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. McKean. K.C.) to be Rector of St. John's Church of England, Ashfield, and a man of unimpeachable…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Promotion for Police Digger Sydney
There were cheers for the Commissioner of Police. Mr. Mackay, at the police returned soldiers' banquet last night, when he announced that a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Warning Against Bogus Bank Inspector
A complaint was made to Newcastle police this afternoon by a resident of Mayfield that a man had called at her home and, after announcing himself…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Higher Rank for Police Superintendent Sydney
The Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. J. MacKay) announced at the police returned soldiers' banquet last night that Superintendent E. G. Allen was to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jewish Police Victims of Terrorists Haifa, April 25
Terrorists have shot dead two Jewish supernumerary policemen…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Swastika Flag Was in Order, Say Police Sydney
An official report submitted to-day to police headquarters disclosed that police observations throughout yesterday had proved…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Van Active on Roads Motorists Fined As Result
The sequel to the activities of the new motor police traffic van was heard to-day before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Believe Bones Found at Warren Belong to Aborigine Sydney
Detectives at Narromine are now convinced that the bones recovered yesterday from the river-bank at Warren were those…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Judgment Reserved by High Court on Flour Tax Validity Sydney
The High Court to-day reserved judgment in a test case brought by several master bakers to determine the validity of the Flour Tax,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Skeleton in River Swept Miles in Flood, Police Believe Narromine Inquiries Go on Dubbo
A man's skeleton has been recovered from the Macquarie River near Warren, police who are searching for three men missing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shouted "Heil, Hitler" Man Sentenced to Gaol WARSAW, April 26
Charged with provocative behaviour, a man was sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment for shouting "Heil Hitler" in the streets of Chojnice, a town on the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Alleged Unlawful Assault
An adjournment to May 25 was granted in the case in which Frederick Brokman, of Brunker-road, Adamstown, proceeded against Edward Lindsay, of Teralba-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Justification Pleaded in Assault Charge
A statement that he had struck Thomas Maddison in self-defence was made by George Alexander Peattle, 23, a Wallsend miner, at Newcastle…
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