Miner Acquitted Two Charges of Assault
The hearing was completed of the case in which George Alexander Peattie, 23, miner, was charged that at Wallsend on March 3 he assaulted Thomas Maddison,…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1939
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Sentenced for Spying Nancy (France), April 27
A 21-year-old blacksmith has been sentenced to death and two accomplices to imprisonment for life on charges of espionage during the crisis last…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Case Part Heard Alleged Assault on Woman
The hearing was begun of the case in which Douglas James Shedden, 37, pleaded "Not guilty" to having assaulted Emily Alice Barrett, occasioning her actual…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Sent to Gaol Intoxicated Motorist SYDNEY
Sentence of three months' hard labour was imposed at Campsie Court to-day upon William Eric Alfred Jarman, 34, carrier, who pleaded "Guilty" to having…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Police Veterans' Social
Veterans of the New South Wales Police Force, who did they duty in the days when police wireless, callboxes and fast cars were only…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Five Years' Gaol for Laborer Woman Companion Gets 18 Months
A man and a woman were respectively sentenced to five year and 18 months' imprisonment with hard labor by Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clergyman Not Guilty Evidence at Variance Indecent Assault Charge Sydney
Rev. Herbert Stanley Cocks was found "Not guilty" and discharged at the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions to-day. He had been charged with having indecently…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Quarter Sessions Assault on Mine Watchman Man Remanded for Sentence Companion Acquitted
Francis Theodore Sandow, 40, miner, was remanded for sentence until to-day by Judge Nield at Newcastle Quarter Sessions yesterday, when he was found guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Cashing in on Injured Thumb Gaol As Sequel to Claims Sydney
Four separate compensation claims for the same thumb injury, three of them netting £570, were made by Maurice…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miss Vogwell Before Court Again Perjury in Supreme Court Alleged SYDNEY
A charge of perjury was preferred against Lily Jane Charlton Vogwell, 48, typist, at the Central Police Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →"Bones in His Head All Mother's Story At Murder Trial ARMIDALE
Crippled, feeble and "going blind," a mother was assisted into the witness box at the Criminal Court to-day to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →How Times Have Changed Police Veterans Look Back to When Social Life Was Banned
THE Retired Police Association of Newcastle held its annual social at Newcastle West last night. Ex-sergeant R. Weir, in his 81st year, recited with vigour,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"I Wanted to Do Someone In" Alleged Statement to Detective Congi Murder Trial Shooting of Woman and Girl ARMIDALE
"I kept feeling that I wanted to 'do someone in'...When I shot Mrs. Dixon Gwen ran away. She dodged me and swam in the water…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Three Years' Gaol Armed Robber Sentenced SYDNEY
Pleading "Guilty" to a Charge of assault while armed with intent to rob, Robert Geale, 23, was sentenced by Judge Markell at the Darlinghurst Sessions…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motorist Charged
Wilfred Angus Bailey. 25. mechanic. was charged, before Mr. A. R. Raschke. J.P., at Newcastle police Court to-day, with having driven a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Guilty of Assault Man Remanded for Sentence
Evidence was completed in the case in which Douglas James Shedden, 57, pleaded "Not guilty" to having assaulted Emily Alice Barrett, occasioning her actual…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Court Friday, April 28 (Before Mr. R. Solling, S.m.) Drunkenness
Ralph Peel Scott, 49, labourer, was fined £2. in default four days' imprisonment for drunkenness. The same penalty was imposed on Alexander Keith, 54,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Woman Magistrate Why Higher Qualification Than Men? SYDNEY
To receive Government recognition, a Woman land to be a superwoman, and a mean had only to be a mere man, said the President of the Feminist Club (Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Licensing Court Booth Licences
Alton Thomas Cusick, of the Gosford Hotel. Gosford, was granted booth licences for Newcastle races on May 1 and 2…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Industrial Court Shopkeeper Fined
Inspector D. A.. Geddes, of the Department of Labour and Industry, proceeded against Freda Ethel Moxey, Belford-street. Broadmeadow, on a charge of having failed…
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