Uniformity of Gaol Sentences M.L.A. Urges Setting Up of a Board Variations Of Judges SYDNEY
A "court of punishment" consisting of a judge and two jay citizens, one a woman, to impose penalties for major…
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Courts & crime, 1939
3,566 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 67 of 179
Police Have 500 Reserves, But Want 1000 Help Protect Vital Points in Emergency
About 500 men of "good character" have been enrolled in the police auxiliary force in the Newcastle district. Another 500 men are required for adequate strength. It is emphasised that the police auxiliaries will be…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Case Settled Terms Not Announced Claim Before Circuit Court at Maitland
A settlement on terms not to be disclosed was arrived at in the ease before the Chief Justice (Sir Frederick Jordan) at the Maitland Circuit Court in which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Control of Food Shops Council Must Police New Ordinances Mr. Spooner Defines Duty Sydney
The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. E. S. Spooner) intends to confer with the Acting Minister for Health (Mr. A. Richardson) to achieve…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Move in Drama of Pyjama Girl Dead Girl's Photo. to Be Screened Fashion Experts Aid Police SYDNEY
Believing that they possets clothing worn by the murdered pyjama girl, police to-day dressed a wan dummy in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Quarter Sessions Attack on Woman Man Sentenced to Four Years' Gaol "Brutal and Violent Assault"
Douglas James Shedden, 37, labourer, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment by Judge Nield at Newcastle Quarter Sessions yesterday for having…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Apparatus Could Cause Fire Police Allege Discovery in Arcade Chiropodist Is Charged Sydney
The discovery of apparatus which the police alleged was ready to be used to set fire to the Sydney Arcade was described at Central Police Court to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Industrial Court
A claim for £22/12/9, alleged due for work done a carpenter, was made by Edwin Russell, Macquarie-street Belmont, against William Maughan, slain-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Year's Gaol Disappointed Lover Smashed Furniture MELBOURNE
Found guilty at the Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of having damaged property, Robert Charles Arnold, 40, was remanded for sentence…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Court Thursday, May 4 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) 170Th Conviction
"What is the use of your telling me those tales, when this is your 170th conviction," said the Magistrate to Thomas Docherty, 45, seaman, who pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Stole From Rich Sister Seaman Sent to Gaol BRISBANE
Leslie George Denning, 40, a seaman with a criminal record extending over many years, stole a ring from his wealthy sister, who lives in one of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Son Awaits Murder Charge; Mother's Death Sydney
Mrs. Mary Truda, 54, of Elizabeth-street. Chatswood, who was found shockingly injured in her flat on the night of April 26, died to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Months' Gaol Man Sought Money From Parents Missing Balmain Girl Sydney
Charged with the attempted theft of £20 from the mother of a girl reported missing, Harold Stanley Sampson, 26, motor mechanic was sentenced today to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Judge Hasn't a Court to Sit In!
The lack of adequate Court facilities in Newcastle, a continual source of complaint by the judiciary and the legal profession, was referred to by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Traffic Rule in Operation To-day Police Begin Education Campaign
Newcastle traffic police have received instructions to enforce the new regulation requiring motorists turning at intersections to keep as close as possible to the centre line of the roadway before making the right hand turn…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Blotter May Offer Solution Police Search for Missing Man Narromine
Scientific examination of a small piece of blotting paper bearing the names "OShea and Clive" (or Olive) and its…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Find Near Narromine Bloodstained Clothing Police Hunt Goes on Narromine
Bloodstained men's clothing is being sent to Sydney to-morrow for expert examination. The clothing was found near a spot where some human bones were unearthed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Like Pyjama Girl Police Dress Dummy Pictures for World Screening Sydney
In the hope that someone will recognise the girl's clothing, police have dressed a wax dummy in clothing similar to that recently found in a lagoon close…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Turned Their Backs on Magistrate London
Five men were remanded at Bow Street Police Court to-day on a charge concerned with the bomb explosion at Holborn and Euston Road, London…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court Friday, May 5 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Remanded
On the application of the police, Raymond Thomas Jones, 20, labourer, was remanded to May 12, on £20 bail, on a charge that, being a suspected person, he…
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