"Conduct Was Heartless" 18 Months Gaol Sydney
In pleading guilty at the Quarter Sessions to-day to having abducted a girl of 15 years from the home of her parents at Hurstville. Walter George…
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Courts & crime, 1939
3,566 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 70 of 179
Girl Remanded Armed Assault and Robbery Charge SYDNEY
Joan Margaret Thornthwaite, 18, presser, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day that armed with an iron bar, she assaulted Joseph Crawford and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Made Bogus Coins in American Gaol London, April 20
Secret Servicemen were recently called in by authorities at the Ohio State Prison in Columbus to solve the riddle of how prisoners…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Puzzling Searchlight Police to Investigate ROCKHAMPTON
A mysterious searchlight which swept across the sky just north of South Keppel Island-on Sunday night, according to two local businessmen and some fishermen,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court Collision at Waratah
An early morning collision between two lorries at Waratah on April 14 was the basis on which Robert Hamilton Robertson, of Newcastle, claimed £10 damages…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Courts Tuesday, May 9 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Theft of Wire
A plea of "Guilty" was entered by Thomas William Fitzpatrick, 23, labourer, and William Joseph McLoughlin, 23, labourer, to a charge of having stolen, at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court Tributes Late Mr. J. R. Carlton
Tributes were paid at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday to the late Mr. James Ryan Carlton, a member of the firm of Messrs. Logan and Carlton,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mine Owner Sued For Stores In District Court
The hearing was resumed at Newcastle District Court to-day, before Judge Nield, of the claim by James Goudle, a miner, of Singleton, against…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sensational Disclosures Likely Woolcott Forbes's Affairs Intense Police Activity Sydney
Dramatic developments have occurred in police inquiries into matters involving John Wool-cott Forbes for whom a wide…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court Wednesday, May 10 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Vagrant Sent to Gaol
James Collins, 46, a labourer, was sentenced to imprisonment for three months on a charge of having been an idle and disorderly person having insufficient…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four Years' Gaol Sydney
Henry Alexander Lindsay, 34, labourer who pleaded "Guilty" at the Quarter Sessions today to having maliciously shot at John Kenneth Skeen, with intent to…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Alleged Assault on Press Photographer; Conference Called Canberra
As an outcome or the alleged assault by R.A.A.F. men on a Press photographer recently, the Minister for Defence (Mr. Street) will discuss…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Industrial Court Hearing Adjourned
Inspector R. J. Hutchinson, on behalf of the Department of Labour and Industry, proceeded against Frederick Brockman, of Union-street, Adamstown,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Would Help Inquiry Alleged Assault on Press Photographer SYDNEY
"The issue is primarily one between the newspaper concerned and the Air Force," said the Premier (Mr. B. S. B. Stevens) to-night, referring to the alleged assault…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Industrial Court Breaches of Award
Percy Thompson, baker, of Belmont, was ordered to pay a penalty of £15, with 16/ costs, for having failed to pay the award rate to a breadcarter; and on a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Funeral for the Late Sergt Foster
When the funeral of the late Sergeant Foster of Murrurundi, who died at Newcastle Hospital yesterday, leaves Meighan's funeral parlors…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Escapees Seen Police Guard Bridges MELBOURNE
The two prisoners who escaped while working near Beechworth Reformatory yesterday were seen to-day by a man ploughing on a form near Springhurst…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →District Court Verdict Given for Miner
A verdict for the amount claimed was given by Judge Nield in Newcastle District Court yesterday in the port-heard case in which James Goudie, a miner,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Contempt of Court Man Released After 70 Days BRISBANE
After 70 days' imprisonment for contempt of Court for having refused to answer certain questions before the Registrar in Bankruptcy, Mr. Justice…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wanted His Rival Murdered Offered £50 for Job, Say Police London
Rivalry for a girl's love was, according to the prosecution, the basis of a charge of incitement to murder brought against…
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