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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

3,566 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 72 of 179

Police Court Friday, May 12 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Illegal Lottery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 14

Karl Bert Gjorl, 39, a seaman, was fined £20, in default imprisonment for 40 clays, when he pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having been the occupier of a…

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Industrial Court Pastrycook Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 14

Proceeded against by Inspector J. R. Hutchinson, of the Department of Labour and Industry, J. W. Beattie, of Hunter-street, Newcastle, was fined £5, costs…

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Man Sent to Gaol Wanted Tea: Threw Gelignite on Roof MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 18

James Robinson Fairbairn, 412, who had pleaded "Guilty" in the Criminal Court tor-day to having damaged a dwelling with and explosive, was sentenced to 20 months'…

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Killed Civil Servant Youth Sent to Gaol for Nine Months MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 21

Desmond Patrick Toole, 17, salesman, convicted of manslaughter, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment by Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy, in the Criminal Court…

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Police Seize Car Nightwatchman's Fatal Injuries MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 12

Continuing investigations into the death of Albert Harman, nightwatchman, of North Brighton, who it is believed was struck by a motorist early on Thursday…

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Dies Before Court Charge London. April 10

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 8

Mrs. Fay Bailey (47), of Worlebury Hill-road. Worlebury, Weston-superMare, did not appear at Bristol. England, to answer charges of driving…

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Stevedore Foremen No Court Registration SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 13

Registration as an organisation under the Federal Arbitration Act wan to-day refused the Sydney Foremen Steyedores' Asociation by the Deputy Industrial…

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Justice Under Difficulties Court Congestion at Newcastle Years of Protests; Nothing Done

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 10

Despite frequent reference by members of the judiciary and the legal profession, no additional accommodation has been provided at Newcastle Courthouse…

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Council Cashiers Were Busy 71 Footpath Payments Yesterday Court Decision Involved £65,000

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 10

Seventy-one property-owners called at the Newcastle City Hall yesterday to pay, between them, £140 owing to the council for footpath paving, or kerbing…

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America Awaits Royal Pair "Vital Diplomatic Mission" Many Precautions Taken Troops, Police, G-Men Are Mobilising QUEBEC, May 12

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 11

The tour by the King and Queen is regarded in Canada and the United States as a diplomatic mission of the highest order…

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Reports to Police Man Posted as Dam Murder Victim MILDURA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 8

Frank Allan, who was thought to have been the victim of the Dumosa dam murder, was interviewed to-day by detectives in the back country outside Mildura…

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Woman Denied Assault at Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 7

A vigorous denial that she was concerned in the Eric Leslie Jones murder case at Cessnock some years ago, was made in the witness box in…

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Flogging for Assault on Girl Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 8

After he sentenced Leslic Towns to seven years' imprisonment yesterday for having assaulted a three-year-old girl, Judge Blair ordered that he be flogged…

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Two Policemen for Trial Charge of Stealing £40 WENTWORTH

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 8

Sergeant Cecil Kirk and Constable John Rowland were committed for trial yesterday on a charge of having stolen £40, the property of the Public Trustee…

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Mass Murder Allegations to Be Probed London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 7

Rumania will be asked to explain Rumanian policemen's alleged cold-blooded murder by machine-gun of 22 Bulgarian-born Rumanians at Belitza…

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Third Remand in Dubbo Murder Charge Dubbo

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 7

Albert Andrew Moss, 61, at the Dubbo Police Courft to-day, was remanded for the third time on a charge of having murdered Thomas Robinson,…

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Strong Man Sued for Damages Alleged Assault On Road SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 7

George Henry Dowsing, of Abbott's Hotel, Waterloo, a company manager, claimed £400 from Walter Joseph…

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Boy and Man in Shop Theft Bag With £18 Taken SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 5

A boy and a man yesterday cooperated in an impudent theft. When a female employee of Snow's Ltd., who was collecting money, placed…

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Lord William Nevill Dead Wrote Book on Experiences in Gaol LONDON, May 13

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 8

The death is announced of Lord William Nevill, aged 78. He was twice imprisoned for fraud, and wrote a book on his experiences in gaol. He was a brother…

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Extensive Rioting by Czechs Police Blamed for Disorders London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 1

Continued reports of Czech unrest and demonstrations are leaking out despite the strictest Press censorship, says the…

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