Child Was Safe Fifty Police in Redfern Search SYDNEY
While 50 police and hands of civilians were racing through the streets of Redfern yesterday afternoon seeking Fay Williams, 4, the child was walking quietly…
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Courts & crime, 1939
3,566 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 73 of 179
Extensive Rioting by Czechs Police Blamed for Disorders London
Continued reports of Czech unrest and demonstrations are leaking out despite the strictest Press censorship, says the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman's Masquerade As Man Police Inquiries In Strange Case SYDNEY
Trying to piece together the life story of Annie Payne, 64, who posed as Harcourt Payne, a married roan, for 51 years,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Amoy Murder Japanese Arrest 100 Suspects Settlement Occupied Fears of Similar Action Elsewhere (Australian Associated Press.) SHANGHAI, May 14
The pro-Japanese chairman of the Amoy Chamber of Commerce, who was shot on Friday, died today…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleged Assault
Dorothy Brooks proceeded against Elsie Smith on a charge of assault, and Stanley Barksby charged Elsie Smith with having used insulting words. The Magistrate…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Narromine Murder Police Inquiries Nearly Complete DUBBO
When Albert Moss, 61, was again before the police court to-day, charged with the murder of Thomas Robinson, 68, pensioner near Narromine, on or about…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Theft of Liquor
James Crossey, 32, mechanic, and Frank Egan, 30, miner, pleaded "Guilty" to charges of haring stolen a bottle of rum, a bottle of whisky and three bottles of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Unlawful Assault
An adjournment to May 22 was granted in the case in which Alfred James Charlton, of Lambton-road, New Lambton, proceeded against Joseph Brown, barman, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Strong Man" in Court Damages Claimed for Assault SYDNEY
Walter Joseph Lyons, better known as Don Athaldo, who said he had given public exhibitions of strength, such as lifting a motor-car and resisting the drag…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Remand on Stealing Charge Sydney
On a charge of having on or about March 27, at Sydney, stolen from Aubrey Sara the sum of £240, Herbert Bence Wood appeared at the Central Police…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Four Charged with Betting Offences
Four persons were filed for having used places in Newcastle for the purpose of betting. Nancee McNeill, 31, home duties, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stealing From Association Is Alleged Sydney
Charged with having stolen £2120 between January 1. 1934 and June 30, 1937, from the Railway and Tramway Officers' Association, of which he was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Magistrate Is Caustic About Lax Parents Sydney
The peril confronting people in the streets from the mad driving of youths in stolen cars, was emphasised to-day by Mr. Arnold, S.M., when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court Illegal Betting Charge (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)
Jack Richard Evans, 18, was charged at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday with illegal betting in Percy-street, West Cessnock, on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Court Monday, May 15 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Unserviceable Brakes
Robert Leslie Fletcher, 21, lorry-driver, was charged with having driven a motor-lorry in Railway-street, Wickham, on January 20 last, with unserviceable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court
In the Cessnock Small Debts Court, William James Davies claimed £40 from William David Jeffries for damage done to his car in a collision with a car driven…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Many Car Thefts Magistrate Promises Drastic Action Parents' Lack of Control Sydney
After criticising parents for lack of control over their children. Mr. Arnold, S.M., at Central Police Court to-day, threatened more serious gaol sentences for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Women Police at Her Bedside Sydney
Still cared for by three policewomen, who do elght-hour shifts at bedside, Miss Irene Nola Jenkinson of Ascot, Brisbane, who toppled…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Bash Wife" Former Boxer's Strange Story Says Husband Offered Pay for Assault Sydney
Horace Frederick Whitehead, who, under the name of George Thompson, was once heavyweight boxing champion of Australia, told a remarkable story at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Divorce Court Newcastle Sittings Begin Cross Petition
Before Mr. Acting Justice Hardwick and a jury of four in Newcastle Divorce Court yesterday, Frank Leonard Woodcock petitioned for the dissolution of his…
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