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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

3,566 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 76 of 179

Divorce Agent Cross-examined Went To Police Conspiracy Charge in Sydney Court. Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 7

A former private inquiry agent admitted in Central Police Court to-day that he had signed statements or affidavits for Divorce Court proceedings that contained "absolute untruths." Tall and handsome, Carl von Muller, 34, electrical…

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Police Court Thursday, May 18 Before Mr. M. S. Soane, S.m. Indecent Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 18

James O'Byrne, 40, miner, was fined £1, in default imprisonment for two days, when he pleaded "Guilty" to having used indecent language in…

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Gaol Sentence for Clerk in British Army London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 9

What is the difference between the army being destroyed by a foreign Power or being corrupted from with-in…

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On Murder Charge Butcher Remanded Without Bail SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 15

At the Central Police Court to-day. Andrew Leckie, 51, butcher, was charged before Mr. Reed, S.M., with the murder of Laura Cuddihy, on April 15. Leckie…

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Police Hunt for Taxi Bandit Owner Offers Reward

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 7

Newcastle police are intensify, ing their efforts to find the man who held up Thomas Gregory Page, taxi-driver, at Catherine…

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High Court Upholds Air Regulation Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 8

By a majority of five to one, the Pull High Court to-day held that a regulation prohibiting the pilot of an aerodyne or aeroplane from flying…

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Bus Smash Inquest Police on Driver's Statement Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 7

"I made the mistake of putting my brakes on." This according to Senior Constable Fowles, of the police wireless patrol, at the resumed inquest today, was…

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Wide Powers for Air Force Court Canberra

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 7

Wide powers are conferred upon the newly-created Air Force Court of inquiry, which will begin Its first investigation in Melbourne on…

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Bigamist's Wife Collapsed When in Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 7

After she had given evidence at the Quarter Sessions to-day against James Evans Bell, 52. ironworker's assistant, who had pleaded guilty to bigamy, his…

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Search by Police Man Who Stole Taxi Probably Turned Back to Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 6

Detectives looking for the man who held up Gregory Page, taxi-driver, near Catherine Hill Bay late on Wednesday and stole his taxi think that the man…

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Batons Swing in Holy City 3000 Jews Riot Police Barricades Isolate Two Races London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 1

Turmoil in Palestine due to the disclosure of the new British policy lasted into the night. After a police baton charge in Jerusalem towards evening, 96 Jews were taken to hospital. One…

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Private Inquiry Work Court Told Strange Story Man on Conspiracy Charge Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 8

Evidence of an extraordinary character was given at the Central Police Court to-day when Curl von Muller, 34, was charged with having conspired with Philip…

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Petition on Rents Not Accepted at Inquiry Wanted Fair Rents Court Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 15

On resumption of the Rents Inquiry to-day, Mr. Justice De Baun refused to receive as evidence a petition containing over 1000 signatures protesting against…

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Objection Not Accepted Court Admits Mr. T. E. Rofe to Bar "Civil Dispute" Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 8

A stir was caused in the Full Supreme Court to-day when a man, who gave his name as Arthur Herbert Burnett, objected to Thomas E. Rofe being admitted…

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Newcastle Divorce Court Respondent's Case Trip to Raymond Terrace Woodcock Suit "Always a Good Father"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 24

Evidence that Woodcock had always been a good father to his children and had not failed to provide comfort for the family was given by the respondent…

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Police Court Butcher Fined for Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1939 · page 13

The adjourned case in which Joseph Cantwell, 25, a butcher, of Lochinvar, was charged with having stolen a sheep, the property of Ian Corner, was…

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Two Irishmen Sentenced to 10 Years' Gaol London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 May 1939 · page 9

Refusing as "soldiers of the Irish Republic" to plead, John Leo Dulgnan. 26, who declared himself to be uninterested in the proceedings, and…

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"Not His Wife" Woman Challenged in Court Problem for Magistrate Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1939 · page 13

A problem faced the Magistrate at the North Sydney Police Court to-day, when a woman's claim that she was the wife of a man about to be…

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Signed Untruths Admission by Former Inquiry Agent Warned by Magistrate Man Charged with Conspiracy SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1939 · page 13

David Henderson Buchanan, former inquiry agent, admitted in the Central Police Court to-day that he had signed statements or affidavits to be used for…

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Excessive Charge for Bottled Beer Licensing Magistrate's Comment CASINO

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 May 1939 · page 7

The opinion that the hotels were charging an excessive price for bottled liquor and that there should be some legal competition was expressed by Mr…

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