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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

3,566 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 78 of 179

Industrial Court Sitting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 9

A sitting of the Industrial Court, presided over by Mr. Justice Ferguson, will begin not West Maitland Courthouse to-morrow…

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Man Sent to Gaol Stabbing Follows Altercation SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 8

Described by Judge Curlewis as a danger to the community, William Gorman, 50, was sentenced at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day to three years'…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, May 22 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Intoxicated Motorist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 10

"I will allow 21 days to pay," said the Magistrate, when imposing a fine of £10, in default 20 days' imprisonment, on Herbert Daniel Moore, 30, pipelayer…

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Industrial Court Plaint Dismissed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 10

There was no appearance of the complainant and the information was dismissed in the cases in which Hugh Victor mulholland, Perkin-street, Newcastle,…

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Heavy Penalties Motorist Sent to Gaol Five Traffic Breaches Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 9

Two months' imprisonment, fines totalling £32, and disqualification from holding a licence for 10 years, were the penalties imposed on David Ernest Arthur Cooke,…

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Dog's Visit to Divorce Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 1

Without so much at a "by your leave," a large black dog strolled into the Divorce Court to-day during the hearing of a suit, and invaded the Bench…

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Assault on Taxi Driver Man Gaoled; Fined For Not Paying Fare SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 9

When John Patrick (Kearney taxi-driver, was attacked by three men after he asked for his fare, be defended himself so well with a jack handle that he…

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Still Unsolved Wallsend Bush Mystery Police Abandon Search

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 8

The Wallsend bush mystery remains unsolved. Sergeant G. A. Read and Constable J. T. McLaughlin, assisted by civilians,…

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The Police and Young Offenders Are No Longer "Bogeymen"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 1

These days a policeman is not the bogeyman he used to be. And this is because the modern policeman teaches the modern…

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"Drew Last 3/8 to Feed His Dog" Woman Charged Man With False Pretences SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 8

So that a Great Dane, owned by John Cahill, to whom she was engaged, could receive its meat, Miss Eileen Marshall drew her last 3/8 from the bank, she…

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"Like Getting Dog Licence" Believed He Could Buy Release From Gaol Evidence on Fraud Charge Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 8

Lance Edward Wilson, a prisoner at Long Bay Gaol, told counsel in the Quarter Sessions to-day that before he was sent to Goulburn Gaol he believed that a…

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Arbitration Court Judge May Go To Darwin CANBERRA

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 7

Immediate arrangements will be made to send a Commonwealth Arbitration Court Judge to Darwin to deal with the dispute on works for the…

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No Room at Newcastle Court Award Cases Go to Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 8

Considerable dissatisfaction exists at Newcastle Trades Hall because the Water Board award claims case, in which a number…

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Farm Deaths Revelations Inquiries Over 20 Years Police Probe in Walwa Case Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 1

Police investigations covering a period of 20 years are expected to be revealed at the inquest which starts at Walwa…

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Newcastle Divorce Court Woodcock Suit Evidence Completed Visit to Golf Club and Sequel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 12

A visit to Waratah Golf Club on April 1 by the petitioner and a party and its sequel were described by witnesses in the Woodcock divorce suit, before Mr…

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Magistrate's Advice to Young Woman Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 8

When Gloria Lillian Mason (18). factory hand, said at the Quarter Sessions to-day that she was in the habit of drinking beer and wine "just…

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Church People Charged "Addicted to Gambling" BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 13

Speaking at the Congregational Assembly of Australia and New Zealand, at Ipswich to-day, Rev. H. Ralph, of Tasmania, said a big proportion of revenue…

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Two Years' Gaol Prisoner Paid Salesman for Release SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 10

Convicted of having obtained £150 from a prisoner at Long Boy Gaol by falsely pretending was able to obtain, through the Minister for Justice, a licence…

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MAITLAND—CESSNOCK—KURRI West Maitland Police Court Motor Traffic Cases. (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 11

Charges of having ridden motorcycles negligently on the Kurri Kurri-road, at Tester's Hollow, on March 13, were dismissed against Henry Ainsley…

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Police Sergeant Saved Boy's Life Moree

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 8

Prompt first-aid treatment by Detective-Sergeant Goulder. of Sydney, saved the life of Ian Crowe, aged 6, yesterday…

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