Theft of £60 at Belmont
The theft of a handbag containing £60 was reported to Newcastle police on Saturday night by Dylis Yates. of Yates Fruit Shop, Belmont…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1940
2,515 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 126
Police Investigate Launch Story
Newcastle police received a message from Swansea late last night stating that two men had said they intended to go to Newcastle in a small boat. Inquiries…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Nazis Charge Poles with Murder London, December 31
The German Wireless alleges that the Poles had murdered 5437 Germans to November 15. No details were given, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Young Girl Held on Murder Charge Stoughton, Mass., December 7
State Police Lieutenant William Delay said that Harrison Howes, 18, and Helen E. Hayes, 17. had confessed the slaying of Simon B. Danilovich in a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Found Battered in Flat Police Make Arrest Before Woman's Death BRISBANE
Several hours after a man had been arrested in South Brisbane to-day on a charge of having caused grievous bodily harm to Mrs. Mary Alma Dowse, 30,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Native Charged with Murder Report of Fighting in Arnhem Land DARWIN
As a result of the visit of Constable J. Stokes to Goulburn Island following the report of fierce tribal fighting in Arnhem Land, an aboriginal youth named…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Young Man Remanded on Murder Charge Brisbane
Charged with having murdered Mary Alma Dowse, at Brisbane, on December 22, Leonard Harry Kirk, 22, roof tiler, was remanded to next Monday in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Circus Clown Admits Murder for 2/- LONDON, December 10
A desperate fight to escape the electric chair has been started by the Camden, New Jersey, Baptist minister. Walter Dworecki, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court Tuesday, January 2 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Assault Charge
"These people live in terror every time the defendant gets drunk," said Sergeant Read, when William Joseph Gibbons, 38, labourer, was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft From City Firm
The theft of £10 15s from the office of Messrs. P. and R. Williams. Hunter-street West. Newcastle, during the New Year holidays, was reported to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Defendant in Gaol Breach of Recognisance Charge
When Clifford Edward McAllister 38, was called at West Maitland Police Court yesterday, Sergeant W. G. Wallace said he would be released from Maitland Gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Officers' Changes Sydney
Inspector T. W. Wickham, chief licensing inspector, has been transferred to Police Headquarters as inspector of the special morality squad. He will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Compensation Court Congestion Lower Sydney
The Workers' Compensation Commission commenced its present law vacation with fewer cases awaiting hearing than for many years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Too Much Tooting Police Action Intended Sydney
Already empowered to prosecute noisy motorists, traffic police intend to do all they can to silence motor horns, except when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Debts Court Verdict for £22/18/5
A verdict for the plaintiff was returned when the West Wallsend Cooperative Society Ltd. claimed £22/18/5 from John Percival Simmington, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Captain's Rank Reduced Tried Before Court Martial BRISBANE
Captain William Charles Nichols, of No. 1 Garrison Battalion, has been reduced in rank to lieutenant, the military authorities announced to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Gaol for Six Days
Andrew Johnson, 34, pleaded "Not guilty" to a charge of having been drunk in Victoria-street, on December 27, and to having been found on the licensed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Obey Regulations Magistrate's Advice to Aliens SYDNEY
Aliens were advised to comply with the registration regulations by Mr. Cookson, S.M., at the Central Summons Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Don't Send Me to Gaol," Cries Woman
"Oh, please have mercy. You can't send me to gaol; I have a little girl," cried Mrs. Mary Queenie Isenhood. 20, at the Newcastle Police Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court Wednesday, January 3 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Illegally Used Car
Clifford William James Cheshire, 19, labourer, was remanded to June 26 on charges that, on December 28, he used a motor-car, the property of Gordon…
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