Gaol Sentence and Fine for Dangerous Man Sydney
A heavy penalty was Imposed on Daniel Kerry (25). laborer, in Central Court to-day for having carried an automatic pistol between 7 p.m. and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1940
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COUNTERFEIT £5 NOTES Two Men Are Charged SYDNEY
Allan Stanley Clayton 21, and Joseph Patrick Scully, 32, laborers, were remanded to-day from Kogarah Court to appear at the Central Police…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →750 Youths in N.S.W. Risk Gaol Sentence Sydney
At least 750 youths in N.S.W., who will be 21 before June 30, have failed to report for registration, examination and drafting to compulsory training…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Inquest Into Ex-police Sergeant's Death
On January 18. Arthur Oscar Dolnan, 70, of Darling Point, Sydney, an ix-sergeant of police, came Into coliston with a utility truck In High…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Probe Attempt at Arson Launceston
Police are investigating an attempt to commit arson on Inspection Head wharf yesterday morning. Inside the main door of a store containing 3000 bales of wool…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Raid On Police Car For Petrol Detected SYDNEY
Having attempted to steal a gallon of petrol from a police car, was the charge against Thomas Sydney McAlister. 18. brassworker. and Ernest…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Dummies" Used by Companies Court Told of Share Deals Sydney
It is a practice in Sydney for companies to buy shares which are held for them by nominees. This was stated to-day in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Debts Court (Before Mr. M. E. Soane. S.M.) Cross Actions By Motorists
The hearing was continued in the case in which George Percy Maher and William Maher. of Samdon-street. Hamilton, claimed £25 3s 10d damages…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Youth Sentenced for Stealing Motor Cycles
Roy Rudd Keon, 19, was sentenced at Newcastle Police Court to-day to two years' imprisonment for having stolen three motor cycles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sent to Gaol
Sentence of seven days' imprisonment was imposed on John Elston, 18, a labourer, who pleaded "Guilty" to charges of having refused to pay a reasonable…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gaol for Betting
"Under the section I have no option but to send you to gaol; you are sentenced to imprisonment for one month," said the Magistrate, to Martin Peterson,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Two British Fascists Sentenced London
Two British Fascists were sentenced to-day to six months' imprisonment for offences against the Defence of the Realm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Theft at Steel Works Golf Club
Among the thefts reported to Newcastle police to-day were those of 16 gallons of petrol and three gallons of oil from a shed at the Steel Works…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spy Sentenced to Death Paris, January 30
At Chalons-Sur-Marne, a Court martial sentenced to death Arthur Klein, a convicted spy, in his absence. He must face a firing squad if he returns to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Licensing Court
The licence of the Windsor Castle Hotel, East Maitland, was transferred from Albert Ernest Skelhorn to Claude Wright, of Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Magistrate to Hold Inquiry at Junee Sydney
Mr. J. Scobie, S.M., to-day was appointed by the Hospitals Commission to hold the inquiry at Junee, beginning tomorrow, into the circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Court £30 Fine for Betting (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)
For having, on January 29, used a place in George-street, East Maitland, for the purpose of betting, Kenneth McDermott, 22, a clerk, was fined £30, in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Licensing Court Billiard Licence
Archibald Gray, of Hudson-street, Hamilton, was granted a billiard licence for premises at Carrington-street, West Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →100 Assault Boats for Army Sydney Firm Gets Contract SYDNEY
The Minister for Supply and Development (Sir Frederick Stewart) announced to-day that the Chapman Engineering Pty. Ltd., had been given a contract for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Small Debts Court Plaintiffs Non-suited
After further evidence the plaintiffs accepted a non-suit in the case in which George Percy Maher and William Maher, of Samdon-street, Hamilton, sued Thomas…
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